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Originally Posted by flashed
Their Nashville store is the same , 10 minutes and I was done . Your friends had some cool toys ,loved the Caddy best . Love all the antique shops you visited , one of my things to kill time .
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Thought it would be...
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Originally Posted by gtviva
Great update and some nice finds, its always good too bring back stuff that will always remind you of that trip, what happened under Craigs nose? don't remember seeing that before you guys went!
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As Rian said, feeble attempt at a Burt Reynolds tribute...
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Originally Posted by grizz
Well.
What can I say??
Got to American Pickers the Television programmes shop in Le Claire at 5.30 and had 30 minutes to look around.
Simply put.....
100% Disappointing
Very pretty, clean, tidy, and just like it looks on telly....l
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Originally Posted by grizz
So,
In summary, this was a bucket list visit, based on great television and expectations.
We made a significant detour, short changed friends who we could have given a second evening to, as we had such limited time to wrap up and complete our Roadtrip
My personal experience, after all the other junk and antique stores on this trip, it sucked big time.
There is none, and I mean none of the actual magic created by the programme to be found in the two buildings, housing personal collections with NFS labels, a few random, over priced imho items for sale and a bunch of mementos, none of which would impress me, if you brought me one home. And look closely at the prices, hmmmmmm.
Even the staff are purely functional, and I suspect not on six figure pay packets.
The rest rooms though, are clean and tidy.
I will continue to watch and enjoy the programmes, but if you want to know the truth, don’t ask me, ask Google or Wikipedia.
We were out the shop before closing time so less than 30 minutes in all.
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To re-iterate, this was a joint assessment. The reality of it was that we had set our expectations low (very low) and we were still disappointing. This store is nothing more than a place to buy some overpriced souvenirs and be able to say you were there.
That said, I don't regret going there as I would always have wondered and the route meant seeing some different places and meeting some more people (Like Office "Norris" above). I would though have happily spent some more time with Ray & Eve instead.