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What would be the maximum distance you would drive to pick up a storage locker you bought online?

up to 30
2 (20%)
30-49
1 (10%)
50-69
1 (10%)
70-89
2 (20%)
90 or more
4 (40%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: April 23, 2013, 06:05:20 AM

Survey Part 2

Offline Travis

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Survey Part 2
« on: March 24, 2013, 06:05:20 AM »
What would be the maximum distance you would drive to pick up a storage locker you bought online?
or

If you were searching for storage units online, how far of a radius would you include in the search?

Please answer Survey Part 1 as well.

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Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 09:08:47 AM »
This question doesn't make sense to me. IF someone purchased a locker online, one has to believe they would ONLY have done so if they were willing to drive to get the contents.

The second question posed makes more sense.

IMHO the question posed in "Survey 1" doesn't relate to the "Survey 2" question; I assume it was supposed to.

If I had been posing these questions I might have done so in the following manner:

1) Would you buy a storage locker through an online auction?
2) What would be the maximum distance you would drive to pick up a storage locker you bought online?

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I can't answer survey 2 because I won't be buying a locker online, so perhaps another mileage marker might have been zero miles. Then I could have answered it.

Edit:

The problem as I see it is HOW to even WRITE question #2. The offering I made just above doesn't work either.
Maybe it needs to be "What would be the maxiumum distance you would be willing to drive before even CONSIDERING buying an auction online?"

I know some readers here will say "You know what I mean, or what he meant" but if we can't communicate with words effectively it just leads to misunderstanding in some cases.

World politicians need to pick their words carefully, if they don't some lunatic in a kingdom somewhere might launch a missle due to some mistaken interpretation of what was said!  ;D


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Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 09:53:39 AM »
If I had been posing these questions I might have done so in the following manner:

1) Would you buy a storage locker through an online auction?
2) What would be the maximum distance you would drive to pick up a storage locker you bought online?

You're right, it's hard to word it correctly, plus I've got writer's block this morning.

I can't answer survey 2 because I won't be buying a locker online

You will be, you just don't realize it yet.   ;D


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Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 10:04:59 AM »
I think I'm safe to say I won't be bidding on any online storage locker auctions.  There have been two in my town (just 7 miles from me) and I didn't bid on either of them. 

One of my cronies did, won it and regretted it.

Meantime, the facility that had both those auctions has gone back to the regular auction format with an auctioneer in person....along with a flock of what P.T. Barnum and other carnies called "suckers". You know, "There's one born every minute."


Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 10:44:10 AM »
you need to cut down that up to 30 miles I answered both surveys up to 30 but the reality is I would probably pass if it were any more than 15

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Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2013, 04:17:53 PM »
I'll keep that in mind. Also, let's keep in mind that this isn't a double blind survey. I'm not looking for results with pinpoint accuracy. I'm just trying to get a general idea.

If I had to guess, I would say that most people would be willing to travel up to 200 miles to pick up a unit that they knew they were going to make money on. I guess the other big factor would be how much money they were going to make on the unit. Would you drive 200 miles to make $500 profit? Would you drive 500 miles to make $1000 profit. Yeah, you all are right, there are a lot of variables to consider.

Re: Survey Part 2
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2013, 09:20:53 PM »
I would drive further to clean out a unit that I've already paid for because the mystery of whether I'm going to win a unit or not is gone. I know I'm going to get something. So I'll pop for a truck (for now) and drive a bit further.


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