Container Wars: Season 1, Episode 13: “Blow a Casket.”
Mo gave the cast a mockery T-shirt of Matt, which only lit the fire for Matt to “bury” the competition.
Matt was privy that one of the containers held high-end funeral equipment. Bury the competition, how appropriate.
1st Container: Port of Origin – Nome, Alaska
Astrology or observatory equipment, telescopes, and crates with unknown items. Jason got caught up in the “fray” and did not notice Matt dropped out of the mix.
Mo exclaimed that Jason bid like he had just won the lottery. Not sure about that, but he did win this container.
First two crates contained two professional grade telescopes. The blue house a type of mini-observatory kit that was assembled. More mini-kits that need to be assembled in the back. Plus a few more smaller telescopes inside cases.
Jason: All in all, it’s a good day.
Cost: $35,000
Profit: $5,000
2nd Container: Port of Origin – Berlin, Germany
This can sat for nine months at the shipyard. Security guard popped the lock. John and the security guard opened the doors.
SMELLED LIKE DEAD PEOPLE!
Come on guys, it’s been sitting for nine months! Deana called her husband who told her that was commercial grade organic fertilizer, according to the labels on the drums and boxes.
Uzi approached Deana about splitting the cost of the container 50/50.
Deana: I don’t know about this. I think I just made a deal with the devil.
Now, this is important to note, Uzi approached Deana. She already lined up a buyer. At $10k Uzi asked Deana to allow them to finish out the bid. Oh, why did that sound like such a bad idea. Oh, they won alright.
Deana pulled out a few jugs of Methylene Chloride as Uzi and Eyal put on white bio suits. Yep, they looked ready for a role in the movie Contagion. The drums inside, all empty.
All they had to show for the container were 1000 gallons of Methylene Chloride. So who was to blame for the bad container? Deana even though Uzi cut the deal and ran up the bid.
Cost: $18,000
LOSS: – $15,200
3rd Container: Port of Origin – Monroe, Michigan
Silk flowers, granite, mortuary equipment and crates in the back. Ty’s mother worked in a mortuary, so he recognized the merchandise.
Mo: There’s money in death.
Ugh. That’s just messed up, as was the scuffle. Yep, Ty pushed Eyal. Uzi then shoved Ty. Another stupid fight with Ty and the Israelis in the shipyard.
John stopped the auction, but he should have kicked them out of the auction altogether. Apology here. Apology there.
Rewind. Restart. Rebid.
Matt stated he would bury the competition and that he did because nothing was going to get in his way of those four caskets (ugh, that too sounds so wrong).
First item a metal slab with pump (yeah, where they work on dead bodies). Matt opened the crates and yep, high-end caskets; one custom-made one for a child. I dunno, that whole container gave me the creeps.
Cost: $20,200
Profit: $22,000
4th Container: Port of Origin – Raleigh, North Carolina
Sports equipment, specifically basketball from plain sight. What do the Israelis know about basketball?
Enough to win the container and make money.
Trio found basketballs, jerseys, cones, air pumps, portable basketball court, and self-standing hoops.
Cost: $20,500
Profit: $10, 500
To summarize this episode:
- A few uncool t-shirts.
- A fight in the shipyard.
- A trip to the morgue.
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