Yeah, this time. What happens if the next one isn't so lucky?

Then, like auction buyers, they pay the price for their indiscretion. Nothing in life is guaranteed...not even life. Earthquakes, hurricanes, lightning, winning the PowerBall, slipping on a trail. Some of these things are in our control and some not.

If the clues were better I would make an effort to find the treasure, but as they are the chest could be anywhere from Yellowstone Nat Park (or nearby at least) to the Santa Fe area.  The benefit for me would be new trails and outdoor experiences. If the treasure was in California I would truly make more of an effort, but Santa Fe and the other possible locations are a stretch.

I have to opposite reaction. I think it shows the couple to be shallow when they can let a tropical vacation be ruined by the lack of a certain brand of coffee. They come across as a couple of spoiled brats.

We will have to agree to disagree,  but I'm relatively sure the intent was to "say" ..."this coffee is so good not even a tropical paradise can compete."

I'm not a coffee drinker, but I think this is a very effective ad by Dunkin' Donuts.

It is a very subtle sell which shows a couple in a resort setting feeling very glum until their lost luggage shows up.

If you haven't seen it, here's a link.  And remember, I'm not a coffee drinker, don't know the difference between a cup of this compared to a cup of any of YOUR favorite brands. I am just talking about the advertising approach. If Travis could write an ad like this promoting his new website he'd win all the auction buyers over to his side. 

ispot(dot)tv/ad/7Yab/dunkin-donuts-original-blend-coffee-lost-bags

Now - if you have that one special record in good+ conditon you can be talking 10, 20, even $50 for that one.  But they are rare.

About 7 years ago I got a nice hope chest in a locker and the one thing I remember from it was a boxed set of Beatles records. It was in a dark blue "sleeve" of about 4 to 6 records and as I recall they were pressed in England. I took this set to the guy I mentioned in the post I made above.  He actually had one in a glass case at his store and he gave me advice on how to sell it on eBay. He wasn't going to buy it from me as he already had one and I gathered he had it for awhile already.

I listed it on eBay and it went for $85 I think. That was the only big record sale I've ever made and I think I've really only sold maybe 10 single copy records in 9 years with them only selling in the $3 to $5 area for each one.

Names like Rolling Stones, Beatles, Monkees, etc do well, and if a Chicago or Dylan fan is walking by at the right time those and others would sell too, but it's really hit and miss and hardly worth the effort as Clist says.  Heavy, bulky, non-sellers, like most books .... at a flea market....sometimes OK on eBay, or try to sell them in bulk on Clist at as little as a dime or 25 cents each if you have say 100 to 500 of them...but they have to take them all at that price.

Can't you just see someone coming to look at 500 records and wanting to go through them to find the 5 they want at 25 cents each? !    You could write the ad on Clist to say something like....."This works out to 25 cents each, or you can sort through them and buy single copies at $10 each !"    That pretty much says it all to the record collector.

The "Sealed Online Bids" site failed (well, merged with "Storage Battles") , and so will this one........

WHY, MAY YOU ASK???

I'm surprised Travis hasn't answered these assertions made in reply #32 above which primarily assails online auctions themselves and by proximity Travis new website designed to service this aspect of auction buying/selling.

So, from the sound of it there was no cash prize to be found. In the treasure hunt mentioned in the original post here there is a quantity of gold, etc in a real chest somewhere hidden outdoors.

While the odds of finding it are high, I doubt they are 175 million to 1 like the recent PowerBall lottery.

Part of the quest for this treasure is self-realization and exploring the outdoors. The young woman who got stranded overnight had an adventure and came out of it safely. So far no one has been hurt looking for that treasure. One fellow has made twenty outings looking for it....so far, nada.

depends on the facility some just want the stuff out , others want it swept

I will take flack for this from some members here, but oh, well.

When I used to buy units this was an issue with some managers. With those with whom I had good relations it was not a problem, but off somewhere in the boonies it was sometimes.

My feeling on it was (and is) that:

1) When a regular tenant moves out the mgrs often don't expect it to be swept....the mgrs do it. They also check the door springs, sheet rock, lighting, etc. (well, not all of them do that stuff of course).

2) I should be responsible for taking out any physical objects and trash...and I did that.

3) I shouldn't be responsible for sweeping up the dust that has come in through the cracks in the place.

4) I shouldn't be responsible for sweeping up dead mice (no rats ever showed up) or their droppings.

5) I shouldn't be resposible for cleaning out containers of human waste. (when one manager insisted on that I indicated I would be placing a call to the city haz-mat team. He backed down.)