I Watch The Show American Pickers

most of the items they find I have no interest .. I target used furniture which seems to tell to a variety of people.

I hardly ever look in their store .. i gues it take a certain person to buy an item ..

good idea . . .

I can't get into Pawn Stores .. they carry Chumley just for entertainment .. although I feel for the guy . . . Chumlee is a lot smarter than he lets on, and I think he needs a career change -- away from PAWN Stars !

sorry to hear about your husband .. I started with small items.. much easier to work with .. .

Hahaha my husband says the same of Frank

Frank seems to like toys -- and motorcycles ..

I can't overfill my garage, otherwise it overflows outside or encroaches on my workshop. I mainly collect furniture right now .. couches are iffy .. depending condition. Some charity shops don't accept stuffed furniture to mold or insects living inside.
I avoid mattresses for the same reason, but frames are a hot item.

I also do well with small tables, and lamps !! Lamps really move especitally if you can clean them up. I often find new lamp shades for $1 at a local salvation army. They come and go since stores get up "lots" of item.

I don't make a lot right, but I hate seeing anything thrown away that is useful.

@Midnightblu: Cool. I would love to chat with you and maybe get some pointers. :)

It is lol

It doesn't seem to get like other shows .

@lasergraph OMG is right, it sounds exactly the same .. I sold my table and chairs for $175 dollars and would have fetched more If I had time to replace the cushions. A man down said you can make platform that you can remove and replace with time. I must have had about 40 responses in two hours.

PBS did a show following the latest series of the Midwives Tales or what ever it is called. They go to great pains imiate ther various living spaces in 50s decor.

It was also the age where electrical appliances were being introduced, many were dangerous and caused fire and electocution.

@Midnightblu Those tables were pretty common then, you didn't see much in the way of long wooden tables, they were too expensive. Naugahyde couches were common too. I don't know what a Naugha is but his hide is strange.

@lasergraph
Naugahyde: "an artificial material designed to resemble leather, made from fabric coated with rubber or vinyl resin."

Did you mean long traditional wooden diing tables?

Another thing, places like Goodwill or Salvation army won't accept stuffed furniture due dust, dirt, and mold in the fibre. Solid wood furniture sells well, even one that needs work sells as a fairly easy refurbishing job.

sometimes they take the asking price ..
the bartering is the fun part ..
and it adds suspence to the program of course !
then they drive off in their van with six items,
they have to budget the number of items per seller ..
@Bluesky52

@Midnightblu I prefer respect for the given price,

not a chance . . .

@Midnightblu: Your right. We can't taking everything. Besides what we see as trash. Some one will want as a treasure

Very True,

I collect mostly furniture ... I started picking things up on dump day ... while I was loading a chair one day, the owner of the house came out to talk. He said he had other to give you, and some though he wanted to sell.

So the picking for me begins when I can get into their garage or basement, and have them show me things. I have no idea how much they want so I ask for the price. If they're stumped, I throw a price that I think I can make a profit off of. Often, it is way too low and they either get cold feet or say they will think about it.

If you are stuck on an item, then quickly change the subject and look at something else you notice, even if you are not interested. Mike on Pickers does this a lot to release the pressure on the first item. Sometimes they will suddenly say "I'll pay your price on the first item." All you did was them some space to think on it.

I try to assure them that I hate to anything useful go unused.

As with MIke an Frank, they have have people don't to part with certain becasuse they're struck the sentimentalism (my new word) .. and then have a change of heart.

I told him I donate a lot of the items to lower income familes. And I often use them to stage a house with a few item so it doesn't look so bare. Some I take to Good Will only if they are usable and in good shape. The rest I sell at my Saturday garage sale .. where I open the garage door and haul it all out with help with the two men that help me on dump day.

I told the neighboors I would stick to 8 to 12 as my hours. Typically the real yard sale are there first thing, do a quick walk through and if they see anything that interests them, they leas immediatel.

Pickers usually learn over time what has value.

Anyway, I enjoy the people contact and I'm getting better at haggling over prices.

good for you .. I find moving sales have better items than yard sales .. I think people come down on price compared to grizzled veteran yard sale people .especially by the end of the day when they know they have to sell it or junk it ..

Fun happens !

@Midnightblu: Sweet fun

True, you don't see the sales after .. American Restoration is another show I like to watch .. I did sell a cast iron masonry tool of some sort that a man want to clean and restore ..

@Midnightblu: I agree with you as well. I like American Restorations. But they never could keep it. They became like the pickers show as well. They should have just sticked to restoring the item and that was it. No other things.

did you have a chance to meet them ?

@Midnightblu: yes and even had lunch with them

great, tell us about it ..

So would we !!!!!

so far . . .

it does grow on you ..

fake, why would anyone fake a show like that ?

which episode ?
@bhatjc

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VPhlRm-9Hg]@Midnightblu "One Man's Trash."
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start slow with small items ..

perhaps, I'm semi-retired and am findinb all kinds of things to explore . .

go for it !

thanks, I'll let you know if I get overwhelmed with it .. I still hold to my rule that I hate to see anything useful thrown away ..