Honestly - if you have been doing this long enough you should have a number of buyers or "go-to" people for a number of different things.  It's when they leave to travel all over the US and still can find not just the right person, but a buyer with cash in hand that really drives me nuts.

That's what I meant.   Of course I have my collection of friends and "go-to" people locally, but not all over the US. 

And note that every person on this board had fewer than 10 posts at one point in time; has nothing whatsoever to do with my experience with buying lockers. 

I believe the word "fabulous" was uttered fifteen times by the imitation Barry.  "Ridiculous" is closer to the truth..

Absolutely awful.  The Texas version of the show is as bad as the original show is good - we love the original show, enjoy watching reruns, etc.. We couldn't finish this one.  Obviously scripted in parts and almost completely void of entertainment value. 

I'm a storage hunter in Austin who happens to know the "real" auctioneers for last night's show:  Alan and Libby Wares of Ace Auction Company.  In my opinion Ace is by far the best auction company in Austin, at least for storage auctions.  Very professional and genuine folks.

They actually appeared in the background in several shots, wearing their bright-red company shirts and caps.  Libby is leaning against a wall and Alan is standing next to her in the background.   They described the experience to me at an auction they held in Austin a couple of months ago, though they didn't know for sure if they'd actually appear on the show.  They have to call the auction first, and then the show recreates the auction a second time using the show's auctioneer.  (This isn't done to deceive, it's for legal purposes..?)

Here are some of the things we didn't like:

Having the guy who keeps saying "fabulous" use it in an obvious attempt to force it into the storage-auction lexicon much like Dave Hester's "yuuup."   The guy is also a talentless caricature of Barry Weiss.  The reason Barry Weiss is so fun to watch is because he's authentic.  This guy is just..boring.

$14,000 in artwork? $275 lamp? (your price at Goodwill: $4.99)  $5,000 antique?  Yeah, it *could* happen, I suppose ANYTHING could happen, but gimme a break..  this kind of exaggeration is what makes Auction Hunters and that "other" show so silly and un-watchable.

Injected drama and poorly-written/poorly-acted humor.  Jesus, it's like they were reading from a cue card.  From start to finish.  Just awful dialog, and zero personality.  Unless you consider two fat guys in a 5x10 to be funny (I kinda do).  Although we agreed that the comment about finding something other than a Mexican restaurant in Texas was funny.

Speaking of the twin XXXXX-large jumbo geniuses.. I'd *love* to see them digging through a unit.  They can't reach to tie their own shoelaces, but they're picking apart a storage unit?  How efficient can they really be at this kind of manual labor?  I'm 6' and 200 lbs and it wears ME out!!

We watched almost to the end and just couldn't take anymore.  Is it just us?