Storage Wars...Winter, 2012 Adventures !

Where the heck is Jarrod?

Where the heck is Jarrod?

Good question ! Maybe episode 2 will provide the answer. New store addition might be the answer too !

Right on both counts...they are in the 2nd half hour and Brandi mentions time off after grand opening.
Wish I could call locker buys that accurately.

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Crew has grown to 5 with Nabila in the mix...tonight's secret words..."bid them up!". Only Jarrod and Barry
didn't engage in that...the rest were vicious.

Barry says: "I've seen better wares beneath the freeway."  Next week the promo shows him taking a sledge hammer to a 2 foot square safe. Good luck Barry!

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Darrel..if you're reading this (HA!) I got one of those same blow guns in a locker. Think I sold mine for $15 at the flea...I could tell it was a tourist item.

Best moment of the night:

After ripping a box apart to get at a sewing machine, Barry says "It's new... in the box"

Pan down to said destroyed box.   

Best moment of the night:

After ripping a box apart to get at a sewing machine, Barry says "It's new... in the box"

Pan down to said destroyed box.   

Mehhhh, still can say NIB, just so long as the box wasn't where the money was. Styrofoam helps his cause in reselling it. Now if he was selling on eBay, that's another story.

Best moment of the night:

After ripping a box apart to get at a sewing machine, Barry says "It's new... in the box"

Pan down to said destroyed box.   

Yep, pretty funny stuff. Actually, that would be a problem for you and I (torn box) but it really doesn't mean anything to him. He's in it for the fun at his age. Jarrod and wife are trying to make a living; Darrell's been doing it for years but probably still needs to make money at it; Dave ?  Wonder how his auction house is doing?  I like Barry and Jarrod/Brandi the best.

Yep, pretty funny stuff. Actually, that would be a problem for you and I (torn box) but it really doesn't mean anything to him. He's in it for the fun at his age.

I fully agree, but my wife and I always talk about how he just trashes the stuff in his units. The sewing machine box, followed by his comment, was just a priceless example.

Jarrod and wife are trying to make a living; Darrell's been doing it for years but probably still needs to make money at it; Dave ?  Wonder how his auction house is doing?  I like Barry and Jarrod/Brandi the best.

Barry is the most fun to watch. Jarrod and Brandi are the ones I find myself rooting for.

Well I watched the first show but not the second.  Just couldn't stomach it anymore.  Watched it with wife and I was like, "See that trashed unit she paid too high for - now watch her find that 1 item".  Out comes the pistol.  It wouldn't of surprised me if it had been real and worth 25k.

Berry's locker I liked other then the matress.  All those boxes to dig in.  Would of meant a good 2 - 3 days worth of searching with the kids.

All those boxes to dig in.  Would of meant a good 2 - 3 days worth of searching with the kids.

Just curious. Do you "screen" the boxes before the kids dig in? Just to make sure there isn't any porn/toys/drug stuff?

Seems like it could lead to some good-ol' awkwardness. 

Ya matches I pretty much do.  My daughter is also 13, built like a 17 yr old.  So we have already had the talk a few times.  Still try and watch out for everything.  I worry more about needles and things like that then the porn or toys.  Not sure why.

So I just watched the first SW ever(never have before oddly enough), and damn you can tell everyone is getting payed.

Last year Hester had 2 old beater type cube trucks, now has a whole damn fleet of trucks and trailers.  Jarrod goes from a chrysler 300 to a lifted tricked out truck and Darrell goes from a 99 ram to a 2010 lifted truck also tricked out and a Vette. Damn!  Are people sure on the amounts these guys get paid per episode? It's gotta be well over someone's original estimate of 11k an episode.

I'm sure with the popularity of the show they may be getting paid more.  Also, it wouldn't surprise me if they are going "celebrity" or "publicity" gigs on the side.  Then add in the ton of foot traffic that they are now getting at the store(s) which may of increased sales, even with increased prices.

It's like Covington just outside of Atlanta years ago.  They use to film "In the Heat of the Night" tv show in that small town.  Local guy sold all sorts of souvineer stuff from his store on main street.  You could watch them film, etc.  The show brought in many people to the area that normally wouldn't of gone.  Thus, more money, more buisness, etc.  Now it's all part of Atlanta for the most part.  Some of that is urban sprawl I suspect, and other part just growth from the show/interest.

I'm sure with the popularity of the show they may be getting paid more.  Also, it wouldn't surprise me if they are going "celebrity" or "publicity" gigs on the side.  Then add in the ton of foot traffic that they are now getting at the store(s) which may of increased sales, even with increased prices.

It's like Covington just outside of Atlanta years ago.  They use to film "In the Heat of the Night" tv show in that small town.  Local guy sold all sorts of souvineer stuff from his store on main street.  You could watch them film, etc.  The show brought in many people to the area that normally wouldn't of gone.  Thus, more money, more buisness, etc.  Now it's all part of Atlanta for the most part.  Some of that is urban sprawl I suspect, and other part just growth from the show/interest.

I bet they dont even work in there stores hardley ever! They probably hire workers and just check on the store here and there. From a tv show to selling stuff in our store would be a downer.

I bet they dont even work in there stores hardley ever! They probably hire workers and just check on the store here and there. From a tv show to selling stuff in our store would be a downer.

Maybe, but that is what all small retailers strive for. At one of my jobs, I ran a small store with about 4 others and the owner put in about 10-15 hours per week.

And, no, he didn't have a reality show.   

Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012....

Dave finds about 6 pieces of rocks/minerals and says they're worth $700 to $800.

I sell those exact items; the amethyst piece would go for $20 at the most.
The lamp (shines through the rock)....$25 at the most.
Other pieces maybe $10 each (total of $40).....grand total $85...that's 1/10 of his estimate.

Barry opens his safe and finds......Nada ! (typical...90% of them are empty).

Barry has some wine tool he thinks will pay off...I bet it will...this is REALITY TV. Corker "worth" $700 or so.

Only in Santa Cruz, CA would Darrell find three surf boards ! The three of them worth:  $650.

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A 2nd half hour coming up.

2nd half hour on the 24th of Jan, 2012.

How about this: It's about 380 miles from LA to SF, CA. That's a lot of gas!
They were in Santa Cruz and then in SF...would guess there was a night between the two auctions...motel bills.


MAYBE....If Darrell can truly sell $17K out of his $2K+ lkr...that's good money...now all he has to do is haul it back (a 10 x 30) to San Diego !

Jarrod and B like their tool box...wish he had mentioned the name of the wrench he had in his hand.

Jarrod and B get spy stuff in a locker...oh yeah...that happens AT LEAST once a year in my area.

Jarrod and B got a huge amount of new furn in the box...he rented 2 trucks to take it back the appx 400 miles to their store....trucks, drivers, gas...all adds up...thank goodness for TV celebrity.

Still a good thing they're being paid per episode and apparently a good sum ($10K by most estimates). Talent pays!

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Promo for SW Texas...2ND SEASON...starts in March; yeehaw...can hardly wait.