Yeah, location and space seem to be key as well, fortunately I am in an area of town that is considered nicer and I am starting to develop a reputation. I hear of other peole in town only getting 20-30 people come by. That would suck 

Just curious what other people see, from my guestimate I get about 200-300 people come through my sale on a Saturday. I have also found sometimes it is not as much about what you have as about how many people you can get to come through. If 200 people spend $5 thats a grand. 

Unfortunately where I live, there is no regular flea market. They do hold a community yard sale /flea market twice a year at the fairgrounds. You get your first indoor 10x10 space free, and each additional 10x10 space is $5. It is just 1 day on Saturday from 7-2 with setup on Friday. I tend to make more at my own yardsales though then I do at those sales and I do not have to haul all of my things down there.

They are resorting to spamming other sites because their forum is actually pretty lame. Other than an occasional newbie posting an introduction or people posting sob stories to win their over a year old $200 startup fund contest. The only ones posting anything are the moderators and it is just reviving old post saying stuff like "good find, keep us updated :-)" It does not contain any real useful info, I am glad I found this forum, because if nothing else, it is entertaining 

I never really liked Dave that much, too big a douche. I am glad that he is exposing that the tv shows sensationalize this business. Can you d=find valuable stuff in lockers? Yes Is every unit gonna be profitable? Hell no, well they can be if you don't buy the unprofitable ones ;-) I had been wanting to start attending storage auctions long before the show came out. My wife was never on board. Then she watched Storage Wars one week while I was on travel for work, when I came home she said lets do it. I watched a few episodes of the show and I was exited and hooked. I have bought about 15 lockers since then, some only turned a little profit, some huge profits, but all would have been losers if I paid the amounts they seem to be paying on the show. I watched a few episodes again and was shocked by the amounts they were paying for these lockers $3000- $10000 and then they go and start throwing out what they think they are worth. 
I am sorry but if I bought a locker for $10000 and sold the contents for $11000-$12000, I would call that a loss, not a win, time, hired help, gas, what not, I'll stick with my lower priced lockers with less work and a quicker return on investment, if I buy 4 lockers for $500 each and make $500 on each one that is $2000 profit with less time effort and work, oh yeah I also have the other $8000 still to buy other lockers with.
Sorry for the book, I need to learn to be more concise. 

i get all these clowns comming to look at it telling me they are going to have to cut the rust off, do all this bondo, do all this work on it.

I agree; Its like they think you don't notice the problems and hadn't considered those when pricing it. I think its especially funny when they are talking about doing stuff that costs thousands more than the car is even worth in excellent condition. Duh thats why it is only $600

I recently sold my Grand Caravan, it had a few dents and dings which I took into consideration when pricing it. The guy who bought asks me to go lower because he will have to take out the dents and dings, I mean come on its a 9 year old minivan, are you really going to repair those dents and dings.

 

Real or not, I say keep personal info out of the sale. Period. I see so many people on our local facebook selling groups throwing out sob stories about how they need to sell fast to pay for [Insert whatever you want here]. Then the next day they are looking to buy or asking for a new Iphone or video game system. Just irritates me.