Carpooling to the auctions

Does anyone ever carpool with other storage auction buyers?

Obviously carpooling would save you gas money but there must be some drawbacks.

Pros:

1). As you said....share gas expense.

2) You can borrow money/split locker.  (Tho I refuse to do either)




Cons:

1) if its not to your liking but is for them, your stuck.

2) they win, you don't....your stuck while they sort

3) you get stuck helping them move crap they've won

it happens here quite a bit , usually if someone buys something they will come back later with a truck

I do it frequently, especially on some of the longer Public Storage runs.  Did it this one time, and a big locker came up that we were both interested in.  The other bidders couldn't believe it when the two of us who had ridden together got in a bidding war.  I ended up letting him have it for $800, and he lost his as*!  Whew! 

If your too damn poor to afford gas to go to auctions find another line of work..

If your too damn poor to afford gas to go to auctions find another line of work..

I do it because some of those long runs are boring as hell!  I usually end up driving and paying for gas anyway, but at least you have somebody along to talk to.....and as someone else mentioned, you have help pulling a few things out of a locker you just bought.  I always try to grab the little items that have a higher value right away, just in case.........

Yeah, that makes sense. I bought a unit at Public Storage and went back the next day to clean it out and the lock was cut. Every unit in that hallway had been broken into. Luckily, my unit was full of books so I doubt the thief took anything...but who knows, maybe he was a literature buff.

 I really don't as usually have a pretty heavy vehicle and really don"t want to be transporting some one elses stuff