As I've commented on another video, anyone who thinks customers don't act like this has never been in retail and has lived a very sheltered existence. Where I worked we might need hundreds of hours of filming to get a really good freak out, in Detroit I bet it happens more.
This was a great interview. A lot of questions were answered for me. I always wondered how they informed customers they could be on tv. But I do think that the fact you could be on tv does make some people more rowdy and more ridiculous. If I was anywhere near Detroit i'd definitely stop by.
Your comment made my otherwise somber evening very bright! Thank you! I just recently lost a best friend of 22 years from a brain aneurism. Meanwhile, I've sparked a slew of negative comments from another video because of my one I left and to see yours on THIS video really came through for me and made it all better! As far as HCP? It's addicting but, yeah, it HAS to be scripted and fake! LOL I agree with ya on that, brother! :-)
Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn can't be compared. It's not fair to judge one against the other. Pawn Stars is more scripted and geared towards the item and it's history--hence being a History Channel show. Hardcore Pawn is about the people and the stories, hence being on TruTV. If I had a Pawn Shop TV show of my own I'd try to focus on the selling aspect, because that's how the stores make their money. It's just two separate approaches to the pawn business
Quest'uomo è davvero un mito, adoro il programma hard pawn che in italia si chiama il banco dei pugni ed è il mio programma preferito, Less Gold sei un genio
Thx for sharing!! Say whatever u want....but Les- he is really great Boss!! Those who find him difficul to work with r just too young....its HIS business- HIS pocket - just have to understand the dynamics and see things Les`way. He knows how to make money thats for sure!! : ) I would have dropped it all and catch first flight to Detroit if Les offered me a job there! Thx again and brgds
It's kind of funny that all of the people you see storming out or being taken out by security said 'Yeah ok, I'll sign a release so that everyone knows I'm an idiot. Fame is fame'.
Just like almost every bank and Insurance companie is, right? No one is forced to sell anything to a pawn shop! Sell your stuff on Ebay, make a better price and save your speech for them banks and insurance companies and the like!
he mentions his wife when i started watching the show, i wondered about the wife...then i saw some old repeats and saw her. now she makes uncredited cameos, i saw her (I think) when the woman brought in a white snake among other things...
Rule#1 Never take your items to sell at a pawn guy if you don’t want to get ripped off Rule#2 Never listen to a pawn broker about anything unless you want to get ripped off
Damn... RUclips is soooo disruptive.... I waited for every Wednesday night for Hardcore Pawn, but now could not resist it any longer on RUclips. What's am I going to do on Wednesday night???
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!! Les You Rock! Ashley You Are the Best Soul Ever!! i know who you are. smile Sef, sorry if i spelled your name wrong, You Kick Ass! Smile God Bless Every Thing You Do!!!!!! Love Cindy
The sign a release form before they even talk to them, if it goes bad it's already to late they have the right to put it in video. I'm sure though some of it's scripted.
U should get one in downtown Vermont, Gold. You get to beat the customer to a pulp with a sign that says PAID FOR BY THE VERMONT STATE GOVERNMENT WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG AND GETS A BEATIN FOR TRYIN TO SAY SO it's real good for you
Obviously a lot of the customers are from a poor neighborhood. Its not only about buying and selling. The staff has to be able to handle people having drug problems psysical problems etc etc. How about employing a scrink ?. joke. Anyway Mr Les. U and your staff are performing an incredible job.
This was a fake interview! @ 0:57-0:58, Lee Hawkins's fingers start to disappear, then are completely cut off! The interview was done by way of split screen! Les Gold was interviewed prior by someone else and then later incorporated into the scene where Lee Hawkins has a line of questions to ask him! There was a reason why it was done this way! I just haven't enough characters to explain it!
being that the shop is in America's largest DYING city there are a lot of desperate folks in Detroit ..the auto industry has died a long slow death and there are pitiful few jobs in Detroit....look on Google Street around most of Detroit ...half of the houses have been torn down...its an amazing phenominon
Honestly, I can't really stand any of them but especially Ashley. I would be embarrassed to have kids who act the way Seth and Ashley do and they have no regard for anyone else. The only reason that Ashley talks so much shit is because, there's so many security guards to protect her. If there's no security, she wouldn't open that mouth like she does.
In the credits at the end of Operation REPO, Cheaters and in Hardcore Pawn it clearly says that all scenes were re-enacted and some were based on true stories. The Pawn Stars shop even closes a whole month when they do the filming for the show. How the hell can he keep a straight face and tell people that it's reality and real? If I go with my camera and film 1 year there - you wouldn't find all the crazy people that this show makes you want to believe happen in 1 day every week for the last 8 years!
i think the show is fake as balls, but Les is the most likable character. it's almost like pro wrestling if that makes sense? everybody is a heel, but Les is the face, right?
I must say Les is so well spoken. He makes his point so clear.
love this guy. he's such a badass & his demeanor is inspiring
One day I would love to meet that guy , loves his kids and his staff and he's no fool 👍👍👍
les is a sharp man!
Great interview thanks for posting
Awesome interview. I love this show. Also, great interviewer...great questions
Thats why its called "television Entertainemnt"
I love this show!
hes an awesome guy
hardcore pawn is huge in Norway too
This is a good man
As I've commented on another video, anyone who thinks customers don't act like this has never been in retail and has lived a very sheltered existence. Where I worked we might need hundreds of hours of filming to get a really good freak out, in Detroit I bet it happens more.
...dob1945usa...
Les Gold u are AWESOME!
To sad that the show ended in 2014 and no network has pick up the show since ...3 years later still nothing.
Mhm );
6 years. still nothing. I guess it is over for the good.
@@beniburek yup oh well
This was a great interview. A lot of questions were answered for me. I always wondered how they informed customers they could be on tv. But I do think that the fact you could be on tv does make some people more rowdy and more ridiculous. If I was anywhere near Detroit i'd definitely stop by.
i saw a re run of an old episode where his wife made an appearence
she says he never had a day/morning where he didnt want to go to work...
Please we need more of Hardcore Pawn 🙏🤓
Respect
Les is the best!
i love this guy
Your comment made my otherwise somber evening very bright! Thank you! I just recently lost a best friend of 22 years from a brain aneurism. Meanwhile, I've sparked a slew of negative comments from another video because of my one I left and to see yours on THIS video really came through for me and made it all better! As far as HCP? It's addicting but, yeah, it HAS to be scripted and fake! LOL I agree with ya on that, brother! :-)
working there one year to learn would be awsome
Met him today :D
bring the show back
Awesome great show.
i actually called this store 20 times and out of those 20 times he was never there, and they were called all different times
We're pawnbrokers that happen to be on TV
Favorite show
les is great..love the show.wish i lived there id ask for a job :)
enoreach007 b.s. DETROIT sucks poorest ,worst crime in us , the gold family doesn't pay crud
He's a smart dude. Great businessman
Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn can't be compared. It's not fair to judge one against the other. Pawn Stars is more scripted and geared towards the item and it's history--hence being a History Channel show. Hardcore Pawn is about the people and the stories, hence being on TruTV. If I had a Pawn Shop TV show of my own I'd try to focus on the selling aspect, because that's how the stores make their money. It's just two separate approaches to the pawn business
Great segment. Good talk.
A very smart and interesting man, great interview.
thank you brotha
7mate and this show is the best thing here in australia.
Quest'uomo è davvero un mito, adoro il programma hard pawn che in italia si chiama il banco dei pugni ed è il mio programma preferito, Less Gold sei un genio
Our best scientist are trying to figure out what the fuck you just said.
Italian, pretty easy language Linda.
A pawn shop is where wholesale smacks retail in the face, and says "WAKE UP !"
hes a good guy
I like this guy.
I like the show and I usually hate shows like this it's my fav pawn show
Thx for sharing!! Say whatever u want....but Les- he is really great Boss!! Those who find him difficul to work with r just too young....its HIS business- HIS pocket - just have to understand the dynamics and see things Les`way. He knows how to make money thats for sure!! : ) I would have dropped it all and catch first flight to Detroit if Les offered me a job there! Thx again and brgds
It's kind of funny that all of the people you see storming out or being taken out by security said 'Yeah ok, I'll sign a release so that everyone knows I'm an idiot. Fame is fame'.
They're actually all actors now where they're paid to make themselves look like idiots.
These guys take such advantage of people.
Just like almost every bank and Insurance companie is, right?
No one is forced to sell anything to a pawn shop! Sell your stuff on Ebay, make a better price and save your speech for them banks and insurance companies and the like!
..the Red Ruby was a $$90,000.00$ Stone..owner go $10,000.00, but She was happy, happy...dob1945usa...
he mentions his wife
when i started watching the show, i wondered about the wife...then i saw some old repeats and saw her.
now she makes uncredited cameos, i saw her (I think) when the woman brought in a white snake among other things...
I like the show
when are the new episodes coming out?
still entertaining thats why ppl watch it :)
...
Very interesting watching it 👍
@12:35 what that guy said was like playing with fire
someone said they changed their name to gold...???makes sense now..
LES!!!!!
Pawn Star is Educational, Hardcore Pawn is Entertaining.
We need directions to the pawn shop that is on tv. We are in Frankenmuth Michigan. We are leaving in the morning..
i thought i knew everything about Pawn, but i was wrong.
Rule#1
Never take your items to sell at a pawn guy if you don’t want to get ripped off
Rule#2 Never listen to a pawn broker about anything unless you want to get ripped off
Damn... RUclips is soooo disruptive.... I waited for every Wednesday night for Hardcore Pawn, but now could not resist it any longer on RUclips. What's am I going to do on Wednesday night???
how can a guy that has just been thrown out of the store be coaxed into signing a release?
great guy
Luv dis joka.. Mean business in pawn👍😍
Correction: HCP is addictive AND entertaining! LOL I like your post better, though! :-)
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!! Les You Rock! Ashley You Are the Best Soul Ever!! i know who you are. smile Sef, sorry if i spelled your name wrong, You Kick Ass! Smile
God Bless Every Thing You Do!!!!!! Love Cindy
I’m watching this high
nice guy!
i love how he keeps butting his hands out and his hand disappears, where they edited to make it look like they sitting that close lol
The sign a release form before they even talk to them, if it goes bad it's already to late they have the right to put it in video. I'm sure though some of it's scripted.
...dob1945usa...
les sei un MITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!
U should get one in downtown Vermont, Gold. You get to beat the customer to a pulp with a sign that says
PAID FOR BY THE VERMONT STATE GOVERNMENT
WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG
AND GETS A BEATIN FOR TRYIN TO SAY SO
it's real good for you
seth and ashley treat each other like poop not a loving family
You can see unhappiness in Ashley's eyes, as she continually looks around to pick a fight. A very sad person she is, needs help and prayers.
@@nickclark18 😂😂😂😂
To all the haters, of course this stuff isn't 100% real, but its fucking entertaining.
Yup
les goldSTEIN more like.
fuck you NAZI !
+fformfiller Who the fuck doesn't make money on the backs of others, you stupid fuck?
+t1mTV Oh My God - you're so fucking clever...! Dumbass...
Battle toads, Rick....Battle toads...for the WIN!
Perfekt 😊
4:14
Funny part 16:28
When pointing to Les Gold, the interviewers fingers disappear half way.
FreeWorldAllDay they dont really sit that close to eachother
FreeWorldAllDay they dont really sit that close to eachother
Obviously a lot of the customers are from a poor neighborhood. Its not only about buying and selling. The staff has to be able to handle people having drug problems psysical problems etc etc. How about employing a scrink ?. joke. Anyway Mr Les. U and your staff are performing an incredible job.
crazy how reality tv has completely disappeared
My way is the right way
Les smoking a cigar!!! I bet it is a huge one!
Big brown one 😂😂
16:05 taking a jab at Pawn Stars! Lol
Nice guy
Most modern objects have ZERO value.
If a guy comes in with something truly weird and amazing then I love that.
I never really saw the resemblance between him and his son until just now.
If i ever visit the wonderful city of Detroit i will be making a visit to American Jewelry and Loan and you can bank on that.
GO TIGERS! WORLD SERIES 2012
This was a fake interview! @ 0:57-0:58, Lee Hawkins's fingers start to disappear, then are completely cut off! The interview was done by way of split screen! Les Gold was interviewed prior by someone else and then later incorporated into the scene where Lee Hawkins has a line of questions to ask him! There was a reason why it was done this way! I just haven't enough characters to explain it!
...dob1945usa..
being that the shop is in America's largest DYING city there are a lot of desperate folks in Detroit ..the auto industry has died a long slow death and there are pitiful few jobs in Detroit....look on Google Street around most of Detroit ...half of the houses have been torn down...its an amazing phenominon
Detroit reminds me of the game GTA V.
Honestly, I can't really stand any of them but especially Ashley. I would be embarrassed to have kids who act the way Seth and Ashley do and they have no regard for anyone else. The only reason that Ashley talks so much shit is because, there's so many security guards to protect her. If there's no security, she wouldn't open that mouth like she does.
+Mentholian Smoke but she does have security
.bingo..NEPOTISM..no way that one could ever hold employment, except with the love of a Father...dob1945usa...
In the credits at the end of Operation REPO, Cheaters and in Hardcore Pawn it clearly says that all scenes were re-enacted and some were based on true stories. The Pawn Stars shop even closes a whole month when they do the filming for the show. How the hell can he keep a straight face and tell people that it's reality and real? If I go with my camera and film 1 year there - you wouldn't find all the crazy people that this show makes you want to believe happen in 1 day every week for the last 8 years!
people think the show is fake
Guys less said "knowledge" , prepare your tin foil hats we have another garage speech coming are way... God have mercy 😂
This is real. Much much better than porn star fabricated shows
i think the show is fake as balls, but Les is the most likable character. it's almost like pro wrestling if that makes sense? everybody is a heel, but Les is the face, right?
gravecactus behave there all horrible
Sadly missed UK
2:50
Anyone been in there?is it cheaper than other stores or does it do that scam where they dont
prices are very bad and customer service. I personally would shop at this pawn shop for anything special.
Crrrrrrying!!
hahahahhaha lol
Yeah...with a few good scriptwriters we'll get to 100....
I love the show! How they mock black people! Be honest!
where is the Marilyn manson episode?