Now this is different ! A new auction concept ?

That just depends...

Originally, I thought the same thing. But the storage facilities that don't use auctioneers don't have to have a license.
He is merely posting the auction for the facility. The grey area is whether he can accept payment.
If the funds went directly to the facility, I see no legal issue. Since he does accept the payment, he is acting as an auction site and may be subject to the same rules as an auctioneer. Plus he is open to the same type of lawsuit if the unit was sold without proper paperwork. More research needs to be done.

We have a handfull of places here that have auction once or twice a year.

Most places have them once a month. 15%) is nothing when you look at the volume of facillities.

Like i said in my other thred, does he have a auctioneer license, if he don't he is ****ed. And he is then committing a fedral crime.
Thisnk i am gonna take a phonecall to his homestate and see if he has one. And if he does business across state lines that is something else, because then he needs multiple licenses.

tclane,

You know exactly what you are talking about. All I have to tell you is make sure you do your hw if you want to start something like this.

I want to ask you a question. And I ask this in all seriousness. Why are you so angry? Not just in this thread but others as well.

If you are against something, rather than let it roll off your back, you take it as a personal slight. Why do you really care? If the guy fails, he fails. But you want to start meddling with his business for no gain...just to be a prick. Well, that's pathetic. I really can't stand people who piss in others Cheerios. Perhaps it's jealously.

Not angry at all. I just want to make sure it is legal and done right.
Why? Are you an official for the Consumer Protection Agency?

It is also my oppinion that this is a stupid way of doing auction. I have every right to make that statement.
Of course you have that right. But why not let it go at that? Say it's stupid and move on. Why are YOU the investigator of all that is legitimate? Why not let others lose their money. Hence, more for you.  


If you can respect that, well then thats your problem.
Huh?

I am not jealous at all, why should i be? i run several very successful companies in Europe + a real estate business here in the USA.
Most very successful people have little time to bother with what underling companies are trying to do. Do you think people like Bill Gates, Michael Dell or heck, Oprah Winfrey worried about every start-up across the US? Nah, they were too busy minding their business.

I am more happy buying the storage lockers then selling them.

Well i am not on Bill Gates level. But as a memeber of this forum, i can and will speak my mind. When they put out claims i find wrong or maybe even a little on the edge, yes i make it my case to find out if it is like they claim and say.

The storage auction business has it's problems, the last thing we need are more problems. Since we don't know what they offer and if it follows the rules, well then i want to make sure for my own part that they are. Since they list TN state on their website i want to know if they have the license they need for TN. As a consumer i have the right to know, and i want to know.

Here is another scenario, if he has all the licenses in order, he has to by law make it public, that meaning he must put his license number on his website, something his is not doing. That tells me he is not able to hold legal auctions in TN. And then it will affect me as a possible bidder. I personally have nothing against them. But i want things to be by the law, when they offer auctions in my state.

If you was gonna go to a doctor or dentist that was bragging online about a new method of treatment, wouldent you make sure he had the license to do these treatments? Woulden't you check things out before you contacted them and made an appointment???   Thought so.