Post here regarding crowds, outrageous newbie behavior, etc when the "Ides of March" come around.
Spring weather and income tax refunds should bring them out in droves !

Yep, you read it right 7 (count 'em 7) pistol cases....and all empty !

1 Ruger, 1 Colt, 1 S&W, 2 Glock, 2 non-name (Wal-Mart) and 2 pistol "rugs". I'll keep the rugs and sell the cases on eBay...they go from $10 to $20 or so depending on model. I also sell them in that range at the flea.

This was a 10 x 10 for $375; very clean looking with only 1 good mattress, no other furn. Lots of boxes, totes. Turns out the guy was a California Correctional Officer. One bag with his heavy jacket (with patch), pants, shirts, dress cap (with shield). Lots of black (thatch pattern) leather belts, baton holders, handcuff case (no cuffs), etc.
Did get a nice black baton (should be worth a few bucks).

Found a nice zippo (Harley Davidson) with HD black leather holder to go with it; all in a gift box. Other stuff of similar nature inluding two Bolo ties with silver and nice stone; $60 price tag on one.

On and on including boxes of papers, several boxes of criminology texts, 12 empty Nintendo DS game boxes.
I think this was a single dad with two daughters who visited, but kept the REAL goodies (like the DS box) with them when they went home to mom.

Wish the pistols had been there but....Happy with the locker  !

Several years ago one of our local buyers made a BIG score but in a round-about way.

Auction buyer A bought a locker and found a casino chip in a box. I think it was a $1 chip as I recall.
Auction buyer B bought the chip from him for $5.

Auction buyer B put it on eBay and thought he would score a few bucks. It sold for $14,000 and change !

It was from the Landmark...one of the first old time casinos to be imploded.  The eBay buyer needed it to complete a collection...apparently there was more than one collector who wanted it.

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Yep, this is a true story and all the local buyers saw it happen on eBay. Only one thing wrong with this story....it wasn't me !

These paragraphs are from Wiki.

At year-end 2009, a total of some 50,000 self storage facilities, owned by 30,235 companies, have been developed in the United States on industrial and commercial land parcels. There is more than 2.35 billion square feet of self storage in the U.S., or a land area equivalent to three times Manhattan Island under roof. The five large publicly traded storage operators (four REITs and U-Haul) own or operate approximately 9% of self storage facilities. More recently, in many metropolitan cities where competition among storage companies is fierce, better parcels of land near residential and commercial areas are being converted into self-storage once approved by zoning panels.


According to the "Self Storage Demand Study - 2007" (published by the SSA) one in ten U.S. households now rent a self storage unit. The growing demand for self storage in the U.S. is created by people moving (some 40 million Americans move each year according to U.S. Census data), and by various lifestyle transitions, such as marriage, divorce, retirement, a death in the family, etc.

The next time you get a personal jet in a locker you can hop aboard and go WAY out of state !

#10.....lost their job.
#9.......spouse left them holding the bag...and the storage bill.
#8.......incarcerated (that's former locker owner speak for IN JAIL).
#7.......moved from one city to another and forgot their goods in the locker.
#6.......paid bill on another locker at another location and their timing got screwed up.
#5.......died
#4.......lived (too hard, too fast)
#3.......just didn't give a rat's rear about the goods anymore.
#2.......dog ate the check that was in the mail.
#1.......(fill in the blank) special award goes to any of the 900 who have NEVER made a post before today.

Here are some of mine. Feel free to contribute.

"Remember, those photos you kept for 20 years? I have them"

"Nice thong, but the stretch marks are a turn off"

"You want to pay me HOW MUCH to return -your- stuff to you"

"When are you defaulting on your next locker? Give me a call"

"Don't call me when you default on your next locker!"


Happy Valentine's Day to those who have fallen on hard times...may the times get better !

I know this show is edited for the drama, and the four characters are probably encouraged to maintain a "type". Since I have recognized these "types" in my own area auctions, it certainly is easy to relate to.

Personally, I think Dave is a pest...I mean really...the CONSISTENT bidding up of the other buyers is to the extrme.
I like Barry...he isn't mean spirited at all and has a moderate approach to his buying.
Darrel seems reasonable enough...some of his finds REALLY seem staged by the show producers.
Jarred seems like a regular guy trying to make a living. His wife is not the total shrew she could be, and I have seen couples like this over the years.