I've been talking about it for a while, I finally left my day job, last day was Friday. I did it to focus on anothe rbusiness of mine but wiht hte extra time plan to get back into storage auctions much more than I have been. Excited and terrified at the same time lol

I would agree with that sentiment. For a while things were really crazy when storage auctions became a mianstream things after the shows and for a while after that websites, message boards, ebooks were  all the crazy as well as youtube videos. I think the attention has died down and agree with what you said in regards to nubes who wanted to check out an auction have, nobody watches the shows if they are even still running new episodes? I think in some ways its a good thing though getting things back to how they used to be.

My most profitable units have been silent bid units. I like that auction format much more.

coins jars are always nice a big mason jar is normally worth at least $50 or $60 just in change, if you got some pre 64 silver change in there even more. i love coin jars.

Funny thing is, I read that on a website but when I went down to the post office to ship the gift cards, they looked at me like I was crazy. I'll try to find the link as soon as I get some free time - so like never. Kidding I'll see if I can find it.

Update: here is the link: articles.mcall.com/2011-11-26/news/mc-watchdog-holiday-shipping-20111126_1_gift-cards-ship-gifts-cabinet

After reading it a second time, it looks like it was just someone repeating something they heard.

I've come to the conclusion that eBay isn't the way to go when selling gift cards.

Buyers are paying about 90-92% for big box store cards.

Subtract eBay's 10%.

Then subtract shipping, which is now a huge risk since they can't be insured.

And you're getting about 78% out of every $100.

If you go to giftcards.com, they pay a little better than that. Plus, you can enter the card number and pin and they'll transfer money to your PayPal account. Much more convenient and less risk involved.

Also, some CoinStar locations are now buying gift cards. They don't list the percentages on their website, so I'm not sure if it's a good deal or not.

That's cool coinstar does gift cards. Some new company popped up and has machines in grocery stores in chicago near the coinstar machine that buys giftcards from most major retailers but at a ripoff rate of course.

my biggest concern with selling gift cards on ebay is buyer says you sent a giftcard but with no funds, itgoes to a dispute who do you think ebay is going to side with. its almost like selling bitcoins with paypal and why nobody does it because if you get a bad apple its basically guranteed free stuff for buyer if someone decides to open a claim.

i figured there had to be something wierd about usps insuring money cuz i know even fedex and ups wont insure it. i used to work for a company that shipped money in smaller amounts because brinks was so expensive and if fedex lost a $7,000 package all they got for insurance was $100. i think employees started catching on and stealing because at one point nothing could be shipped in antyhing but a large box because they were catching employees on tape stuffing those padded envelopes into their pants stealing.

     I always bid higher in my turf. It makes complete sense. You have a lot less gas,milage and labor costs. Also, it does give you a warm fuzzy feeling when everyone points as you're pulling up at the facility(in a little mazda).

I can see getting a kick out of being the local dave, lol, however my attitude is to basically fly under the radar. you start pissing people off or becomming the guy who gets every unit or overbys or whatever and it just brings you hassle, people try to run you up, etc.

I like the rule about no signatures until $700 or $750 now although I believe ebay still has the $250 rule so $750 would be off ebay transactions or sales off your website if you have one.

The six month thing is crazy, that is not a refund policy thats a damn warrenty at that point. I dont think that is at all fair to sellers, way to much time for someone to use something and return it when they got bored. I thought 45 days was excessive but 6 months is insane.