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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: My First Auction
« on: March 19, 2011, 09:04:56 AM »
The " if Chef & Stan from Southpark had kids " smiley.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: My First Auction
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:57:58 AM »
The I lived to close to Fukushima Dai-ichi smily.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: My First Auction
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:51:42 AM »
New smiley candidates.
The affirmative action smiley.
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The affirmative action smiley.
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Storage Auction Depot
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:40:20 AM »
What are the legal requirements for a service like yours, can you list auctions in all states? Do the storage facilities list their auction directly with you? Do you charge the storage facilities a listing fee or do you take a percentage of the winning bid? Or both? When the auction is over with, how does the storage facility get paid? Do you collect payment or do they pay the facility directly? Have you encountered any problems with bidders not making a payment or not removing the contents of the unit within the specified time?
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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: Storage Wars....Spring 2011...New Episodes
« on: March 18, 2011, 06:25:13 PM »
I have to admit, the Cadillac Barry pulled up in was pretty sweet. It must be a prop, I don't care how cool he appears to be for his age....People on social security don't have hydraulics.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: This unit sold for ..... post high dollar units here .... pics would be nice
« on: March 18, 2011, 05:21:48 AM »
I watched a unit that had a plastic bag with 15 packages of plastic silverware (dollar store bags) sell for $35.
Perhaps plastic silverware actually appreciates during a recession.
Perhaps plastic silverware actually appreciates during a recession.
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Storage Facilities / Re: Storage facility owner bidding on units. Conflict of interest?
« on: March 17, 2011, 08:21:03 PM »
Yeah, they do because we list them all. Believe me, there are a few facilities that I wish I could leave off.
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Storage auctions that don't have to be advertised in a newspaper.
« on: March 17, 2011, 08:15:35 PM »
Looks like they caught you leaving that auction. I bet you normally win every locker but it looks like you lost your pants that night.
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Suggestion Center / Re: What IS the forum's policy on SPAM ?
« on: March 17, 2011, 06:23:20 PM »
Well, you could have spent that same $1,500 on Versace, but it then you wouldn't be bullet proof.
Perhaps you could market your new clothing line to law enforcement as some kind of Kevlar vest.
Perhaps you could market your new clothing line to law enforcement as some kind of Kevlar vest.
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: I have a question & I would appreciate your feedback.
« on: March 17, 2011, 05:26:59 PM »
I'm dropping this subject....I think if you really read most of my posts, you will find that they do contribute substantially to the forum. Yeah, there are a couple of pages that I only dropped a brief statement and a link but I believe they were in the South thread. Who dares visit that uncharted territory anyway?
In the future, I will only insert my link in the text if absolutely necessary.
In the future, I will only insert my link in the text if absolutely necessary.
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Storage Facilities / Re: Storage facility owner bidding on units. Conflict of interest?
« on: March 17, 2011, 05:12:37 PM »
Yeah, that's scandalous. The problem is that there is no law enforcement agency enforcing this kind of behavior. What can you really do? In my situation, I wanted to protest to the auctioneer but, bottom line, she services 7 of his facilities. She is not going to bite the hand that feeds her.
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Storage Facilities / Storage facility owner bidding on units. Conflict of interest?
« on: March 17, 2011, 05:38:51 AM »
There is a facility owner here in Houston that bids on units for sale at his own facilities. He has 7 locations in Houston and he travels to each one to bid against us. Example: This manager and I were bidding on the same unit. It was a nice unit that had 6 brand new A/C compressors that you could see,there were also about 20 other boxes. I knew they were worth money but I didn't know exactly how much they would resell for nor exactly how many were there. I pushed the unit pretty high and he kept going. He won the unit. I was talking to him a little later and he told me he would have went up to 4 thousand dollars on the unit. Turns out, there was around 60K in a/c compressors in the unit but you would have never known that without moving things and opening boxes.
My argument is that anyone who has access to the unit shouldn't be allowed to bid on it.
Does anyone have another view point?
My argument is that anyone who has access to the unit shouldn't be allowed to bid on it.
Does anyone have another view point?
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General Storage Auction Talk / Ever had the owner of the unit approach you at the auction?
« on: March 17, 2011, 05:15:07 AM »
I purchased a unit about 6 months ago and the owner approached me after the auction and asked me to return certain items like photos and medical records. She was very polite so I agreed. I told her I would leave the items with the facility manager.
Anytime a tenant makes an effort to contact me to see if I will return sentimental items, documents, photos, etc., I usually try to help them out.
Anytime a tenant makes an effort to contact me to see if I will return sentimental items, documents, photos, etc., I usually try to help them out.
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Storage auctions that don't have to be advertised in a newspaper.
« on: March 17, 2011, 05:02:54 AM »
Nice clean website. If I ever need Kentucky Derby tickets, I now know where to go. LOL
I like your logo, very creative.
I like your logo, very creative.
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Suggestion Center / Re: What's the point of sponsors having their own threads?
« on: March 16, 2011, 07:39:06 PM »
I can see that being beneficial if they can get some good questions going. I think the sponsors are more concerned about the banners.
Can a sponsor remove comments from their thread in they are within the terms of use?
Can a sponsor remove comments from their thread in they are within the terms of use?