I've given up on getting newbies to use the search function to find out if topics have been discussed before, and it only recently dawned on me that even some folks who have been on here for 6 months or more may not have "browsed" for topics that might be of interest to them, so I am asking this question anew.
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This is an effort to DEBUNK the tv shows view of the storage auction business which is basically that almost every locker holds valuable items. Each of the tv series makes these assertions though Auction Hunters has a disclaimer (in print on screen, not verbalized) that the filmed segments represent the best of the hundreds of lockers they buy.
So, what is the ratio? Is it 1 in 1, 1 in 10, 1 in 20, 1 in 100 or 1 in ?
I realize that people will have different experiences with this, so you should probably indicate roughly how many you have bought to make your point valid. In other words, if you've bought 1 and it was great, that's not much to go on. Likewise, if you've bought 1 and it was trash, that's not much to comment on either.
I've bought just short of 400 and my ratio would probably be about 1 in 50 as I can think of 8 super-deluxe lockers. Of course there is an entire range of "treasure to trash" values, so that complicates it too.
Anyway, I think you get the idea. It's just to give a ballpark idea.