hell yeah, I love buying 50 dollar lockers any day. 

 

Hey!!  you made it... 

Welcome to Storage Auction forums and if you have questions, feel free to ask around. 

glad you got in despite the problems you were having. 


Todd

Dave!!!   so he threw the inflatable doll in the trash bag he had lying around and moves up to the back and finds a box that is marked sterling, he opens it up and whole bunch of silver glimmer hit his eyes!   He says whoa!!  Score!!!!   then he humps his leg over a bunch of junk and walks to the truck in excitement.   

I have to agree with craiglstauction    

Two pairs of eyes are always better then one.  Can cover more area and spot something the other didn't many times.  Even my daughter can spot items at times that I don't.

me and my wife was at 2nd auction and i was fixing to bid on this 200 dollar locker, had deep freezer and among other things.  I couldnt tell if it was any good or not.  Looks borderline okay and junk. 

my wife pointed out Mission of (my town)  which is a charity house in our town - magnet on the freezer and sticker on the chairs.  I finally see them and determined it was a junk buy (dumpster bound locker). 

I waited till the guy paid and I asked him if i can look.  He was gracious enough and let me look deeper in the locker,  I couldnt find nothing that is worth mentioning. 

I told him, good luck and was nice to him prior leaving. 

Didnt even say its a junk locker or anything.  kept my mouth shut. 


when i got in the car, i thanked my wife for noticing that magnetic sign and stickers.  that was a give away. 


 

wait. wait.  dont go down to the scrap yard because they price it lower than anything to make it move. 

trust me, I always go to my local scrap yard to pick up bmx bikes.  Out of 4 years, I paid maybe 100.00 and made 4k. 

if you want to check prices, check ebay first.  If its not there, go into the front page, you ll see advanced, click on that and put what your looking for and find a box that says completed auction, check that.  Sometimes you ll get your idea of value.

if still cant find it,  go into google and type it up, on the left side, under everthing, click on image,  match up the pic with yours and if you find it, then click on the picture, sometimes it will take you to the site and show you what has been sold for. 


dont be scared of the internet,  its your best friend. 

Its usually by research and years of experience in selling things.  

When I was selling bmx bikes, I got to a point where I was selling parts at market prices.  I also did little bit of everything.

Dryers, Washers, dish washers, and wholly appliances.

I also sold silver, gold,  and materials.  

I have made a rule of the thumb. -  if you dont know how much you ll sell it for, then dont touch it till you get a price background on it.  


In texas,  Washers and dryers usually goes for 50-75 a pc.  but you dont know if its working or not.  

Usually in storage, always count the items to be broken or incomplete.  

for example.

an auctioneer opens a door and you see 4 sets of washer and dryers.  

Now you quickly think in your head.  okay, i can sell each set for 150 (matching set) thats $600.00  

but you dont know if it works or not.  keep in mind to keep your bid around 200.00 and stop there.  

you have to give yourself maybe 150.00 in parts/labor to repair all of them.  

thats 350.00 in appliances and repairs.

You ll make 250.00 if you hold your ground and dont let them lowball you.  




like i said,  you have to have some experience in selling more than one item.  

My family has been in the auctioneer business (storage and car auctions) all of their lives and they introduced me into this life when I was 6.  

2 months ago, i just decided to jump heads in and go for it.  If you can see my signature, I think im doing good - So far  (knock on wood) 

$1500.00  ohhh nice..  that is what i paid last time, I paid 40.00 and got 1300.00. 

I love making that kinda money. 

 


In the paper, it keeps saying baby clothes and baby chairs.  After a quick assement after winning the auction,  only one baby car booster seat.  thats it. 

 

but I think i ll do okay on this $60 dollar locker. 


Loved your story movieman!