American Pickers

This isn't a show I go out of my way to watch. I'll put it on in the background or if there isn't anything else on that i'm interested in. However most of the time I do end up focusing on it because there's just something interesting about it.

People like to say they rip people off but you have to keep in mind they are buying to make a profit. Of course they aren't going to pay retail prices. Also, if you pay attention, quite often they will ask the seller for a price and then give them MORE because they know its worth more. They aren't ripping people off.

They are mostly car, bike, oil, advertising guys so thats the majority of the history you get. Sometimes you get the history of the cool area they're in, sometimes its of the seller and their life. You never know what you're going to get. Most of the time whatever facts and stories that are told are entertaining or at least interesting.

The two guys themselves are fairly entertaining. Mike can be a bit over the top and Frank's mild stand-offish attitude can rub people the wrong way. This is a show based around them, not a show with hired actors, they're real people with real people characteristics.