Storage Auctions
The Storage Locker => General Storage Auction Talk => Topic started by: Travis on August 16, 2013, 07:58:29 AM
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Let's say the storage door opens and there is a extremely heavy object inside. Like so heavy you need a forklift to move it. Let's also say you could make a good profit on the item. Would you buy the unit? Why or why not?
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Let say the storage door opens and there is a extremely heavy object inside. Like so heavy you need a forklift to move it. Let's also say you could make a good profit on the item. Would you buy the unit? Why or why not?
A 6,000 pound generator on a pallet or a 6,000 pound marble statue on a pallet would have me turning around pretty fast.
The generator .... why was something that "valuable" left there? It's one thing to get a 25 pound Harbor Freight generator in a locker compared to that one. It would take a lot of guys from Home Depot and a good sized forklift to move it, and then where would it move to and with what kind of truck to move it. When it got there, what would it take to test it, repair it, sell it. I think my fast exit would be justified.
The above ignores part of your question above which is "Let's also say you could make a good profit on the item." The fact is ...as you should know...when we buy these lockers there is really no way to say with any certainty.... "I'll make a good profit on that". On a locker FULL OF STUFF the odds go up, but on a single item, no certainty. Buying price would affect it too, but buying a 6,000 pound generator for $100 is still no guarantee of a positive return and the work involved would have to be considered as well.
All of those thoughts take longer to type than they do to think about when the door goes up. Six K of heavy marble "art" is a loser too in my mind, but what the heck....it's just an opinion.
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Would you buy the unit? Why or why not?
Sure I would, money is money. Of course it would have to be profitable enough to make it worthwhile.
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The heavy woman running around Walmart turn me off, but thousands of pounds of profitable merchandise in a good unit turn me on!
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The way I see it is, the heavier the object the smaller your potential sales market is. Unless I have someone in the field looking for the item that's for sale, I'm staying away. Around here, guys stay away from units because of items like TVs or an abundance of furniture, nevermind the commercial stuff.
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Heck yeah I would buy it!
Heavy stuff doesn't intimidate me. Hey I have two big forklifts, a mini-x and a tractor in my yard. I also have access to a lot of other equipment that will move heavy stuff. That's the benefit of having a construction company and my guys love a challenge. Bring it on!
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heavy junk ie wet mattresses or crap furniture turns me off a bit as its costs to dispose of but if its metal whether its a safe or just scrap there's big money in scrap metal so not at all.
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only if its worth my sweat.