Posted by Germ on March 17, 2010 at 07:38:55 from (64.12.112.140):
In Reply to: Re: pickers tv show posted by Billy NY on March 16, 2010 at 20:45:08:
Well said. It is a business, the people that they are buying from have the right to say no. It's also well rehearshed with multiple takes of each shot since nobody stumbles over saying a line, even the homeowners when first approached. Plus it takes time to set up the cameras to get good clean shots. It's not filmed live with a single hand held camera.
I also find it amusing that us tractor collectors grumble if there is a fence row find or a barn find that the owner won't sell and we know the tractor will rot away or the kids will inherit it and send it to the scrap yard, yet they find the pickers offensive. Let's face it, at times we're all pickers. They just have developed it as a business model.
At least the pickers are saving some of our heritage. A lot of the places that they pick at will probably see a scrap man hauling the stuff off after the owners pass away because the ratio of good stuff to bad stuff is too low. They've been to some real nice places and they been to some real dumps.
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