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[Locutus]

I used to think he was amusing, now I find he's annoying - he seems to deliberately break anything that doesn't grab his immediate interest.

I must admit, I love the cars he has. I loved that bus/camper thing he showed up in.

But I mostly like staring at Brandi's parts.

I'm sure the producers egg these yahoos on to 'perform' for the camera. Barry among them. Also, he (as most do) has a crew of 'guys' we never often see to come clean up the mess and garbage he doesn't take. TV...reality TV. :lol:

 

[TenPenny]

Did you know that Barry Weiss is godfather to Jesse James (motorcycle guy, ex-Mr Bullock)?

 

[petros]

There is nothing "reality" in a Thom Beers show.

 

[SLM]

TV...reality TV. :lol:

Redefining reality.

 

[TenPenny]

There is nothing "reality" in a Thom Beers show.

Nothing real in just about anything on tv, it's just entertainment.

Remember a few years ago, when the Hollywood writers went on strike? It shut down reality shows, too. How can you need writers for a reality show? Because it's not 'reality', it's 'non-professional actors'.

 

[petros]

I wish it were entertaining.

 

[TenPenny]

I wish it were entertaining.

It's almost as entertaining as reading people pretend to be experts on the internet.

 

[Locutus]

Did you know that Barry Weiss is godfather to Jesse James (motorcycle guy, ex-Mr Bullock)?

Yeah, seem to remember him not getting all pissy about Jesse regarding some lame 'nazi' Halloween outfit or some such newsworthy story.

 

[shadowshiv]

Barry Weiss - "The Collector". Weiss and his brother owned a produce company until he retired and is only looking for a few collectable items to keep. He sells or donates everything else. While Weiss is a lifelong antique collector, he had no involvement in buying storage units until his friend and Storage Wars executive producer/narrator Thom Beers suggested he join the show.[9] Barry is the best financed of the group and by his own admission is the only one not in it for financial profit. He is known for the unusual antics he brings to the auctions, such as bringing in psychics to help him figure out a locker's contents, odd disguises and outfits he'll sometimes wear, attaching a camera to a remote control airplane to look into a locker, and most recently bringing in a pair of (fake) German businessmen to distract the other buyers. He will not sell any fur articles in a unit he purchases, instead donating them to charity or giving them to another buyer, such as in an early episode when he gave a couple of fur coats to Dave Hester, who then sold them at his retail store.

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Hurry up and you can close the Olympics with it.

Thanks for the information about him, Locutus.

I used to think he was amusing, now I find he's annoying - he seems to deliberately break anything that doesn't grab his immediate interest.

I must admit, I love the cars he has. I loved that bus/camper thing he showed up in.

But I mostly like staring at Brandi's parts.

While Barry is still my favourite "character" on Storage Wars, I agree with you about how he seems to break things that he doesn't value, while looking for something unique. I believe it was Jarod that said it on the show, about how all the others are in the business as part of their livelihood, and that he breaks things that the others could actually sell. It's not like this is a guaranteed source of income either, as it looks like Dave Hestor has already had to downsize severely. He used to have a warehouse-sized store, but had to sell it as he could no longer afford it(the crappy economy probably didn't help). I'm not saying I am shedding a tear for Dave or the others, it's just that Barry destroys things that don't need to be destroyed. If he doesn't want the items, then just give them to charity or the others(even if it's just at a discount or something).

Destroying something just for the sake of destroying it is stupid, especially if it is something that someone could still use.

 

[TenPenny]

Destroying something just for the sake of destroying it is stupid, especially if it is something that someone could still use.

That's something that really annoys me about all the renovation shows - they seem to deliberately destroy stuff, smashing cabinets, etc etc. When I was younger, we lived in a small town, and when you renovated, if you didn't have a use for something like windows, cabinets, doors, etc, even toilets, you put them out at the end of the driveway with a 'free' sign on it.

When my mother in law got a new kitchen, we took all of her cabinets; I used some in my basement, and the others went to my parents' cottage, where they still are, and work perfectly. My neighbor put his old toilet out, and it was gone within 3 hours.

 

[petros]

Auction Hunters is more realistic.