LOOKY LOOS everywhere today

I can see both sides of the debate here.  I'm a newbie and I'm frustrated that the crowds are so big.   However, I'm here to stay and the old heads need to get used to it.  I know my financial limits and I wont be "run-up" by anyone, ever!  I treat this like the business that it is. 

If you are world class and have a tough auction game then newbies dont intimidate you, they just make you stronger.  I hate the bellyaching.  The good-old-boys-club has been exposed.  Either up your game or quit your crying.

You really can't be frustrated, you have no idea what the auctions were like before so crowds is all you know. Even just 8 months ago auctions would be me and 3-4 other guys literally taking turns buying units at $25-$35 a pop.


Also, best of luck to you but you don't know your here to stay until you've actualy bought some units and made some money.

Also, best of luck to you but you don't know your here to stay until you've actualy bought some units and made some money.

No, I'm here.  I have been doing other things similar to this.  And Ive done my homework.  Ive got the warehouse, the crew and the ability to make money in several channels.  I'll be someone to recon with in my area in a year or less.  Not bragging, just sayin.

I feel your pain.  It was a secret society that brought a lot of profit for very little investment.  And that has to suck.  But the times are a changing and with the economy the way it is people are looking for all kinds of avenues.  But mostly you can thank Hollywood for interrupting your all-boys-club.  Had they not produced those shows a lot of people would have never known. 

Personally I take exception with your Belly aching comment. Not BA about added bidders thats just business, BA'ing about looky loos who have no intenion of bidding and are there with the families like its a picnic because they saw a show. I hope anyone who is serious about this is successful (including me) but there is also no place for arrogance either........nuf said.

Its not arrogance if you can back it up.

Its not arrogance if you can back it up.

Since your new to the storage game you have no track record and can't back it up now, only time will tell if you can, so you should probably get a few profitable units under your belt before you get so cocky.

Since your new to the storage game you have no track record and can't back it up now, only time will tell if you can, so you should probably get a few profitable units under your belt before you get so cocky.

You have no clue about me.  And I find that refreshing. 
If I were you, I wouldnt worry about me.  You have better things to do.....atleat I would hope.

You have no clue about me.  And I find that refreshing. 
If I were you, I wouldnt worry about me.  You have better things to do.....atleat I would hope.

Yep, we're clueless all right.  People are just commenting about your attitude. If you read a good number of the comments in several forums you should see that people here are for the most part a pleasant group and there is a difference between complaining (or belly aching) about looky-loos, bidders without a clue (too) and serious contenders who have a head on their shoulders.

You've made it abundantly clear which category you fall into now put a couple of years under your belt and all will be fine.

You have no clue about me.  And I find that refreshing.  
If I were you, I wouldnt worry about me.  You have better things to do.....atleat I would hope.

Hey auctionNinja, how many units have you bid on?'
How many units have you won?
How many units have you trippled your investment on? or maybe even more then trippled?
How many units have you cleaned out dead rats and garbage from?
How many units have you cleaned out in below 0 degress or in rain or in 100 + degrees?

If your answers is a donut to just one of them, you have nothing to say about it. Because you have not even gotten your feet wet.

Talk is cheap, doing it in a forum is even cheaper.
Come back when you have 10+ units and done it non stop for at least 6 months. But until then, just hush it! your opinion do not count unless you can prove your self.

Hey auctionNinja, how many units have you bid on?'
How many units have you won?
How many units have you trippled your investment on? or maybe even more then trippled?
How many units have you cleaned out dead rats and garbage from?
How many units have you cleaned out in below 0 degress or in rain or in 100 + degrees?

If your answers is a donut to just one of them, you have nothing to say about it. Because you have not even gotten your feet wet.

Talk is cheap, doing it in a forum is even cheaper.
Come back when you have 10+ units and done it non stop for at least 6 months. But until then, just hush it! your opinion do not count unless you can prove your self.

Mr. A..... see the thread link below. Your questions are answered there. http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=625.msg1436#new

Yep, we're clueless all right.  People are just commenting about your attitude. If you read a good number of the comments in several forums you should see that people here are for the most part a pleasant group and there is a difference between complaining (or belly aching) about looky-loos, bidders without a clue (too) and serious contenders who have a head on their shoulders.

You've made it abundantly clear which category you fall into now put a couple of years under your belt and all will be fine.

I couldn't agree more. I find pretty much everyone at the aucitons is very welcomming and friendly to newcommers. I find people to be pleasant overall as well, I've made a few friends with some guys I see at the auctions regularly and we'll grab a beer sometimes after teh last auciton of the day.

Your cockiness and atttitude are not going to go over well if that's how you act at auctions. I've seen people like you before and everyone hates you instantly if you come to the auction with that attiutde. All the regulars will run prices up on you not b/c your a newbie but b/c your acting like a jerk.

I find it interesting how people on here and at the actual auctions think they own the profession.  Just in this thread alone people bid up others and admit to bidding each other up in fun.  So that means that in most auctions you are paying more than a true auction because someone is having fun at your expense.  In the long run people bidding up others will get their butt handed to them.  If the guy in this thread had stopped at 1350 or whatever the bid was before you would have eaten 1000 bucks.  See if your "buddy" stepped in to "offer" half then.
In my experience over the years the auction is really for a lottery ticket that you have 2 of 6 certain numbers.  After that you are gambling the rest is like what you see.  You may get the other 4 but in reality you will probably only get 1-2 more.
And when all is said and done treat people like you want to be treated. 

I have experienced nice people at auctions as well.  And I am treated well.  You just WISH I was treated poorly because that would make you feel good about yourself.  Your upset cus the good-old-boy net work has been outed.  So you come here to bellyache.

Instead of putting energy into upping your game you try to run new people off, because you cant handle the competition. If you arent able to change with the times then you are not a true business person to begin with.

Furthermore, I have no need to PROVE myself to you, about what I have accomplished in my business career.  Or to answer your childish 20 question essay. I have already stated that I have done something similar and plan to do this extreamly well.  I am allowed to say that. SO YOU JUST HUSH.. as you put it.   

Its a forum for commenting and not for you to own.  I see why its the SAME group commenting over and over...welcoming..your not.  Try again.  You are welcoming of like-minds. You don't want new-comers in the forum and its abundantly clear why NO ONE posts on these threads.   I deal with rednecks like you all the time.  Same insecurities different face. 

 

I find it interesting how people on here and at the actual auctions think they own the profession.  

Amen, well said.

I find it interesting how people on here and at the actual auctions think they own the profession.  Just in this thread alone people bid up others and admit to bidding each other up in fun.  So that means that in most auctions you are paying more than a true auction because someone is having fun at your expense.  In the long run people bidding up others will get their butt handed to them.  If the guy in this thread had stopped at 1350 or whatever the bid was before you would have eaten 1000 bucks.  See if your "buddy" stepped in to "offer" half then.
In my experience over the years the auction is really for a lottery ticket that you have 2 of 6 certain numbers.  After that you are gambling the rest is like what you see.  You may get the other 4 but in reality you will probably only get 1-2 more.
And when all is said and done treat people like you want to be treated. 

You are missing two very importent factors.
1. It is a competition, live with the unwritten rules and how the game plays. Up bidding has always been there, in all types of auctions. Thats why you bid, to get the higher bid so you win it. But you also have a limit, and you stop at that limit. If someone else then wishes to overbid you and maybe pay more then the market value is, so what? it is the game.
2. We have all been newbies at some point. We all have been up bid by someone that are a "vet" It is a part of the learning curve. So in it self it is good for the newbies to learn how to play the game, and in the end it will be better for all of us.

Your comment stands out like you are a grumpy person, and you want everything to be fair and peachy, well you should know better after all these years that storage auctions are evrything but that.

I have experienced nice people at auctions as well.  And I am treated well.  You just WISH I was treated poorly because that would make you feel good about yourself.  Your upset cus the good-old-boy net work has been outed.  So you come here to bellyache.

Instead of putting energy into upping your game you try to run new people off, because you cant handle the competition. If you arent able to change with the times then you are not a true business person to begin with.

Furthermore, I have no need to PROVE myself to you, about what I have accomplished in my business career.  Or to answer your childish 20 question essay. I have already stated that I have done something similar and plan to do this extreamly well.  I am allowed to say that. SO YOU JUST HUSH.. as you put it.   

Its a forum for commenting and not for you to own.  I see why its the SAME group commenting over and over...welcoming..your not.  Try again.  You are welcoming of like-minds. You don't want new-comers in the forum and its abundantly clear why NO ONE posts on these threads.   I deal with rednecks like you all the time.  Same insecurities different face. 

 

Grow up!