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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: storage wars observation
« on: April 18, 2012, 11:19:09 PM »
Several forum members have posted accounts of the "staging" they've seen and even been a part of first-hand. Meaning, the film crews drive into a new town, hire extras, write a script and pay the "regulars" to follow the script. Units are rented empty and filled up with items that have been rented from local thrift shops. Something spectacular is rented from an antique shop or gun shop or wherever, then "seeded" into the unit so the stars of the show can later "find" it. Etc.

None of it is real. That's why at the beginning they say that these stories are taken from their most spectacular finds, previously found. So in a way they are like re-enactments, except who knows if any of it ever happened in the first place? No way to confirm, and I suspect the whole thing is make-believe, start to finish.

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Storage Facilities / Landlord reserves the right to bid on lockers??!!
« on: April 18, 2012, 11:10:40 PM »
What the heck?! I was reviewing auctions for the next two weeks and noticed several where the landlords reserved the right to bid on the units. I've never seen this before, is it legal? The notices also say that the landlords reserve the right to refuse the winning bids. Has anyone been outbid by the landlord, or had their "win" confiscated?

If this is a trend, I hope it ends.

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What do you usually pay for these items? And do you also cover shipping?

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The Lounge / Re: Buying Magic: The Gathering cards
« on: April 17, 2012, 09:54:49 AM »
Are they discontinuing this series?

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This is a great resource, thanks!

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Yep, looks staged to me too. Just TOO neat and organized with some goodies showing. Why aren't THEY in
neatly stacked boxes too ?

Yep! Check out the other current auctions, all the TVs are neatly situated on tables, everything is displayed for view. The over-all orientation of the items is towards the door-- how convenient!

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