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Stories about Storage Auctions / Found a New Forum Discussing a Staged Unit Being Sold Over and Over Again
« on: October 27, 2011, 08:57:47 AM »
For those of Us that go to Auction Zip .com , they have a new Forum with a Storage Auction section .
One poster stated that He bought a " Nice " 10 X 20 " CONSIGNMENT " (the owners didn't want to ship the contents up North ) unit for $ 600. only to find out it was filled with crap , and another couple stopped and told Him that they had paid $ 800. the month before for the same crap and walked away .
Being a Honest , Buyer , He asked to rent the unit to have time to clean it out , only to be told that it was not available for rent , the renter fills it up and has them sell the contents for her, but He could rent him another unit .
He later discovered that it is the Auctioneer's SISTER that rents the locker . The Comments are very interesting
Movie Man , do You know of a Tom Litton ?
There are several auctioners and storage owners posting
Tom Litton from Stockton , ca.
Jim Ford from Tx.
Charles Bevard from Md.
William F Burke
Charles Brobst from Alaska
auctionzip.com/azforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2202&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20
I just attended an Auction and I bought what turns out to be a total setup unit.We were told the unit was on consignment from out of state ,meaning it was not in default but the people wanted thier stuff sold at auction rather than have it shipped up north. the room was staged nicely a 10x20 packed with boxes misc items of interest out in the open everything I could see implied an older couple furniture from the 70's newspapers dated 1970's ,box of international travel magazines ,I was happy to win the bid at $600 after I began to clean out I began to see it was a bunch of crap,packed around a few decent items and also I began to see multiple names on mail,this was not one persons unit ,this was a bunch of crap packed into this unit with the intent to deceive. As I continued to pack my box truck I meet the couple who bought this very same unit the month before unit number F2 ,they paid $800 and found junk like me they suspected foul play.Then when I relized i would not be able to get it all unpacked in one trip I went to rent the unit for a month,I was told that I could rent another unit but not that one,come to find out a lady keep that unit rented
and would pack it and then sell it.and after looking into it futher a staff member let it slip that it was the sister of the auctioneer.At this point I knew I was screwed .
I ended up cherry picking what was left in the unit and left the rest [something I never do.]
Bandit
One poster stated that He bought a " Nice " 10 X 20 " CONSIGNMENT " (the owners didn't want to ship the contents up North ) unit for $ 600. only to find out it was filled with crap , and another couple stopped and told Him that they had paid $ 800. the month before for the same crap and walked away .
Being a Honest , Buyer , He asked to rent the unit to have time to clean it out , only to be told that it was not available for rent , the renter fills it up and has them sell the contents for her, but He could rent him another unit .
He later discovered that it is the Auctioneer's SISTER that rents the locker . The Comments are very interesting
Movie Man , do You know of a Tom Litton ?
There are several auctioners and storage owners posting
Tom Litton from Stockton , ca.
Jim Ford from Tx.
Charles Bevard from Md.
William F Burke
Charles Brobst from Alaska
auctionzip.com/azforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2202&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20
I just attended an Auction and I bought what turns out to be a total setup unit.We were told the unit was on consignment from out of state ,meaning it was not in default but the people wanted thier stuff sold at auction rather than have it shipped up north. the room was staged nicely a 10x20 packed with boxes misc items of interest out in the open everything I could see implied an older couple furniture from the 70's newspapers dated 1970's ,box of international travel magazines ,I was happy to win the bid at $600 after I began to clean out I began to see it was a bunch of crap,packed around a few decent items and also I began to see multiple names on mail,this was not one persons unit ,this was a bunch of crap packed into this unit with the intent to deceive. As I continued to pack my box truck I meet the couple who bought this very same unit the month before unit number F2 ,they paid $800 and found junk like me they suspected foul play.Then when I relized i would not be able to get it all unpacked in one trip I went to rent the unit for a month,I was told that I could rent another unit but not that one,come to find out a lady keep that unit rented
and would pack it and then sell it.and after looking into it futher a staff member let it slip that it was the sister of the auctioneer.At this point I knew I was screwed .
I ended up cherry picking what was left in the unit and left the rest [something I never do.]
Bandit
