Storage Auctions

The Storage Locker => General Storage Auction Talk => Topic started by: redmanrr on July 25, 2011, 11:21:04 AM

Title: Storage facilaty
Post by: redmanrr on July 25, 2011, 11:21:04 AM
How do you know if the owner of the storage facility hasn't already gone trough the storage unit before auction
Title: Re: Storage facilaty
Post by: MovieMan on July 25, 2011, 11:35:52 AM
You don't.

Title: Re: Storage facilaty
Post by: Drew on July 25, 2011, 11:51:08 AM
Yea you never know, over time you just learn which ones seem shady and you just stay away from them.
Title: Re: Storage facilaty
Post by: Cobia on July 25, 2011, 12:51:00 PM
When the unit is so packed full you can't even climb over the top to get to what ever is stored in the back, then I would say the employees or the owner of the facility have not picked it clean of goodies. Thats just one of the reasons why I like totally stacked out units.

As far as finding the 'SHADY" locations, once you have been doing the auction circuit for a while you will find out from the "old timers" which facilities to steer clear of, or you will figure it out because none of the consistent regulars show up at certain facilities, or better yet you find out through experience.
Title: Re: Storage facilaty
Post by: Sidewinder on July 25, 2011, 05:52:35 PM
depends on where you are at there are clues that will give that away dust on box's etc. in my area 90 days builds alot of dust in a lkr sometimes of year up to 1/4", so if someone touched it there would be hand prints or the dust dumped off the box also foot prints etc. spider webs are also a good indacation if you can tell one has been disturbed odds are the manager pulled something off top or out of the lkr that was not a large item.
But again this is why we bid only on what we see...
Title: Re: Storage facilaty
Post by: monkeybusiness on July 25, 2011, 09:39:28 PM
You don't.Sometimes you can look and it seems staged.