[techweenie]

Storage Wars is a hoot. Nicely edited to focus on 4 guys + 1 spouse +1 son.

Had a guy referred to me about 4 years ago who bought a storage locker for a couple hundred that turned out to have Steven Spielberg's first movie in it -- I think it was made when he was 13 and had just gotten a camera. The guy was hoping for a quarter million bucks. I told him I couldn't help him out. Never heard if he was able to find a buyer.

Back to Storage Wars: they count up the results of the day, which never include opportunity cost (what that person could have been making elsewhere instead of driving to and standing around, then dealing with 90% junk) and transport -- several of these people end up needing to rent trucks to move the stuff. The "mogul" guy has a big store and big payroll and never makes what the show summary indicates. Biggest flaw is that all "finds" are calculated at retail value, but that doesn't mean the things will sell for that price.