For a long time, storage auctions were always frequented by the same type of people, primarily men in their middle age, often those who were either retired or reselling full-time.
After storage auctions became more well-known, though, a wider variety of people have started to attend auctions. Now it’s not uncommon to see college students, young couples, women, businesspeople and others trying their luck with auctions.
Some of these are hobbyists, others are looking for a side income or new career, but all of them are bumping shoulders at auctions.
While this new variety at auctions is great in many ways, it does introduce one factor that many auction-goers find very annoying: Children at storage auctions. Parents often bring their kids to auctions, and it’s rarely a good way to get into the good graces of your peers.
Storage auctions really are not a very good family activity. You spend a lot of time standing outside in the heat, and the units themselves are dirty and sometimes filled with sharp objects, bugs, trash and occasionally unmentionables that you wouldn’t want your kids to see.
Small children tend to get bored and cranky at a three-hour-long auction, and bored kids become disruptive. For your family’s safety and the sanity of everyone at the auction, it’s a good idea to leave the kids at home.
Unfortunately, that’s not always an option for all auction hunters. Leaving the kids with friends or family isn’t always possible, and day care can get expensive. If you plan to hit auctions frequently, you can quickly lose money trying to pay for babysitters. This is one situation where online storage auctions can save you a lot of trouble.
Since you’ll be bidding online, you don’t have to worry about keeping the kids in line at a long auction. You can keep an eye on the bidding while you attend to other things at home.
Once you win a unit, you can schedule a time to clean it out that will fit better with your schedule. This keeps you from accidentally aggravating fellow auction-hunters without losing out on auctions and the ability to make a good income from reselling.
Suddenly, auction hunting becomes a viable business option for single parents, stay-at-home moms and others who might not have an easy time of traveling to live auctions every day of the week.
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