Storage Auctions
The Storage Locker => General Storage Auction Talk => Topic started by: otbg on August 31, 2011, 04:29:51 PM
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Just got a huge locker today (10 x 30 x 12) with doors at each end. I didn't have a whole lot of time to see everything, but some of the bigger items I have seen are a huge exhaust fan still in the box, air-hockey table, about 20 bins full of brand new blank t-shirts in all sizes and colors. If I had to guess, I would say over 500 shirts are in there. I have seen a bunch of transfers so far also, so I am hoping a press is in there somewhere or if i am really lucky a dtg printer (direct to garment), 3 huge skechers shelving units, a cash register. I can see furniture all along the walls, but have not yet been able to get at it to get a better look.
I will be renting this unit for at least a month so I have time to process all this stuff. i think it is safe to say I will not be buying any more lockers for a couple weeks. I have a lot of work to do in this one.
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I just have to ask....how much did you spend for that unit? I'd guess $750 - $1K. That is a very nice unit. Thanks for all the pictures. Let us know what else you find in there.
Gratz btw.
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Looks good. What kind of Golf Clubs are those?
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Clubs look vintage.. hey whats that thing wrapped in plastic???
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Clubs look vintage.. hey whats that thing wrapped in plastic???
I have not looked at the clubs real closely yet. I am mainly waiting until I can get to the other two sets and look them all over at once. The thing wrapped in plastic is one of the three shelving units that are from a skechers shoe store. (you can see the logo in one of the pics.)
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Who the hell stores a door in a storage unit? There are just some items I'll never understand why people store them.
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Clubs look like some I just recently sold, (Vintage) Sadly not for what I really wanted it for them, and I sat on them for a good while as well. Unit looks good.
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I just have to ask....how much did you spend for that unit? I'd guess $750 - $1K. That is a very nice unit. Thanks for all the pictures. Let us know what else you find in there.
Gratz btw.
You would think it would have gone for that much (or higher on some of those crazy days) but I actually got it for $325.00. I am beginning to think people in Orlando are afraid of a little hard work. At this same auction, a 5x5 unit that i would of only gone as high as $200 went for $675.
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Who the hell stores a door in a storage unit? There are just some items I'll never understand why people store them.
well, there are about 8 more doors in one of the corners. I am less surprised about doors than why people feel the need to store torn, piss stained mattresses that seem to be in 1 of every 4 lockers.
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I can somewaht understand doors, if in construction or remodeling their house, mattresses, mmmkay, your poor or for what ever other reason dont take the time to get a new mattress, so you store your old nasty one. What I do not understand, IS WHY THE HELL STORE YOUR TRASH IN THE LOCKER, and WE ALL SEE THIS,
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@ otbg, $325? WOW!! Orlando here I come! Honey take the kid's to Disney World while I do storage auctions! What a vacation! Great find for the price these days.
@ Jrossjr, Remember that old saying. One man's junk is another man's treasure! I think thats why we are in this business in the first place.
I heard it was illegal to sell used mattresses in the state of Georgia? Can any of the Georgia guys confirm this?
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I do not believe it is illegal to sell a used mattress under Georgia Law. I cannot say that it isn't a violation of Federal Law, however, I do not think that it is.
My question is, in this day of rampant bed bug scares, where would you find someone to buy a used mattress?
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Wow what a deal! It seems people are turned off by really big lockers but I like them because there can be some really nice stuff hidden in there. I think that you will make out very well on that one. I could see one that size with what is showing going for over $1K on a good day I bought one that big for $40 once and it was a bust then again it did not look nearly that nice. $325 is pocket change these days I bet you make a couple grand off that one.
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@ Jrossjr, Remember that old saying. One man's junk is another man's treasure! I think thats why we are in this business in the first place.
This is true, yes, but literally trash is what I was referring to. Uneaten food, used toilet paper, stuff of that nature.
My question is, in this day of rampant bed bug scares, where would you find someone to buy a used mattress?
I am sure there are some people out there that would buy them, but I have a hard time trying to get rid of them for free. Although A buddy of mine will take all the mattresses I can give him. He likes to discard all the cushion material and then scrap the metal. To me that is to much work for a little bit of change the springs can give you.
Wow what a deal! It seems people are turned off by really big lockers but I like them because there can be some really nice stuff hidden in there. I think that you will make out very well on that one. I could see one that size with what is showing going for over $1K on a good day I bought one that big for $40 once and it was a bust then again it did not look nearly that nice. $325 is pocket change these days I bet you make a couple grand off that one.
I love big lockers, just hate the price that they are bringing around here.
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Haven't seen a big locker yet go for under $1,400 up here, and truthfully, on over half of those I couldn't see what was worth that amount. Units looked okay, but over a grand on one? Not one showed that kind of potential.
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People sale or attempt to sale matresses all the time in GA. Don't know of any law that would prevent it. Or if there is I don't know anyone that would enforce it. Will have to ask one of my wife's deputies.
I think we see matresses in units so much as people don't know what the heck to do with them when they get a new or upgraded one. They don't want to pay the dump fee so they "store it".
Only time I can really see "trash" going in a unit is someone was in a hurry to get out of an eviction or such and just dumped everything in the locker. But that is just a guess.
I know the property I purchased at auction had a ton of trash. The guy didn't have trash service. So he burned his trash. But he also kept bottles, soup cans, drink jugs, etc. and stored them in the sheds. I had over 3 TONs of trash when I first purchased the place and still working to get rid of stuff. So you just never know. Of course he was a "handy man" and built the sheds/barn, bird houses, etc. out of scrap lumber and such so I'm thankfull.
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Nice find!
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Still have not had a lot of time to go through with a fine tooth comb yet. managed to get about half of the t-shirts back to me my place. I think my initial estimate was low, I am thinking there are about 750+ shirts. I should be able to do a quick sale to a screen printer for 1-2 bucks each depending on how many they want. Did make a few interesting discoveries though. I found this:
(http://mkdigitaldirect.com/products/lighting-systems/mk-gem-ebox.html (http://mkdigitaldirect.com/products/lighting-systems/mk-gem-ebox.html)) brand new in box with receipt as well as a bunch of new empty jewelery boxes. hopefully the jewelery they were photographing and boxing is in here. :) Also on the receipt was a $520 canon digital camera. I would love to find that as well.
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Nice, keep us updated on what else you find. I think there is a 60% chance that the jewelry will be in there. 75% chance the camera. Reason I have it lower for the jewelry is because the jewelry in the photos could of been from a client of theirs.
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Nice Find , I love Big Lockers , but My helpers ( Wife and Daughter -Not So Mucl ;D ) It is Illegal to sell a used mattress in Mass. , but there is a thriving and healthy mattress black market on Craigs List
http://www
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No "big treasures" but easily 3500-4k worth of sellable stuff. I took the unopened fan back to Home Depot and got a $250.00 store credit. I have a buyer lined up for the shirts and will get $750.00. I have some misc. office furniture sold for $400. about $200-300 in scrap metal. About another $500 in furniture i still need to get out. once I finish getting everything i want out, I have a guy who will come in and buy out everything else and clean it out for me. (He deals with all the small flea market items I don't have time to deal with... and he will probably make a killing) All in all, very happy with the unit.
One weird thing though, I have never found a unit that has so many VHS tapes (hundreds and hundreds) I have a stack of boxes 8' tall...but have not found a single dvd.
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No "big treasures" but easily 3500-4k worth of sellable stuff. I took the unopened fan back to Home Depot and got a $250.00 store credit. I have a buyer lined up for the shirts and will get $750.00. I have some misc. office furniture sold for $400. about $200-300 in scrap metal. About another $500 in furniture i still need to get out. once I finish getting everything i want out, I have a guy who will come in and buy out everything else and clean it out for me. (He deals with all the small flea market items I don't have time to deal with... and he will probably make a killing) All in all, very happy with the unit.
One weird thing though, I have never found a unit that has so many VHS tapes (hundreds and hundreds) I have a stack of boxes 8' tall...but have not found a single dvd.
While most won't call that a 'home run', it's definitely an in the park triple, as far as I'm concerned. Nice turn over. That many VHS tapes are surprising. A quick perusal of Ebay shows that, unless it's an old black and white, they're pretty much dumpster fodder as far as I can see.
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Pretty much the only VHS tapes I keep at all are Disney movies.......I throw them in a big box at garage sales or the flea market, and I'll typically write something on the box like "$1 each or $20 for the full box", and what usually happens is I sell a bunch for a dollar and then make somebody a deal on the rest of the box to get them gone.
I did have a thrift store guy buying VHS that were factory recorded with the sleeve for 5 for a buck, but he's not even interested anymore, so most of them go to Goodwill now. Any that are home recorded just go to the dump.
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I know the vhs are useless. I ended up giving a bunch of kids tapes to the guy in the next locker (he runs a body shop out of it) He said his kids will watch them. I will leave the rest for the flea market guy who comes in when I am done and cleans out the place.
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While most won't call that a 'home run', it's definitely an in the park triple, as far as I'm concerned. Nice turn over. That many VHS tapes are surprising. A quick perusal of Ebay shows that, unless it's an old black and white, they're pretty much dumpster fodder as far as I can see.
3500-4000 is a homerun in my eyes.
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3500-4000 is a homerun in my eyes.
Oh, I agree. he made his money back by a factor of ten. It doesn't get much better than that.
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no doubt a home run in my opinion...sad thing about it here is that the same locker would go for $1200+!!! I'm still waiting for a really good one and when I do, I'll post it here!
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I would take the VHS, just dont have the money right now, and it depends on quality as well as what they are. Once I get my computer fixed again, I will be able to import the video from VHS and digitize them to put on DVD.