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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Attending first auction tomorrow!!
« on: August 11, 2011, 09:18:52 AM »
Like I said, I am mostly going to watch and take notes...... but I will definitely keep u posted. Thanks!!!
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New to Storage Auctions? / Attending first auction tomorrow!!
« on: August 10, 2011, 01:06:10 PM »
Hello everyone,
I have not posted in a while due to being very busy........................ No, not attending auctions or selling merchandise, but rather other personal matters!! I have not had the chance to do much of anything lately. With that said, I am happy to say I will be attending my first auction tomorrow. I do not plan on being anything more than (what Movie Man would call) a looky loo!!!
I am bringing a couple hundred bucks with me just in case.
There are only 5 units being sold, but it is local and I live in a rather small town with a population of about 20,000. So, I was hoping to get a shot at a unit for cheap. I did a little research on some of the owners of the units contents. Nothing that makes you jump. One guy worked as a bouncer at a bar. One lady has a degree, and works as cosmetologist. Another young lady is a single mother to a 1 yr old baby!! I am most interested in the cosmetologist unit, and the single mothers unit, because the single mother more than likely lost the unit due to child expenses, and has items that were not meant to be gotten rid of!!! I have first hand experience, as I too lost a storage unit to child expenses (our 1st child). It looked like quite the empty unit. It was a 10x10 unit with nothing but a small pile in the corner of a few boxes, and probably would have sold for less than 40-50 dollars, but I had a small lone tool box with a grand worth of plumbing tools, my wifes wedding band was in that unit and a box with some sports autographs. Items in there were well worth over $2000!!! So someone definitely made out like a bandit on my unit!!!
Anyway, my resources for this are short. I own a minivan, and not a big truck. I have storage space, yet it is rather limited as it is only a 1 car (empty) garage. Enough space for a few small units worth of stuff. Once again, my intentions are to do this as a hobby, and see where it goes from there. I have learned all sorts of ways to sell thanks to this forum. Even though I have not posted, I've stopped through a few times to read!!
Thanks again for the great forum!!!
Any tips if I decide to bid would be appreciated!!
~FreeBird~
I have not posted in a while due to being very busy........................ No, not attending auctions or selling merchandise, but rather other personal matters!! I have not had the chance to do much of anything lately. With that said, I am happy to say I will be attending my first auction tomorrow. I do not plan on being anything more than (what Movie Man would call) a looky loo!!!
I am bringing a couple hundred bucks with me just in case. There are only 5 units being sold, but it is local and I live in a rather small town with a population of about 20,000. So, I was hoping to get a shot at a unit for cheap. I did a little research on some of the owners of the units contents. Nothing that makes you jump. One guy worked as a bouncer at a bar. One lady has a degree, and works as cosmetologist. Another young lady is a single mother to a 1 yr old baby!! I am most interested in the cosmetologist unit, and the single mothers unit, because the single mother more than likely lost the unit due to child expenses, and has items that were not meant to be gotten rid of!!! I have first hand experience, as I too lost a storage unit to child expenses (our 1st child). It looked like quite the empty unit. It was a 10x10 unit with nothing but a small pile in the corner of a few boxes, and probably would have sold for less than 40-50 dollars, but I had a small lone tool box with a grand worth of plumbing tools, my wifes wedding band was in that unit and a box with some sports autographs. Items in there were well worth over $2000!!! So someone definitely made out like a bandit on my unit!!!
Anyway, my resources for this are short. I own a minivan, and not a big truck. I have storage space, yet it is rather limited as it is only a 1 car (empty) garage. Enough space for a few small units worth of stuff. Once again, my intentions are to do this as a hobby, and see where it goes from there. I have learned all sorts of ways to sell thanks to this forum. Even though I have not posted, I've stopped through a few times to read!!
Thanks again for the great forum!!!
Any tips if I decide to bid would be appreciated!!
~FreeBird~
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Welcome to the Online Storage Auctions Forum / Re: Rookie out of NW Illinois
« on: June 30, 2011, 07:41:12 PM »4
Welcome to the Online Storage Auctions Forum / Re: Rookie out of NW Illinois
« on: June 29, 2011, 04:39:27 PM »Welcome to the forum Freebird and good luck in your new interest in lkr buys.
But, as many others will tell you, DON'T GIVE UP YOUR JOB YET !
I imagine with your schedule you can do both. Give the auctions a try for 6 months or more and see what happens.
A couple of months ago a person in Florida was all gung ho and he bought a good lkr he told us about. Haven't heard from him since; maybe he's to busy rolling in profit.
A mom on a mission said the same thing. Haven't heard boo since.
Enthusiasm is a funny thing; it is tempered by disappointment and emboldened by success. May you have the latter.
Enthusiastic? Yes!
Stupid? No!
Even with success I will not quit my present job until every penny earned from it is absolutely no longer needed!! I would have to be making double what I'm making now with that income alone, separate from the delivery job in order for me to leave. Thank You for the warm welcome.
Perhaps others who you do not hear from assumed quick riches, but I know the deal. I'm going in with an absolutely obvious certainty that it is ONLY a hobby right now. Yet, it is a hobby that if able to pay the right prices for certain units, a definite profit can be made!! Then it could be a possible full time gig. All depends on circumstances!!
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Welcome to the Online Storage Auctions Forum / Rookie out of NW Illinois
« on: June 29, 2011, 11:25:20 AM »
Hello all,
This is a pretty cool forum!! Kudos, to the person responsible for creating it. I have actually had an interest in collecting, what some would call "JUNK" since childhood. My Step Father was a collector. His focus was more on old bicycles, and old jars and bottles. He owned his own plumbing company in Chicago, where I grew up. We would find lots of old jars and glass milk bottles from like early 1900's while digging up different yards and streets to run new water or sewer lines. That's how I got started. My collection is very small. Due to not having space for ANYTHING extra. When my first daughter was born, my Wife and I decided to move away from Chicago. We still live in Illinois. Were just closer to Iowa than Chicago!! I got this job delivering pizza's. Which was supposed to be temporary until I could find a descent plumbing job in town. Well here I am almost a year later, and still slinging pies!! I actually enjoy delivering pizza's. And the income end isn't as bad as I originally figured it would be. But, my inner "JUNK" collector wants out!! Maybe it's all the shows that are on: Storage wars, Pawn stars, American pickers, Auction hunters. Maybe, It's that my Wife was recently saying that she was wanting to have her own store to take care of and run!! I started thinking this storage auction thing might be something that I could eventually move to full time doing. I have yet to even attend a storage auction. I may be going this Saturday if things are just right (time & money). Like I said, I have always been a collector, but I never really ventured out to try and actually find these items. This is all new to me, but I feel like nothing is going to stop me from giving 110% my all to make sure that our merchandise is constantly moving, and profit is being made!! I will constantly keep trying to make my inventory ASAP (AS Small As Possible). Yet continuously buy as much junk as I can handle!!! It is what you make of it. When the TV shows are long over with most people will disappear from these auctions and dismiss them as a waste of money. Due to the fact that those who are either doing this for a living or as just a hobby are the only ones who will benefit from it in the long run. Those who are there because they saw Barry Weiss buy a storage unit for $50 and find $20,000 worth of treasure in it, won't stick, because they realize there is no treasure, without a treasure HUNT!!!!
I'm gonna be in it for the ups and downs, and downs, and downs... LOL
Anyway, thats my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
Wish me luck!!!
FreeBird.
This is a pretty cool forum!! Kudos, to the person responsible for creating it.
I have actually had an interest in collecting, what some would call "JUNK" since childhood. My Step Father was a collector. His focus was more on old bicycles, and old jars and bottles. He owned his own plumbing company in Chicago, where I grew up. We would find lots of old jars and glass milk bottles from like early 1900's while digging up different yards and streets to run new water or sewer lines. That's how I got started. My collection is very small. Due to not having space for ANYTHING extra. When my first daughter was born, my Wife and I decided to move away from Chicago. We still live in Illinois. Were just closer to Iowa than Chicago!! I got this job delivering pizza's. Which was supposed to be temporary until I could find a descent plumbing job in town. Well here I am almost a year later, and still slinging pies!! I actually enjoy delivering pizza's. And the income end isn't as bad as I originally figured it would be. But, my inner "JUNK" collector wants out!! Maybe it's all the shows that are on: Storage wars, Pawn stars, American pickers, Auction hunters. Maybe, It's that my Wife was recently saying that she was wanting to have her own store to take care of and run!! I started thinking this storage auction thing might be something that I could eventually move to full time doing. I have yet to even attend a storage auction. I may be going this Saturday if things are just right (time & money). Like I said, I have always been a collector, but I never really ventured out to try and actually find these items. This is all new to me, but I feel like nothing is going to stop me from giving 110% my all to make sure that our merchandise is constantly moving, and profit is being made!! I will constantly keep trying to make my inventory ASAP (AS Small As Possible). Yet continuously buy as much junk as I can handle!!! It is what you make of it. When the TV shows are long over with most people will disappear from these auctions and dismiss them as a waste of money. Due to the fact that those who are either doing this for a living or as just a hobby are the only ones who will benefit from it in the long run. Those who are there because they saw Barry Weiss buy a storage unit for $50 and find $20,000 worth of treasure in it, won't stick, because they realize there is no treasure, without a treasure HUNT!!!! I'm gonna be in it for the ups and downs, and downs, and downs... LOL
Anyway, thats my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
Wish me luck!!!
FreeBird.
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