Money for Nothing

This program just winds me up, from the overpriced restorations to the overpriced sale price. Let's face the people only buy the items so they can get their shop on TV. And don't get me started on Arthur Smith who ever writes the script needs firing. There is no one on the planet who is going to buy a single wooden chair with a pink leg for £150. This program is a disservice to the artisan people out there.

A fool and his money are soon parted and that certainly is repeatedly the case in this series. While the idea of recycling items which otherwise would go for landfill is laudable, the whole thing is frankly pitiful since the so-called experts are often mainly bodge artists who do not know how to use tools properly (and often dangerously), manage to charge ridiculously high prices which are rarely negotiated and the finished products can be so bizarre that the fact that they are sold for absurdly high prices is barely credible.

I get the feeling that many people on the programme find it hard to hide their embarrassment in being involved with it.

Arthur Smith is an odd choice for doing the voiceovers and is usually given a very corny script but I guess he's (quietly) laughing all the way to the bank.

I really can't see how this got past a pilot episode.

Items obviously arranged before hand picked up at a skip, renovated and sold -the owners door stepped and emotionally black mailed in donating profits to charity -Sarah in fact does very little in terms of physical work and every episode has the totally unfunny Arthur Smith droning on endlessly and trying to say the word Sarah as many times as he can.

Totally wow, this is a fantastic show. People leaving negative reviews seem a bit harsh - these artists are under pressure to create a profitable item in a limited timeframe with stuff rescued from the tip. I rate that degree of difficulty as very high. Casting judgement and putting down the artistry ignores how much tastes vary. Mostly I find they make something absolutely divine and ingenious. I think all the cast are absolutely amazing with the things they come up with to transform a piece of junk into something that will sell for a profit. Amazing skills and creativity - some combine woodwork, upholstery, paining and even sewing. Others like Bex and her husband Dave are welders, blacksmiths, painters and woodworkers. What an awesome array of skills!

Sara needs to go to spec savers,she thinks every thing is beautiful. And to be honest the people who work on the items are overpriced, and do mostly rubbish, the only real artist is the Scottish welder . Beck's the so called welder, just picks the most expensive price out of the air, and Sara is always making excuses for her,by saying that there is a lot of hard work. You can see that Sara thinks some prices are too much, but her problem is she is too polite to tell them so. It is time she got a voice,. The other people who are too expensive are the two lads one is called ollie, there work is never worth what they quote, they only quote high because they know they will get away with it.