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Storage Wars (2010)

Storage Wars poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
18 seasons, 368 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 135 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Professional buyers bid on storage lockers that have been abandoned. They have a few minutes to guess what might be inside before deciding how much to spend. The show follows them as they open their lockers and discover whether they made a profit or a loss.

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What happens

Storage Wars (stylized as STORAGE WAR$) is an American reality television competition series that airs on the A&E network. It premiered on December 1, 2010. The 17th season premiered February 28, 2026. If rent is not paid on a storage locker for 36 days in California, the contents can be sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items in the form of an auction. The show follows professional buyers who visit storage facilities throughout the state and bid on these lockers. Before each locker is auctioned, the buyers are given five minutes to inspect the contents from the doorway, but may not enter the locker or touch any of the items. After the day's auctions are completed, the winning bidders sort through the lockers, estimating the prices they will set on the contents and/or consulting with experts for an appraisal of unusual items. Running totals on-screen display the cost versus the estimated total value, and a final tally at the end of the episode summarizes the buyers' net profit or loss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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