The on Tv called the Pickers

[Sallysue]

The Show on Tv called the Pickers

are gonna be in Belton Tx

 

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[Kray Gelder]

That program can be entertaining, and some of the stuff they "find" is interesting. I still haven't figured out how they make a living doing what is shown on their program.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Most of them have second hand stores they sell their stuff at.
It surprises me that there are so many people that don't want their belongings!

 

[etex]

I think it would be hard without the TV money, paying for lodging, meals, gas, would eat up the profits. On a local basis maybe.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The show is fake. Most of their "finds" are rented from local collectors and staged in a location to be "found". They put out flyers and social media calls for months before going to a town. They know exactly where they are going to be going and what they will "find" before ever setting foot.

And yes, without the TV show money they would go broke if they were actually just randomly driving all over the country trying to buy other peoples junk. Hotels average $100 a night and you can spend that much again pretty quick for fuel in a giant moving van like theirs. play with a calculator a little bit, hotel every night, gas every day, eating out every day for 3 meals a day. doing this "for real" at 300 days a year gets REAL expensive.

 

[RW]

I have been buying/selling antiques since before that show aired and never heard of a "picker". Now I meet "pickers" all of the time. I mostly hit garage/estate sales on the weekends and sell at antique mall. I do believe that if I quit my real job and hit sales on Thursday and Friday when most of the good stuff is still there I could eek out a less than extravagant living. OTOH I know lots of retired people who have been doing it longer than me who don't make squat. Was out past Belton last weekend looking for arrowheads and have a decent feel for the back roads out that way, will be interesting to see what they find. Kind of burned out on the show but will watch if anyone knows the date and time?

 

[Kray Gelder]

(The show is fake. Most of their "finds" are rented from local collectors and staged in a location to be "found". They put out flyers and social media calls for months before going to a town. They know exactly where they are going to be going and what they will "find" before ever setting foot.)


And yes, without the TV show money they would go broke if they were actually just randomly driving all over the country trying to buy other peoples junk. Hotels average $100 a night and you can spend that much again pretty quick for fuel in a giant moving van like theirs. play with a calculator a little bit, hotel every night, gas every day, eating out every day for 3 meals a day. doing this "for real" at 300 days a year gets REAL expensive.

Oh, say it aint's so, Jason!