This is how my first silent/sealed bid auction went down. About 15 minutes prior, the facility manager gave everyone (about 12 buyers) about 12 sheets of papers with the unit #s, as well as your point of contact. At auction time, each one of us got into 2 15-passenger vans and then headed out onto the lot, which had both indoor and outdoor units. The manager's staff showed each of the units, which we were only able to see at the door without touching. Of course, with each unit came a bid, if you wanted to. One outside unit even had bidding on a car!

After showing the 12th, all of the buyers headed back to the facility headquarters, where with whatever we bidded on, placed within a manilla envelope that we had to seal. The manager, as well as her staff, said that if we won, she would call us.

Sure enough, about 15 minutes later, I received the call on the unit that I bid on. When I returned to the facility, the manager still had 12 stacks of papers with everyone's bid on it. Out of curiousity, I asked on how many people bid on my unit, and she just counted the sheets of papers and said "3" besides yourself, without divulging who bid on it and what.

Kinda thought it was a neat and fair process, being my first time at a silent/sealed bid. 

At my second auction, that's when I started bidding and hence, gaining confidence that I belong in this business. On my first auction, I was just a Lookey Loo yet left the auction feeling that I coulda, shoulda have bid on something that caught my eye.

Got my first unit cheap ($11). Can't wait for the next unit!

Thanks for sharing this Fee Bay link. This looks, uhh, wow. I mean, WOW!

I'll bid $2 for the lanyard!   

Not to be funny, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Casey Anthony appear in porn flicks before her mega film or book deal. If these Hollywood reality TV stars such as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton make their fame through initial sex tapes and the like, I wouldn't doubt for a second that Casey would jump into that arena in a similar fashion.

I wonder if someone bought Casey's locker in Orlando while she was in jail for 3 years? I'm sure that the buyer found empty beer bottles, party poppers, chloroform, and duct tape, among other things.

@ CopiaVita Thanks. I had a feeling it was that way. What was so funny about this unit during Saturday's auction is that the owner was practically BEGGING for a bid after he started the bidding at $25 on a POS. There were 50 + people there and you could really here crickets at this one until someone accepted $25.... 2 minutes later! The locker sold for $45 and afterward, you can hear the new owner just groaning on how he bought an awful-looking locker. Or more so, how he may have overpaid.

I guess you never know. All part of the game. I may have bought it for a $1 but also may have been spending more money doing a dump run. Who knows? I've wasted a few bucks on worse things.

Well howdy howdy Texgal, and welcome!