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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Auction Scene #2...February, 2013
« on: February 15, 2013, 09:49:35 AM »
About 2 weeks or so ago I went to an auction and one of my long-time "cronies" bought a 1990 Ford E250 van for $600.

I thought the price was OK and so did he. The auctioneer stated twice that they had the keys for it, though they didn't open it up.  It was finished inside with a couch and so forth (mini-camper) and looking in the back windows we could see totes about 3 feet high and four feet from the rear doors to the back of the camper couch.

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The required 10 days went by (DMV law) and he went back to pick it up. NO KEYS !

He obviously threw a fit (I know I would) and the manager did call the auctioneer. "Sorry, it's a done deal".

My auction friend (on the phone to the auctioneer) explained he never would have bid as high as he did if the auctioneer had not said they had the keys. Getting a locksmith out and making a key is a $150 to $200 job around here.

The auctioneer wouldn't yield at which point the buyer said "next time just tell me there's gold bars in the back and I'll bid even more."

Personally, I can't blame the guy. When an auctioneer comes right out and tells you "We have the keys" and then they don't, that's just plain fraud in my book; I'm glad I didn't buy it....I don't know what I would have done differently. They have 4 locations within 60 miles and often have good lockers, so it would be shooting yourself in the foot to just not go there anymore, but you can bet the auctioneer will be getting a lot of questions and sour looks from the regulars.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 14, 2013, 04:38:19 PM »
Quote from: Travis on February 14, 2013, 04:00:40 PM
You must be confused and taking something you read out of context.

Yeah, that's it.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 14, 2013, 03:15:05 PM »
Quote from: Travis on February 14, 2013, 03:01:58 PM
What's next MovieMan, are you going to start telling people that I kick puppies too?


If you did kick puppies, yes, I would tell people that. [/b]

I only delete things that are disruptive to the forum.
And of course that is a matter of opinion and each and everyone of us is entitled to an opinion. Most of us just can't do anything about it.

I have only deleted a hand full of posts in the past 4 months, most of which were spam, posted in the wrong category, disruptive, sexually provocative or contained inappropriate language.

I have never said anything negative about black or gay people and it really bothers me that you would even suggest that.

No, you have never called someone a N***** or a F******, but your innuendo cloaked in humor (imo) is there and even other members here have commented on it in the past.

Just as teachers, law enforcement, religious figures and others are expected to answer to a higher standard than "Joe Six-pack" one might expect that a figurehead of any organization would be called upon to do the same. Of course I could be wrong about that; I have been wrong before.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 14, 2013, 02:32:10 PM »

Quote from: alloro on February 14, 2013, 10:49:46 AM
If you don't want to have something you post addressed, then you shouldn't post it. This is a publicly accessed forum and replying to each other is what is done here.

When I posted about my friend who had committed suicide and then asked you to keep any thoughts about my post to yourself I had two thoughts about the way you might respond to it.

1) was the way you did respond.
2) was with a smart aleck remark aimed at my friend being gay and/or having committed suicide.

The first one strikes the right note in that posting and replying is what the forum is about, however there are exceptions that occur. It has been seen more than once that if a post doesn't meet your approval (for whatever reasons, logical or not) it gets deleted. I have even seen other peoples posts that you have edited. I saw them both before and after the edits and couldn't comprehend why the editing took place.

The second reason I cited just above came as a result of having seen over the last two years your comments about both blacks and gays which were "cloaked" in "humor". Quite often you say "just kidding" at the end of your statements. There is a fairly prevalent thought that when someone says something there is at least a "degree" of actual intent contained no matter what "just kidding" kind of statement might be attached.

If there is one Constitutional amendment I admire it is that of free speech, but I do realize that gatekeepers tamper with it on a regular basis in all kinds of media. Doesn't mean I have to sanction it.

My request that you not comment on my gay friend's suicide was aimed at not having a stranger make any kind of disparaging remark either about suicide or sexual proclivity, but your response gave me an opportunity to speak in a broader sense, and for that, well, thanks!

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 14, 2013, 10:10:03 AM »
I think Alias had a very thoughtful reply in #13 above.

Perhaps you had to have known someone who committed suicide to have an appreciation of what it might have been like for them.

MANY years ago I had a high school friend who took his life. This was at a time when it was not as prevalent as it is today with some teens who are bullied at school to the point where they can't take it anymore.

We subsequently found out that he was gay at a time MANY years before gay rights came around, and apparently his father's attitude toward his son prompted our friend to opt out of life all together.

None of us (that I know of) knew he was gay and I doubt it would have made any difference if we had. He was a nice guy and fun to be around.

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Travis: if you have ANY thoughts regarding the post I have just made, please keep them to yourself whatever they are and on whichever side of the issue of suicide.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Auction Scene #2...February, 2013
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:27:03 AM »
Well, like The Teacher above I have been finding the quality of the lockers to be bad for the most part.

I went to a sale on Feb 13, 2012 that USED TO BE a silent bid, but now is handled by one of the major auctioneers.

There were 21 units (Yea!) but the bulk of them were below average in quality. The average ones sold for OK prices, if OK is $150 for a 5x5 with 10 items inside.  One good sized one went for $500....that was ONE of the first 10 lkrs.

The last locker was the best..a 10 x 15 that I would have been happy to pay $500 to $600 for. Good quality furniture but no smalls to flesh it out. Sold for $1,300.

So, I am staying on the "picking" trail for the most part....one item at a time, hopefully at a good profit ratio, not as much total income, but more free time to enjoy life somewhere besides the dump !


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Congratulations to MovieMan!
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:18:30 AM »
Quote from: Cobia on February 14, 2013, 07:48:14 AM
Congrats, Movieman!

Now quit messin' around on the puter & get back to workin' you big slacker!!  :)

I'll have to admit that NOT BUYING LOCKERS has become my norm. And so far I'm liking it. I've increased the amount of picking I do and so far it's been profitable.

Not going to the dump, not breaking up particle board furniture, etc has been great. I have more free time to do other things like picking, hiking, etc.

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I am still going to local auctions and keeping up with my auction friends of the last 9 years but I haven't bought a lkr since mid-December, 2012 and since that time have only bid on a couple at all, and didn't win them. The othe buyers are asking why I even bother to come (since I'm not buying) but I'm thinking one day a lkr worthy of buying will pop up and I'll be there for it.

Meanwhile it's fun to talk with the others about the new wave of high prices and declining value.  See the Auction Scene thread for the lkrs I saw on Feb 13, 2012....didn't get one there either !


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Congratulations to MovieMan!
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:09:56 AM »
Quote from: Travis on February 13, 2013, 10:37:48 PM
Congratulations to MovieMan on his 3000th post. When you hit 5000, I'll buy you a 14KGP Polex President.  ;D


Well at least it will be a Polex and not a Rolez !


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 13, 2013, 09:47:52 PM »
Quote from: Travis on February 13, 2013, 09:29:35 PM
Do you really feel sorry for the guy? I don't. He was a arrogant drug addict who flaunted his money.

I feel sorry for his girlfriend, his parents, and other family members, but I refuse to feel sympathy toward someone who committed such a selfish act against the people who loved him.

Would you feel comfortable showing your comments to those people he left behind?


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 13, 2013, 09:16:18 PM »
Quote from: Travis on February 13, 2013, 08:58:56 PM
It was a joke. An insensitive comment would be something like "he was a dumba$$ on the show and he left this world in the ultimate dumba$$ way." But I'm not insensitive, so I would never say that.  ;)

It's Deja Vu .... all over again.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 13, 2013, 06:08:40 PM »
Quote from: Travis on February 13, 2013, 05:48:56 PM
The reason he killed himself: he realized that his Nintendo 001 wasn't worth $10,000.

That's an insensitive comment even from you.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Whoa. Storage war star commits suicide...
« on: February 13, 2013, 02:20:42 PM »
Yep, it was posted in the thread link below a day or so ago. It's harder to find the story now on TMZ than it was then though.

http://storageauctionforums.com/storage-auction-reality-shows/mark-balelo-storage-wars-bidder-commits-suicide/msg24018/#msg24018

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The Lounge / Re: National Geographic......BID and DESTROY !
« on: February 13, 2013, 10:09:18 AM »
Just watched a half hour of this while checking email etc.

It looks as phoney as the Storage Wars shows.

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Old Harley...he "gets" $1,500 for it from a restorer who says once restored he might get $7K.

A teddy bear makeup kit...about 3" tall...has a mirror and lipstick. Gets around $500 from "a friend" when
combined with a salt and pepper set for another $4,500.

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Upcoming episode, cival war medal, antique gun.

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The other thing that gets me is these characters saying things like "You said it was worth $1,000 and you want to give me $500 !"  They are selling the things to dealers who are going to resell it for cripes sake!  Are these demo guys so dumb they don't know the concept of buying and selling and everyone making some money ?

Nope, can't watch anymore. I'm not THAT much of glutton for punishment.

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If the original Storage Wars ever comes back on, I'll watch that out of curiosity for where they will be going with finds, etc, but no Texas version for me. I'll watch NEW YORK too to see if they tone down the finds, but we may finally be seeing the end of the Wars shows somewhere down the line.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Does the interior of your home ever overflow with auction purchased items?
« on: February 13, 2013, 09:41:55 AM »
OK, I'll admit it....I have some of my auction purchases inside my house and not because I'm using them...they're just there!

Usually these come inside so I can research them on eBay or elsewhere, they they just sit there for "awhlle".

Not exactly a "hoarder" situation, but sometimes a problem that needs stepping over or moved.

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The Lounge / National Geographic......BID and DESTROY !
« on: February 13, 2013, 09:35:15 AM »
Just discovered what is a NEW TO ME show on NAT GEO...it's called Bid and Destroy.

Guys bid on demolition jobs but lo and behold they find Harley Davidsons and other goodies INSIDE these places they are going to knock down.

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It also made me think that their title is really appropriate to what the Storage Wars TV shows (and the newbies) have done to the storage auction business....BID and DESTROY !

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