Yep ! actually its is all smoke & mirrors.... in fact the two Mike & Frank don't cut the deals....the producers have already cut the deals , the haggling is all scripted.
Prices have already been set or paid.
The two (Mike & Frank) thou their background is mostly fact , they don't do the day to day travel anymore, they come in to shoot the episode.
The Motor home is on set comfort, the boys do not sleep in.
Both are Millionaire, Mike being the wealthier of the two, both have had legal woes , with regards to the show suits have been leveled at Frank.
The Iowa store, and for that matter the Nashville outlet both have day to day staff ...not the cast , I:E , Frank, Mike or Dani
and the biggest traffic of patrons to the stores are for Tee Shirts & TV show merchandise.
Like all the so call reality shows....little of what you see is ! and it is all loosely choreographed.
It is spoon fed Pablum , but beats the insipid laugh tracked , every line a zinger talkback or sexual innuendo of the BS Networks.