Posted by jhilyer on March 16, 2010 at 18:32:22 from (168.169.83.66):
In Reply to: pickers tv show posted by larry@stinescorner on March 16, 2010 at 18:18:09:
I kinda don't like that show at all. Seems they're dealing mostly with old people, "talking" them out of their treasures. Maybe these people have kids and grandkids somewhere who were planning on inheriting that stuff? Maybe for profit, but maybe for sentimental reasons, too.
After my grandma's passing, my grandpa let his "friend" the antique dealer in his house and basically loot the place for a pittance. My grandpa was so "out-of-it" he didn't even know what the guy took. My mom knew nothing about it until it was too late. Then the antique dealer died 2 weeks later of a heart attack! Maybe poetic justice, but that sealed it - my mom wasn't going to get any of that stuff back now.
The thing I miss most was a Luger my grandpa took off a German POW in WWII...that would have been an heirloom to pass down.
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