Posted on 02/05/2015 9:49:29 AM PST by SandRat
I like to watch once in a while...
” things are only worth what People are willing to pay for them.”
Yep. Frankly, I wouldn’t pay a nickle for most of the stuff on that show, and neither would your average person. In this day and age, there’s no excuse for someone complaining about what those guys pay; it is dead easy to research and advertise stuff on the Internet, and they could charge the going rate doing so.
People don’t do that either because it’s too much hassle, or because they can’t sell their stuff that way. Middlemen exist for a reason; they somehow bring a buyer and a seller together who otherwise don’t connect. How they accomplish that varies; in this case, they accomplish it by spending a lot of time looking, and by reliably finding stuff buyers who’re willing to pay a premium for that finding want.
If a seller can connect directly with the buyer, then they should cut out the middleman and charge more. But if they’re going to sell to a middleman, that middleman is going to get some of the money from the final sale.
That said, I’ve love to see their books and compare their overhead before and after doing the show. I’m sure they didn’t travel as much or as far before doing it in front of a camera, but they undoubtedly put a lot of miles in.
“They are both considered to be pricks around their home base”
They still come across as pricks on TV as far as I’m concerned. Neither one has a sense of humor. Harsh voices, harsh, crass behavior. I can’t stand those two.
Mike and Frank grew up together, since grade school......in Iowa.......they have homes there.
Mike also has a home in Tennessee.
Mike lived with his .....now wife.....before they were married, and they ‘ve been married for a couple years or so, and have a child.
I watch the show fairly often,,,,find it entertaining.....especially the Civil War stuff.
Do you recall Big Bang Cannons I never had one as a kid some richer kids up the block had one you can still buy them new well a couple of birthdays ago my wife got me one love it
Yeah, my next door Neighbor had one. It was awesome.
Now I have to go get one before Obama makes them Illegal.
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