Alright, stop. You're making me hungry.
As promised, here is an update from the "Legal Learning Live - Auction Edition" where Dan & Laura Dotson, & Jim Grant (CEO of Storage Battles (now Storage Treasures) were debating the pros/cons of online storage auctions.
Um, I'm going to stay neutral here and just report the facts. Jeffrey Greenberger, an attorney specializing in self-storage, did a great job teaching the course. He's a great speaker and was very informative. He's pretty funny as well.
I'm going to make a long story short, and if you guys have any questions, feel free to ask.
The session started off with panelists answering basic questions. Next, Dan gently eases into how he feels live auctions with auctioneers are better. Jim answers a few questions, then the Dotsons begin their barrage on Storage Battles. Jim was definitely outmatched in the debate. Dan is a celebrity who is used to public speaking and being in the limelight and it clearly showed. However, I think the tides turned when Dan announced that he was starting his own online storage auction site. There was definitely a reaction in the crowd. People were confused since Dan seemed to be speaking out against online auctions, but here he is starting his own site.
Then, the argument gets a little more heated, and the next thing you know Dan informs everyone about his falling out with Storage Treasures and proceeds to call Lance Watkins "Judas," referring to his betrayal. At this point, several audience members got up and left, although the class was running over the allotted time and these people might have just had somewhere else they needed to be.
I will say that Jim did a decent job defending online storage auctions and he definitely kept his cool while under pressure.
This was an entertaining experience to say the least; however, I felt like the discussion on online storage auctions could have been much more in depth.