As much as I agree with the to many commercials, as much as I agree with people's opinion about the guy with the sun glasses, as much as I agree that there are lots of mistakes, charity cars are crap and take to much time and I'll throw another one in..."Fantasy Bidding"...it's all for ratings and building hype...I also agree with the people that have been there and say they would go again...When your there, you don't see and hear all the crap...It's one of the best car shows I've ever been to and I look forward to go again...watch it on TV, not interested, I can get better information looking up the cars they auction off on line...NO COMMERCIALS.
So to sum up my feelings about Barrett Jackson...On TV it sucks, in real time, it's fantastic and I can't remember who said it but an NHL game costs as much or more is right and you only get three hours, here you can be there all day and still not see everything.
Ray
Totally agree with you, completely different live. As cheap as entertainment you will find and most of the guys are just regular smucks like me. Awesome selection of venders and biggest variety of vehicles I have ever seen and quite a percentage of them are pretty regular cars. There are lots of vehicles that don't sell on Friday and Saturday. When you don't like what is happening inside you just go outside into the sunshine and wander around looking at some more cars or do some people watching. Sure beats shoveling snow for a week and I say don't knock it until you've experienced it. Night and day difference.
Whenever I go (and I've been there at least 8 times) I spend next to no time inside. What I like outside is that you can meet and talk to the owners and the people that did the restoration or worked on the car. I've met real people, real car guys that know their stuff (for the most part, you always get a few in a crowd that screw it up for everybody else with attitude), I've also gotten phone numbers on good leads for cars and pieces that I had been looking for.
Like I said, it's in all probability the best car show I've been to...I can't make Scottsdale in 2013 but I'm going to try and get to Vegas.
