Storage Wars, season 2 (33 episodes)
release year: 2011-12
genre: documentary
viewing setting: home DVD 5/5-12/26
synopsis: Various people attend storage unit auctions, bid on them, and then try (or hope) to find good stuff and make money.
impressions: Again...while I couldn't do this for a living, it's entertaining to watch other people do it. Like gambling, there's always the chance of a quick, big win...and the interplay between the "main" people is often amusing. One thing I don't like: the way they casually throw out numbers about what they think some item is worth, and the total on the screen increases...without any actual fact-checking or buyer interest.
From now on, I'm just going to note the most interesting (to me) parts of each episode:
episode 1: Jarrod and Darrell do a random $100 coin flip
episode 2: a haul of vending machines is found
episode 3: a pair of shoes from the movie Popeye is recovered
episode 4: (nothing)
episode 5: a stash of old music posters, and a weird wooden head / art piece
episode 6: debut of obnoxious bidder Mark, a $21K profit from lighting equipment
episode 7: $3600 profit from an old pool cue holder
episode 8: a $6700 profit from bird boxes, and a trade of a gigantic ld TV for some burritos
episode 9: (nothing)
episode 10: (nothing)
episode 11: some old circus banners
episode 12: some art and a safe
episode 13: (nothing)
episode 14: a $1500 jade carving from a $35 unit
episode 15: an elliptical machine which is taken to Muscle Beach to sell
episode 16: three ATVs
episode 17: a furniture set spread across four different units
episode 18: an old telescope
episode 19: (nothing)
episode 20: a vintage tether car that sells for $6000, a 20-year-old unit
episode 21: a giant Hester-mobile, Barry getting hit by falling furniture
episode 22: two safes full of coins, Dave dropping a fragile item as he heads to have it appraised
episode 23: new rich bidder Nabila, $5000 worth of old cigarette cases
episode 24: use of a drone, $18,000 worth of stuff in a contractor unit
episode 25: a $2000 stash of old Coke bottles and crates
episode 26: a $14,000 haul of books
episode 27: an old emergency mask, the drummer from the Police
episode 28: a locker sells for $2.50 but contains $2000 in old glass fly traps, another unit has a bunch of paper money and coins
episode 29: some horse track pictures/drawings are worth $5000
episode 30: the hobo disguise
episode 31: (nothing)
episode 32: two big units, each with 5 digits worth of furniture and one with some espionage equipment too
episode 33: $1700 worth of 1920s road signs
acting: n/a as these are real people, but the personalities (the cocky veteran, the calm cool old shark, the asshole, the young guy, and new in this season, the tough confident older woman) feel authentic...and the various levels and types of friction between them are quite entertaining
final word: While not necessarily 100% real, it's sure entertaining.
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