"Storage Wars" participant gets kicked off show and sues

[steve B]

The show is probably staged, but there's a lot of decent stuff out there.

Before our city went to a single bin for trash the company would take nearly anything. And loads of great stuff would be on the curb.

Freight car mover- about a 15 foot long pry bar.
Small coal shovel.
Push type lawn edge trimmer - like the push mowers, but tiny and with only one wheel
Stained glass window.
Bicycle sized tire chain.- Showed it to a guy with a great collection of balloon tire bikes and he said he'd never even heard of it.
Plus a bunch of architectural salvage like window frames with the old wavy glass. I sold 30+ frames for $10 each. Not bad for stuff that was free.

All that was from within 3 blocks of my house.

So I wouldn't be at all surprised to find something decent in a storage locker.

Steve B

[alanu]

The thing that struck me funny about the lawsuit is that Dave Hester was earning $25,000 per episode, which has to be more than he could dream about getting from storage units, so even if he does win his lawsuit, he's throwing away maybe millions in future earnings from the show with his stupid comments.

[chaddurbin]

knew the show was fake, what i didn't know was dave hester IS an asshole and just didn't play one as a character with this lawsuit.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

What a YUTZ!, Er, I mean YUUUUUTZ!!!

[Matthew H]

One of the funniest moments of the show imo is when Dave Hester estimated his locker full of worthless books was worth 50k. What a lame.

[alanu]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

What a YUTZ!, Er, I mean YUUUUUTZ!!!

That or PUUUUUUUTZ!

[glynparson]

please keep thinking there's nothing in these storage lockers and that the show is all bs.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Funniest part of the story is that they identify him as a "star."

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by alanu

The thing that struck me funny about the lawsuit is that Dave Hester was earning $25,000 per episode, which has to be more than he could dream about getting from storage units, so even if he does win his lawsuit, he's throwing away maybe millions in future earnings from the show with his stupid comments.

From my understanding he was let go THEN sued. He didn't begin his lawsuit before being terminated. The first complaint is for "wrongful termination". So he isn't losing his paycheck because of the lawsuit, the lawsuit is because he lost his paycheck.

[alanu]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

From my understanding he was let go THEN sued. He didn't begin his lawsuit before being terminated. The first complaint is for "wrongful termination". So he isn't losing his paycheck because of the lawsuit, the lawsuit is because he lost his paycheck.

I was referring to the stupid comments that he made to get himself fired. Was watching the show tonight and as always it made me laugh at the values he put on the items. The other guy I don't really like, Darrell made a big score on some art.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by alanu

I was referring to the stupid comments that he made to get himself fired. Was watching the show tonight and as always it made me laugh at the values he put on the items. The other guy I don't really like, Darrell made a big score on some art.

*So he is in the wrong because he pointed out that what his bosses were doing was illegal and then got fired for it?

(*assuming that his lawsuit is true)

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

*So he is in the wrong because he pointed out that what his bosses were doing was illegal and then got fired for it?

(*assuming that his lawsuit is true)

Was it illegal?

I watched a couple shows last night and it really isn't a competition despite the numbers board at the end.

Just a bunch of storage lockers bought and arbitrary numbers thrown out as values at the end. No real prizes for who wins or loses.

They do the same thing with "Deadliest Catch", though in a most likely much less arbitrary way, in comparing the crab catches and deck hand wages for the different boats.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Was it illegal?

I watched a couple shows last night and it really isn't a competition despite the numbers board at the end.

Just a bunch of storage lockers bought and arbitrary numbers thrown out as values at the end. No real prizes for who wins or loses.

They do the same thing with "Deadliest Catch", though in a most likely much less arbitrary way, in comparing the crab catches and deck hand wages for the different boats.

That is what he alleges. He alleges that he made some comments about some of the things being illegal and were in "violation of of the Communications act of 1934" and that when it was brought up he was fired. If this is true, then why would we be so harsh on him?