Greetings from another noobie - Tampa, FL

Welcome fellow Floridian.

The Auctioneer you are using is ok. Nyle Wells does most of ours. Don't care for him to much. Last Auction he spent 15 minutes advertising an Auction in Orlando. We had to stand there and listen before he got started with the auction. And he is usually late. Hopefully Tammie will be beter.

So you want to get out of customer service?  "I hate dealing with multitudes of people every day"[/b]
How do you plan on selling the goods out of your lockers?
And attending Auctions there are all kinds of people, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.

Good luck

You forgot to read the rest of my sentence.  I said when I am making barely enough to survive.  If the money is good, then I'm all for it.  If I'm not being paid what I think I'm worth, then it's not worth doing.  It's going to be different with this, since I will be my own boss.  Heh.  I will definitely let you know how she is.    Thanks for the welcome.

So, that's my introduction.  I've been lurking here without an account for 2 weeks now.  I plan on attending my first auctions on the 20th of this month, but only have about 500 in seed money.  So we shall see what happens.  I'm jumping in headfirst.  If the price is right, I'm no lookie-loo.  Look forward to talking with you all.

2nd locker, i lost on the 2nd locker but went back and bought 3 bmx bikes from that guy.  I made 1100. 

oh no worries, i ll be a regular..


speaking of regular,  i have an issue with this one guy. 

every auction, he goes in and runs it up by 10 dollar increments.  I have never seen him win any lockers.  WTF!  why is he doing that?  Makes me wanna get in his face and tell him to quit that sh**.

last auction, i got into his face (almost but it ended up with a staring contest) and he finally backed off till another guy outbid me.  I was like oh F it. 

how do i get rid of this man?  I tried dropping a locker on him but other people cant keep their mouth shut.

So what do you think you are worth?
More than just above minimum wage with no room for advancement, that's for sure.  I'm a true young gun.  Working on my degree in Information System Security, Bachelor level, and working part-time at a dead-end job while I work through school.  I mean...if I'm working through school, may as well try and make enough money to make it worth my time and effort.  Heh. I'm only 24 years old.

Yeah, like I said, I saw the auctionstorage site, and saw Tammie does all the auctions in my area.  So I'll probably just be going out that one day a month for now, but hitting every single auction she goes to.  She's got about 15-20 different places listed for the whole day, from Brandon to Ruskin is the one sector, it would appear.  Then she has another one with Tampa, Lutz, Land o Lakes, and Wesley Chapel, which is a bit farther than what I want to drive for right now, till I scope things out and see how she is as an auctioneer.  I'm also a member or storagetreasures, but I have no idea who the auctioneer is for them, that does the Tampa area auctions, so I may attend a few of those as well.  I'll let you know my progress after the date of. 

Well the minimum wage is defiantly not worth it. Don't think I have made minimum wage sense I was 15. We want discuss how long ago that was.    Worth a shot while you finish school. I cleaned houses 4 days a week and went to school 3. I was much older than you when I went to school but making more money on a part time basis is the way to go. (Grammar was not my strong subject, To the regulars on here  )

storagetreasures is good. They offer a list of auctions for different places, not just one auction company. they do list some without auctioneers. Good place to start. But also look in the legal notices, you will get more information there. We have done our best with the auctions without auctioneers. Sometimes you don't know which ones they are until you show up. But go to as many as you can you learn a lot by just being there. (if you pay attention in class) 

If I were you I would plan your buying a locker around your school schedule. Buy one on a Friday so you have the weekend to get all the work done. It is part time but when you buy one non stop work until you get it loaded sorted and then selling. We spent 2.5 days on the last two we bought. Just a thought and good luck.