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'Storage Wars' star Dave Hester says show is fake, suing, report says
FoxNews.com ^ | December 11, 2012 | Leora Arnowitz

Posted on 12/11/2012 12:27:20 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

NEW YORK – “Storage Wars” may have a real war brewing with one of its stars.

Dave Hester , one of the show’s cast members, has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the show, according to RadarOnline.

In his lawsuit, Hester is claiming the series is fake, and he says when he made complaints to the network about the staged portions of the show he was fired, Radar reported.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hester; storagewars; tv
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To: ConservativeStatement

I think the auctions are real, but the show plants certain items in the unit before they unload it.

A relative of mine has made his living buying storage bins for decades. 80-90% of what he buys gets hauled to the dump. Every once in a while he’ll find something nice, but it’s rare. His problem started with Antiques Roadshow, which he says made everyone think that their old stuff was automatically a treasure. Storage Wars just clutters the storage auctions with people who think there are treasures in the bins, causing the price they pay for the bins to go up past what they’re worth. He has largely left the business since the show started.


61 posted on 12/11/2012 1:10:02 PM PST by pie_eater
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To: ConservativeStatement
Fake? Sure! It is supposed to be entertaining.

I do think that storage units closer to the up-scale neighborhoods will tend to have better merchandise than elsewhere. I also think that units that are packed with stuff are a sign of someone who couldn’t throw away or sell anything, so maybe a little higher likelihood of something useable.

62 posted on 12/11/2012 1:10:20 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
Wait...you mean those guys on Pawn Stars don’t really buy genuine samurai swords made by a 16th century master swordsmith and engraved with the Tokugawa seal for a couple of hundred bucks???

I liked Pawn Stars when it first came on. I still like it a little - I visited the shop a few weeks ago when I was in Vegas.

But the newer shows have them bringing in "experts" for practically everything. The shows moves much more slowly.

And if you go to the shop, it is *small* and the stuff is mostly overpriced, I suppose because tourists want to come in and buy "something". I saw a 1921 silver dollar with a price tag of $400. I used to collect coins and have a few of these and they aren't worth nearly that much.

63 posted on 12/11/2012 1:11:06 PM PST by Mannaggia l'America
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
In one part of Hester’s suit, he goes so far as to say the network paid for one female cast member’s plastic surgery to increase her sex appeal and make her more appealing to viewers.

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There are purported mugshots of Brandi out there ... rumor is that she previously worked as a stripper..


64 posted on 12/11/2012 1:12:58 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: ConservativeStatement

He should have taken their money and shut his yap.


65 posted on 12/11/2012 1:14:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
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To: Neidermeyer

Likely guilty but eligible for a BJ Clinton post-POTUS pardon....


66 posted on 12/11/2012 1:15:56 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Often says “Jarrod is an idiot...”?


67 posted on 12/11/2012 1:16:51 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Having an abortion is "progressive"?)
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To: Persevero
People leave VERY valuable stuff in there sometimes. Sometimes they store trash. You never know.

Indeed, I did the auction thing part time with a neighbor up the street and then we would sell in a yard sale setting.

Made some decent money for a while but as the concept caught on, too many people started showing up and driving the bids up too high.

I have to admit though, digging through other peoples personal belongings was very creepy and I didn't like profiting from their loss.

We did try to return personal items like pictures and such.

68 posted on 12/11/2012 1:17:46 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

I’m not sure if you noticed, but one coke machine was brought in to be restored and the post-restoration version was a totally different model, inside and out. That would be like bringing in a 40 Ford to be restored and driving out with a 57 Chevy.


69 posted on 12/11/2012 1:17:54 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Alex Murphy

I heard she fakes it also.

70 posted on 12/11/2012 1:18:45 PM PST by McGruff (No New RINOs!)
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To: Chuzzlewit

“the whole show was set up, fake.. all those shows are complete fake, with fights and arguments all set up as part of a script.”

Who’s watchin??
Most of TeeVee is fake, bait to suck up to Auto’s—Banks—Bank loans, Insurance—Auto’s—Bank loans, Banks-—Credit-—Bank loans.

Any of the Massachusetts insurers go out of business with Extortion Care?


71 posted on 12/11/2012 1:19:10 PM PST by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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To: TChris

Oh, I know it happens. It’s just not that convenient while on camera.


72 posted on 12/11/2012 1:19:50 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: Mannaggia l'America

Let me call in a buddy to come take a look.....

Seriously, all those shows are fake to one level or another. They filmed one of the Storage Wars Texas episodes in town a few months ago and everyone who went to watch all said it was completely staged, down to moving in junk in empty lockers and setting up fake bidding. The Duck Dynasty folks aren’t too far from here and I’ve heard the same thing. All the beards, cammo, and drawl are all production driven. I know if you go to look up people like the contestants on Hells Kitchen, they are all models or actors, not actually chefs.


73 posted on 12/11/2012 1:21:43 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
Even after the seller hears an expert say its worth $5000.

Guess you never heard of overhead or cost of doing business.

I've been in the shop, you?

74 posted on 12/11/2012 1:22:50 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: sockmonkey

Wrestling is not fake. The fighting is real, we just always know who’s going to win.


75 posted on 12/11/2012 1:25:39 PM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
...how do you know there wasn't some mint condition Picasso original ...

I checked!

76 posted on 12/11/2012 1:27:35 PM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Cry-Baby Hester is a big jerk that no one likes.

Good Riddance.

Brandi is the show's big star!


77 posted on 12/11/2012 1:29:35 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Went there two years ago. Looks a lot bigger on TV.


78 posted on 12/11/2012 1:29:42 PM PST by GQuagmire
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To: longtermmemmory
misdemenor can posess.

Not true, some states domestic violence, restraining orders prohibit gun ownership.

The original Fire Arms Control act of '68 included misdemeanor's as well, though IIRC they rescinded the domestic violence because so many cops had domestic violence issues.

by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or (9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

Gun Control Act of 1968 - Wiki

79 posted on 12/11/2012 1:30:37 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: slumber1
Basketballs!


80 posted on 12/11/2012 1:31:46 PM PST by chemicalman (The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
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