Storage Auctions
The Storage Locker => General Storage Auction Talk => Topic started by: AuctionDude on December 17, 2014, 03:14:23 PM
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Hey Yuuuupers,
I've been buying auctions for a little while now. Mostly was breaking even and not getting much out of my auctions for the amount of work i was putting in, and the costs of disposal of unwanted items. But this weekend i finally hit it big. I picked up a unit off a new online auction site i found, there doesn't seem to be very many bidders there yet, so i got it for only $26! It was a 10x10 packed full to the brim. Found two gold chains in a dresser drawer that i flipped for $250 and $175. Still selling off the rest of the stuff, but it feels really good to finally hit the big one.
Has anyone else found anything cool lately?
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this sounds very spammy but there is something about your name that I like so I'll just say congrats on the hit
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Oh, uh sorry? did i break the forum rules or something? new here :)
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good job and grats. I just bought 6 units friday for $2300, looks like about 40 hours of work but the payout will be nice. Already sold $500 in furniture $100 in ammo and $100 in household. $1600 to go and havent even listed the good stuff yet :)
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Wow! nice one brother! Is that all from in person auctions? do you find you get better deals that way? i've still to go to a real auction.
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AuctionDude, welcome to the forum.
I picked up a unit off a new online auction site i found, there doesn't seem to be very many bidders there yet, so i got it for only $26!
Must be iBid - according to Compete.com they don't get much traffic. Good for you (although they don't have many auctions in the U.S.) but bad for storage operators.
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Hi Travis! pretty sweet forum you got here. And nope, wasn't ibid.
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Hi Travis! pretty sweet forum you got here. And nope, wasn't ibid.
Well that's good hear. iBid is on the naughty list this year, :111: but I won't get into that right now.
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Hahahaha! yeah, i don't really like their website either!
When are you guys gonna get more auctions on this site? i only see 1 so far?
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i primarily do live auctions because there are more of them, but i picked up these particular 6 online.
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Oh, uh sorry? did i break the forum rules or something?
No you did not. What he meant was the way you wrote your posted sounded like you were leading up to promoting a website. But since you didn't mention one, or post a link to one then it wasn't really spam, so all is good.
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Do you know the difference between spam and advertising on a forum? $$$$$$ ;)
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No you did not. What he meant was the way you wrote your posted sounded like you were leading up to promoting a website. But since you didn't mention one, or post a link to one then it wasn't really spam, so all is good.
Oh i get it now! duh! Yeah, not planning on posting that link, its too much of a goldmine right now. you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
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Oh i get it now! duh! Yeah, not planning on posting that link, its too much of a goldmine right now. you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
Well, if units are selling that cheap, it's just a matter of time before their clients go elsewhere.
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Well, if units are selling that cheap, it's just a matter of time before their clients go elsewhere.
Your point being....?
As a bidder i don't care about this, nor do i see why other bidders should care. Perhaps because you run a storage auction website you think this is important? But i sort of doubt that you are correct as well. Any serious storage operator is already at a loss on a unit, whether they get $50 or $200 they don't really care, all they really care about is getting the unit emptied out quickly, and ready for renting again.
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oh they care. They get money for their units , so they get units, thus they get customers. same reason ebay can charge an arm and a leg.
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oh they care. They get money for their units , so they get units, thus they get customers. same reason ebay can charge an arm and a leg.
Well this isn't entirely true. They used to be the smaller player until they bought out the bigger player , who's name is escaping me at this very moment. SealedOnlineBids
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Your point being....?
As a bidder i don't care about this, nor do i see why other bidders should care. Perhaps because you run a storage auction website you think this is important? But i sort of doubt that you are correct as well. Any serious storage operator is already at a loss on a unit, whether they get $50 or $200 they don't really care, all they really care about is getting the unit emptied out quickly, and ready for renting again.
I agree, somewhat. A storage operator's primary goal is to get the unit cleaned out as quickly as possible so they can rent it out again, assuming their occupancy rate is high or the unit size is in demand. However, this isn't the case at most storage facilities. They want to recover as much as possible. I mean, who wants to leave 10, 20, 30 grand a year on the table?
Well this isn't entirely true. They used to be the smaller player until they bought out the bigger player , who's name is escaping me at this very moment. SealedOnlineBids
Now, I totally agree with that. Sealed Online Bids was the first online storage company to gain momentum (although they weren't the first online storage auction website.) Without Sealed Online Bids getting the ball rolling, Storage Battles wouldn't be where they are today.
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BWAHAHAHAHA WHAT? travis did you delete my post? that is too funny!
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BWAHAHAHAHA WHAT? travis did you delete my post? that is too funny!
YUUUP! Well, not intentionally. If you recall, I responded to your comment. This morning, after being up all night trying to solve a coding glitch which locked me out of the admin area, I was forced to restore the site to the way it was on Saturday. We lost about 30 blog comments and forum posts. Oh well, could have been a lot worse.
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Well i never saw your response, so i will comment again.
Travis! i'm surprised you haven't guessed the site yet! i figured a man like you would be in the know of all the online storage auction websites ;)
Hint: it has "bid" in the name.
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Travis! i'm surprised you haven't guessed the site yet! i figured a man like you would be in the know of all the online storage auction websites
My response was: "I monitor all of my competitors and the industry closely."
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
Travis! i'm surprised you haven't guessed the site yet!
"I didn't realize it was a guessing game."