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Some of the valuations are quite ridiculous.

posted 11 years ago by sara.banda
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Not being funny right but do people in the US like to give away money? Some of the tat on there wouldn't fetch more than a hundred quid and yet they talk about getting hundreds or thousands of dollars for some things. Case in point. I was watching one a couple of days ago and Brandon and Lori found some DJ equipment and lighting gear. Brandon found a couple of mixing desks which he described as 'high end' and figured he could get $700 for just one of them. Bushwah!!!! I have both of those desks and I paid around £200 I think for the Behringer brand new back in 2004 and I've just looked on Amazon US and they've got one for $379 new. I also bought a Mackie 1604 (the other one) from eBay last year and it cost me £117. That's around $190 by the current exchange rate. Just saying like.

[–] thedudeabide5 11 years ago

Yep i've noticed this also, they found a Geni phone in one of the episodes and Brandon said it was worth a couple of hundred dollars as it was a collector item!!! Quick google search and they are in fact worth $9.99 at best!!!

Since then i always have a chuckle at there over inflated estimations!!!

It's not just about me and my dream of doing nothing.

[–] By-TorX-1 10 years ago

They should do a crossover with Hardcore Pawn, so we see them take their items which they believe to be worth $4000 to Les, who gives them $50.

I sleep now.

[–] laymonite-2 10 years ago

Completely agree that the valuations are often ludicrous. The first show I saw, they described 3 old rubber hoses as 'welding gear' worth hundreds of dollars.

The valuation of obsolete, used electronic equipment, assumed to be working is sometimes farcical.

[–] chrislinda23 9 years ago

Sorry to bump this thread but I watched one episode with Lori and they found a still (making distilled water from tap water) I work in a lab and even the most budget still is over £1000 and this was a high end one they severely under valued it.