Comments on: living with the dead https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/ tough guy poetry and manly stories of loneliness Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Lyle_S https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20585 Lyle_S Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:00:31 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/#comment-20585 Now you're getting into Pawn Stars territory. I think some internet TV channel just launched a similar show, too. Made the pawn shop business look real dangerous. Now you’re getting into Pawn Stars territory. I think some internet TV channel just launched a similar show, too. Made the pawn shop business look real dangerous.

]]> By: Rolston https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20584 Rolston Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:25:44 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/#comment-20584 Also I like deflating hopes about value. I watched a scene from some show where a guy brings an old brass cash register to a dealers shop and he appraised it at 2500$. I'd like to see them film the guy go to ten more shops and see what the best real offer was. Probably about 400$. Also I like deflating hopes about value. I watched a scene from some show where a guy brings an old brass cash register to a dealers shop and he appraised it at 2500$. I’d like to see them film the guy go to ten more shops and see what the best real offer was. Probably about 400$.

]]> By: Rolston https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20583 Rolston Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:18:52 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/#comment-20583 The hard part would be getting people to agree to be on film. There is a freewheeling element to that lifestyle and I think some people don't want anyone knowing their business. But the cast of characters really spreads socio economic strata unlike anywhere but the VD clinic. The owners of all the fancy boutiques from rockridge to Marin shop there and people like me who have never had more than $2000 in the bank are selling there. It's every race San Francisco has to offer as well. Truly crazy. The hard part would be getting people to agree to be on film. There is a freewheeling element to that lifestyle and I think some people don’t want anyone knowing their business. But the cast of characters really spreads socio economic strata unlike anywhere but the VD clinic. The owners of all the fancy boutiques from rockridge to Marin shop there and people like me who have never had more than $2000 in the bank are selling there. It’s every race San Francisco has to offer as well. Truly crazy.

]]> By: Lyle_S https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20581 Lyle_S Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:59:05 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/23/living-with-the-dead/#comment-20581 There is (or was) a show in the UK where 2 contestants would receive like £100 and they'd go to a couple of antique stores and buy up some stuff which is then sold at a dealer auction. Whoever makes the most profit, wins. I think the problem with a show like this, especially in your case, is that the profit margins will be so small that the game show itself will have little audience appeal. In this case, I think you need to look to your either your contestants or the flea market dealers to provide the entertainment value. Possible approach #1 - Snag people who have no business being at a flea market and will be freaked out by the people they meet. High class soccer moms and such. Next, get the dealers to really fuck with these people. Maybe you could have random people trying to pickpocket or otherwise harass your contestants as they try to bargain, make this challenging. Possible approach #2 - Find people more offsetting than the dealers themselves. For every show, drive the streets of SF and grab random eccentrics for your contestants. You knew I would bring this back towards a homeless angle, right? One possible snag in this idea, if I was a homeless guy and someone gave me 50 bucks and sent me to a flea market to try and turn that into maybe 70 bucks, I would probably just take the 50 bucks and run away, right? That might be funny for one show but it can't happen every week. There is (or was) a show in the UK where 2 contestants would receive like £100 and they’d go to a couple of antique stores and buy up some stuff which is then sold at a dealer auction. Whoever makes the most profit, wins.

I think the problem with a show like this, especially in your case, is that the profit margins will be so small that the game show itself will have little audience appeal. In this case, I think you need to look to your either your contestants or the flea market dealers to provide the entertainment value.

Possible approach #1 – Snag people who have no business being at a flea market and will be freaked out by the people they meet. High class soccer moms and such. Next, get the dealers to really fuck with these people. Maybe you could have random people trying to pickpocket or otherwise harass your contestants as they try to bargain, make this challenging.

Possible approach #2 – Find people more offsetting than the dealers themselves. For every show, drive the streets of SF and grab random eccentrics for your contestants. You knew I would bring this back towards a homeless angle, right? One possible snag in this idea, if I was a homeless guy and someone gave me 50 bucks and sent me to a flea market to try and turn that into maybe 70 bucks, I would probably just take the 50 bucks and run away, right? That might be funny for one show but it can’t happen every week.

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