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>> Right now on
"Container Wars."
>> What the hell is that?
>> I need something more
concrete than a bunch
of concrete.
>> Skip, skip and beat it.
>> 24 going once?
>> Sold!
>> 24 going twice?
>> Sold!
>> They ain't gonna buy it.
>> Let's see what's under this
tarp, man.
>> Oh!
>> Every day,
billions of dollars
worth of merchandise
from around the world
come through US ports.
But when containers
are left unclaimed,
they go to the highest bidder.
>> 29!
>> 30.
>> These are the biggest
auctions you'll ever see.
Where the only way to win
is to go for broke.
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♪♪
>> You know I got the...
They come in big packages,
you know what I'm saying?
And I got your heavyweight
freight, baby.
I got four huge money-makers
for you today.
And my last one's coming all the
way from Indiana as we speak.
And it weighs in at a whooping
eight tons.
>> Let's go make money.
>> Let's do this.
Follow me out here.
>> Yeah!
♪♪
>> Bring it up, man,
bring it up and bring it in.
This container comes all the way
from Costa Rica headed
for Denver.
The receiver's in default.
It's been here for three months.
AB, let's pop this can, man.
>> Pop that lock!
(whooping)
>> Yeah! Oh!
Oh my God!
>> Don't worry about a few
birds, man.
>> They smell bad, man.
When these cans sit on the lot
for this long, man, it's common
for birds and animals to find
a way in.
Why are they in there?
'Cause there's a big hole
in there.
I'm not worried about a bunch
of damn birds.
It's everybody else runnin',
ah, freakin' out.
You know what?
You're not buying the birds,
dumb ***, you're buying the
merchandise.
>> Whoa.
Cable's worth a lot of money.
>> Yeah, those cables
are heavy duty.
This cage?
>> This is money.
>> See the rope?
This is all zipline.
Me and my kid were just in Costa
Rica doing this four months ago.
All the harnesses,
the whole ziplines.
I can sell these
for 15 different uses.
I've got mechanics all over that
wanna buy this for pulling cars.
This container here,
it's a slam dunk.
It's an easy one to get rid of.
The guys from Israel,
definitely going for it.
>> Yes, we are.
>> Yeah, you are, you're
a bunch of...
>> You can't even (bleep) dress.
>> Matthew, gonna raise it up,
big time, he not gonna
give it up.
>> If he raise it up, we raise
it up more.
>> There's a brand-new craze
going on.
There's actually exercise
classes people take and it's
like trapeze.
Trapeze takes a lot of cables.
These are your platforms that
you go from one area to another.
I actually can get rid of this
and sell this real quick.
>> Sell it to Disneyland.
>> Boo, boo, boo, boo.
Look at you puffing out our your
chest, bird.
There's so much cable in there.
That's worth a hell of
a lot of money.
The problem is, whoever's got
the most money,
is who's taking this.
>> See it all the time,
I've opened up cans to cats,
rats, snakes and whatever, man.
It's no big deal,
it all washes off.
Who'll start the bidding off,
man, who wants to go...
>> $1,000.
>> There's a thousand dollar bid
right there.
>> Two.
>> 2,000.
>> Five.
>> Toodle-loo.
>> Taking in a 5,000...
6,000...
Money, seven grand.
>> Matt attack!
>> 8,000, 9,000.
Shlomi back in the game.
>> Matt attack!
(auctioneer patter)
>> Are you back in?
>> Yeah, what is the attack?
>> Nothing.
>> 11!
>> Deana back in with 11 grand.
(auctioneer patter)
>> 13.
>> 13, all right...
>> One, two, three, four, 15.
>> 15.
Are you playing?
>> 16 now...
>> *** attack.
>> 17.
>> Matt attack!
>> 19?
>> Matt attack!
>> 20,000...
>> Go for it, good luck.
>> ...is the bid from Matthew.
>> Get out of here.
>> 21 and the house.
>> Get out of here.
>> I got 20,000 going twice.
>> They ain't gonna buy it.
>> Sold it for $20,000.
>> Thank you very much.
Get out of here, go home.
Fly away, fly away, all of you!
>> Oh!
>> I'm not sure why you guys
didn't buy it, but making him
pay for it always makes
me happy.
>> Yeah.
>> Everybody's discouraged with
bird (bleep).
Who gives a crap about
the bird (bleep).
>> Uh...
♪♪
>> This is your heavyweight
freight I'm talking about
right here.
42-foot of profit man
if you're the winner
today, baby.
Bring it in, bring it in,
bring it in.
All right, this container comes
from the university in Atlanta
and is heading to Honolulu,
Hawaii, you guys.
It says here that there is
a vehicle inside.
Make and model,
condition unknown.
>> Showcase showdown!
>> Pop this can, AB,
do your job, baby, bring in the
can opener, man.
>> Pop that!
And you're about to make money,
come on.
>> Yeah, that's what I'm talking
about... oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
>> Oh!
>> It says here the receiver was
a grand prize winner who didn't
pay his taxes.
>> All the new cars have sensory
lights on the bumper now for
backing up.
A vintage car would have
a steel bumper on that.
It's some kind of a float.
>> You mean like a parade float?
>> Exactly.
>> I shined a light back there.
I couldn't really see any
actual tires.
The space underneath it is
what's really makes me think
it's some kind of
a water vessel.
This thing's definitely worth
sticking around for.
>> It was won as a grand prize.
Maybe they did a game show
at a university and the guy
wins it, right?
And he lives in Hawaii.
>> Okay...
(speaking foreign language)
>> All right, come on.
Get your pink *** out of my
face, ***.
>> Why are you getting so close
to me?
>> It might be like a sports
team equipment and the coolers
for the drinks.
>> I think what is in the boxes,
it's little stickers.
And the vehicle, maybe it's
somebody got injured, you know?
>> I think it's a jeep,
or if not, a utility vehicle
of some sort.
But again, the person didn't
wanna pay the taxes on it,
'cause obviously it was well
over probably worth $25-30,000.
Who has that chunk?
Who has that chunk to pay it
right away for the taxes?
>> Unpaid taxes.
>> It's some type of SUV,
brother.
>> Yeah.
>> Unpaid taxes.
The only thing it could be
is a car back there.
Me and Mo, we're going for this.
>> Let's get this auction
underway, what do you say?
I gotta hear an opening of five.
>> 5,000.
>> $5,000...
Six from Elvis in the back.
We got six grand, give me seven.
Seven.
Jason?
>> 8,000.
>> 8,000 in the back row.
>> Nine.
>> 9,000 from Jason.
(patter)
>> Yup.
>> 12!
>> $12,000...
>> 14!
>> What?
>> Matt attack!
>> I got 15 from Matt.
>> Paying 15,000 on the
container coming from
university?
What do you see inside,
your sexy teacher?
>> Looking for 16,
got 16 from Jason.
>> Toodle-loo!
>> 16-five... 16-five going
once, give me 16-five,
going twice.
>> Yeah!
>> Oh, 16-five from Mo.
>> Player!
You gotta be a player!
>> 16, give from Mo right there.
Jason, $17,000?
>> No (bleep).
>> 16-five going once.
>> I don't want it!
>> 16-five going twice.
Last call.
Sold for $16,500 to Mo and Ty.
>> Toodle-loo.
Skip, skip and beat it.
>> I don't know about
these guys.
>> All empty boxes.
>> Oh, my goodness, that's nice.
Hey, look it, Easy-Up.
Oh, tossing tables.
All brand-new merch, man.
>> How much do you think we can
ask for these?
>> 400 and lawn games.
There's 10 Easy-Ups.
That's $70 a piece.
$700, cha-ching.
Oh, Ty!
Look at that, player!
>> That's nice.
>> Complete grill sets, man.
>> How many?
>> Two, 200 each.
>> Okay, we're at four.
>> It came from a college.
What do college students do on
the weekend?
>> Party.
(chuckling)
>> Correct-a-mundo!
Ay, we got ten coolers at
another 70 a piece, ten of 'em.
Another $700.
Word.
>> Whoo!
>> Oh, drink and sprayers.
>> Liquor size.
>> Yeah, these are Kamikaze
sprayers.
AB! Whoo!
>> I'm keeping them.
>> Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be like
Ned the Wino.
So we got about another thousand
dollars in boxes.
>> About 36 right now.
But we need a whole lot more...
>> Have about three grand.
>> ...to make some money.
>> This is what we spent
16-five on.
>> Oh!
>> Whoo!
>> Car, just like
I thought, SUV.
>> Just like we thought.
>> This-- ay, $5,000, easy.
>> Oh, man, come on!
>> What, what, what?
>> Oh, come on, man!
It's only half a car.
>> Half a car?
>> It's half!
It's not 5,000, maybe a
thousand, oh, (bleep).
They turned it into a tailgater.
No wonder they didn't pay the
taxes on it, it's crap.
>> Now, now, what's back
there, man?
>> D't know, man, but there's
gotta be $10,000 worth
of product.
How much is this worth?
>> Easy three grand.
>> That's it?
>> I don't know,
let me add this up...
>> Only three grand?
We lost.
A new TV and a half a car!
You know, we spent 16-five.
We lost seven.
I told you it would be a lot
of cheddar in this container.
>> Coming up...
>> Are you ready for this, man?
Oh!
>> Gotta be a mixture of
furniture or something.
This thing's got me confused
like a mother.
I need something more concrete
than a bunch of concrete.
♪♪
>> Big green over here.
And that's just what you're
gonna need if you're gonna get
this can from me.
Bring it in, gather 'round, man.
This bin comes from
a manufacturer in Santa Ana,
California, headed to Malaysia.
A lawsuit between the buyer and
seller put this baby in legal
limbo, and now it has to go!
You ready for this, man!
Let's bring in the can opener.
These guys are restless.
They wanna see what's
happening, baby.
Ah, ho! Yeah!
All right, this is a heavy load.
You get that line going.
Don't you go inside.
>> John said the gross weight of
this is four tons, right?
It's gotta be a mixture of
furniture or something.
This thing's got me confused
like a mother.
I need something more concrete
than a bunch of concrete.
>> The weight
is four tons gross.
>> Four tons?
>> Yeah, if that tells you
anything, I don't know.
>> I actually thought a hell
of a lot more than that.
I saw the shape and didn't even
realize it.
Once I actually pictured 'em
down, I'm realizing, guess what?
This is a skate park.
My buddy used to build skate
parks growing up.
I know this could be big money.
>> What the hell is that?
>> My first impression which is
probably a dumb impression, but,
uh, could be a set-up for
a driving school.
I don't know.
>> I wanna see some concrete
bids here, you know what
I'm saying.
Who'll give a thousand
to start it off?
>> Thousand!
>> We got a thousand...
>> There we go.
>> There we go, baby.
>> Six, six, six.
>> $6,000...
>> 8,000!
>> Thank you very much,
newcomer...
>> 85!
>> Nine!
>> I got Mo at nine grand.
>> Ten! Ten!
>> I got 10,000 from Jason...
>> 12, Skip to your Lou!
>> Skip, skip...
>> 12 from ***.
>> 14.
>> 15!
>> 16.
>> $16,000...
>> 17!
>> 18.
>> 18 from Jason...
>> 19.
>> Deana...
>> I know I see a bunch of
concrete, but I think my
instincts are gonna be right.
>> 20.
>> 20-five!
>> $20,500 from ***...
>> Damn!
(patter)
>> 21.
>> Jason's in with 21,000.
>> Hell, no.
>> $21,500...
I'll tell you guys, last call.
21,000 going once.
21,000 going twice.
I've sold it for $21,000 to
Jason, my man,
that is how you--
>> I make money around here.
Complete (bleep) lunatics
buying (bleep).
They have no idea what the
price is.
>> These barricades, probably
four or 500 a piece, anywhere
from 800 to a grand.
All right, all right, all right.
I mean, we got boards right
here.
This is exactly what I thought
it was, AB, it's a skate park.
I mean, nothing crazy.
Probably a hundred bucks
a piece, though.
Dude, bro, sir.
What do we got here?
Oh, bro, we got helmets, dog.
These bell helmets are about
50 bucks a piece.
There's like... I think four of
'em in that box.
Probably about $3,000 worth
of stuff out there right now.
Oh, yeah, buddy.
They are OC ramps.
This is good stuff.
All these people of ramp, man,
we're looking
at 300 bucks a pop.
These rails are like five to 800
bucks a piece.
These ramps are a solid grand.
Man, if I would've had (bleep)
when I was growing up...
that would've been--
that would've been rad, bro.
Oh, (bleep), dude.
Powell-Peralta.
Bro, this is signed decks.
I'm looking at like 500 bucks
right here.
I have four of those.
That's another two grand right
there in signed decks, dude,
that's frickin' incredible.
All right, I'm in like 12 grand,
AB, I need to really make this
work.
Ho! Ho-ho!
(laughing)
They're OC ramps too, dog.
These are like 3500 a piece.
There's two of 'em, beautiful.
That's another seven grand.
I've got rails,
about 500 a piece.
The launch ramps were about 1200
a piece.
I didn't make a ton of money on
this, but it's so easy to flip
in Southern California.
I'm gonna take some pictures.
I've got some definite buyers.
(camera clicking)
♪♪
>> Coming up...
>> This is my big hitter
of the day.
This thing is full to the brim.
I'm talking eight tons of cargo
here, baby.
You wanna see what
she's packing?
I smell something burning.
>> Oh my God!
>> It's eight tons.
>> That's worth money.
>> This is my big hitter
of the day.
This thing is full to the brim.
I'm talking eight tons of cargo
here, baby.
I hope you brought your forklift
with you.
Bring it in tight.
This was headed to some city
in Cambodia.
A mistranslation in the contract
nullified the whole deal.
The sender went out of business.
That means we're
in business, baby.
>> Open the can, AB.
>> You wanna see what
she's packing?
>> Absolutely.
(chanting)
>> I smell something burning.
>> That's Deana thinking.
>> All right, that's the way to
do it, baby.
You're the man.
(cheering)
>> Whoa!
>> Yeah!
>> All the way, it's the same
shape except that--
what is that?
That's what I wanna know.
>> It weigh eight ton?
If it's nothing, at least we can
sell as scrap.
>> Yeah?
>> Whatever's underneath here is
either slate, tile...
Bricks, maybe, too.
I like this container.
I want it, I'm going for it.
>> So I guarantee, if he's
telling me that this is eight
tons, this is all tiles.
Only thing is,
what kind are these?
>> That is all masonry tools.
It's eight tons.
Those are bricks.
>> Bull (bleep).
It's some type of tractor
or some type of tiller.
It's gotta be.
>> How much does it cost to send
this from here to Cambodia?
Quite a big amount.
If these are high-end porcelain
tiles, this could be worth
$40-50,000.
But if it's bricks, it's only
worth about $5,000.
It's impossible to tell.
>> All right, man, let's get
this auction going here, man.
Hey, here's a chance for you
guys to throw your weight around
with this eight tons of fun.
Who's gonna start
the bidding off?
Give me 1,000...
>> Yup.
>> Mo's with 1,000.
>> John.
>> Yup.
>> 3,000, Mo!
>> Matt attack!
>> 6,000...
>> Eight.
>> 8,000 from Mo right here...
>> 12!
>> I got a 12,000 bid...
>> 13!
>> Deana's back in at 13.
>> Cancel that out, 14.
>> 14,000 from Mo.
Give me $15,000!
15 from Shlomi right there.
$16,000, 15-five is the bid.
>> 16!
>> $16,000 bid...
>> You carry balls, let's play!
>> $17,000...
>> 18.
>> 17, 18, 19...
>> 20!
>> 20 it is.
>> Next, next! Play...
>> 21!
>> Two!
>> Oh, 22 right here.
>> Shut your mouth!
>> $23,000...
>> 24!
>> 24 going once.
>> Sold!
>> 24 going twice.
>> Sold!
>> Sold!
>> Sold!
>> You not (bleep) here.
Take your (bleep) and get the
(bleep) out of here.
But hey, even if it's scrap,
eight ton of anything should be
worth more than we spent here.
Let's see what it is.
>> Why you working on the little
things?
>> I can't get inside, man.
I wanna take it off.
♪♪
Come on, ***, let's see
what it is.
Let's take... off.
>> That's a long, ***.
Does it ever end?
>> What?
>> Bricks.
It's all bricks.
(bleep) bricks.
For like, you pay, like 50 cent
a piece, maybe less.
Come, let's go.
Come.
>> It's...
AB, come, it's not even worth
taking it, come.
♪♪
>> Hey, AB, man, you gotta check
this thing out.
You seen it when they opened it
up and John was doing it.
I don't know what the hell
happened to 'em.
See these?
And this platform right here,
that's 1200 bucks worth
of stack.
And the Israelian guys, they
said there, and I was going
like, "(bleep) damn, I can't
believe I just bought it for
this price."
Pull that far over here.
This is the big thing
right here, four of these.
But you know what, let's get
these out first.
Harnesses, the whole thing is
just loaded.
Wow, this is cool.
You're talking like two grand
worth of harnesses.
This is just fantastic,
I love this.
And then it got a new--
All-duty pulley systems.
Another $400 worth of stuff.
So the small ones here, these
are 200 a roll.
This 1/2 inch cable,
this is galvanized.
And I've got rolls of 'em.
This alone is worth about 5,000
a piece, so I got one, two,
three, four.
That's 20,000.
That's a hit!
Just with those,
I'm at 25 grand.
So that's $1,000 worth of those
paddles.
Now I know there's stuff back
here... AB!
>> Yo!
>> Come out here, buddy,
come here, come here!
♪♪
See, whoa!
>> I know there's stuff back
here... AB!
>> Yo!
>> Come out here, buddy,
come here, come here!
See, the rafts, yes!
Be careful with 'em.
I don't want any tears in 'em.
The one thing with pigeons in
these, you got stuff like that,
you're worrying about if there
was any damage.
So far no damage to two of 'em.
We might have to blow 'em up to
check for sure.
And I know I got the pump back
there.
So I got four of 'em total.
These are $2500 each.
That four, guess what?
That puts me at 36, 38,000.
Man!
(grunting)
Never stop, you quit,
you're out of it, you're done!
You're finished!
I don't have any more arms left.
Keep going, man.
>> Just gonna lay down on the
job, man?
You made your money,
now you're done?
>> I can't feel my arms.
I'm rolling by with money!
>> Mo and Ty came up half a car
short on their tailgate party.
>> No wonder they didn't pay the
taxes on it, it's crap!
>> Shlomi and *** gambled on
masonry materials, but were
left with a cheap pile of
bricks.
>> Should I cry or smile?
>> Jason finished in the green
on his skate park.
>> Dude.
(cheering)
>> But Matt's big score on
outdoor adventure equipment
put him in the winner's circle
for today.
>> Whoa!