You frequent auctions but your ratio of actually winning a storage unit under 50%. Maybe you should consider a new tactic.
Convert from auction hunter to auction scavenger.
Definition of scavenger: “A person who searches for and collects discarded items.”
Every episode of Storage Wars and its spinoffs you see Dave, Jarrod, and most especially Barry toss out approximately 50-75% or more of the items inside their storage units.
Now, recall the last few storage auctions you attended and did you overhear, “This is going to the dumpster.”
Moe from Storage Wars: Texas bought a piece of furniture from Lesa while she was still at the facility. He tossed her a low-ball offer and she accepted. Quick cash in hand and she didn’t have to lug the furniture back to her thrift store.
Of course Moe saw the value of the furniture and placed it in his shop for $$ which pissed Lesa off to no end (not as though it takes a lot to piss her off).
The lesson here is to hang around after an auction is over. Become a vulture in a sense. Maybe even offer assistance to load someone’s storage items for trade on something you want inside that unit.
If you don’t want to trade for labor, then go with the low-ball offer tactic. The whole point to win a storage unit is to turn items you find inside into a profit. If the winner can quickly sell a piece of furniture, clothes, kitchen items, or whatever that’s a good thing for them.
However, you may come across an auction winner who might find your scavenger tactics intrusive. How do you get around that as to not offend anyone? First spot the item or items you want inside the locker then quickly flash the cash.
Greed is a strong motivator, so motivate!
How many people do you know who will look away from cash in hand? Ex-act-ly. Ease your storage auction loss frustrations by scavenging from those who do win. In the end, it’s a win-win for everyone.
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