Newbie in Texas

I hope to attend my first auction this next week.  I am hooked on Storage Wars and have always thougt it would be interesting to go to the auctions.  My folks owned a print shop and we had a copuple of customers that owned storage units, so were hearing about the various things that were left andthen auctioned off.

One site I am looking at shows the locker owners and a list of some of the items.  I recognize a name, thinking it is the Xhusband of a former co-worker/friend of my husbands.  We have not been in touch with the "friend " in 8-10 years.  Have any of you ever bid on a unit that you thought/knew you knew the owner? and if so, how close of friend were you?  Did you try to contact them if you found anything personal (other than what you are required to turn into the management office)?  I have mixed feelings of bidding on the unitl but if it is a good one, I don't want to pass it up.  Do they identify the owner at the time of auction?
Thanks
Kat

Hey welcome to the forums

Welcome,

I have never bid on a unit that belonged to someone I knew (that I know of) but I am planning on doing everything I can to return personal items to the owner. I have only purchased one unit so far and I returned all personal papers and any photographs that I found to the facility. According to law in the State of Illinois once you purchase a unit all contents belong to you. You don't have to return anything but It's the right thing to do.

I don't know about bidding on a unit that someone I knew owned. Don't think I could do it.

Welcome Kat....

How was your auction experience?  Have you been to more than one ?