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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Free electronics drop-off

« on: October 08, 2014, 08:49:08 PM »

^^^ In Grand Rapids, MI / Kent County, the County operates a recycle facility that takes electronic waste. There is a door you park next to and unload into a room. The down side is I always find something of use someone before me dropped off.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Record Smashed - Public Storage advertises 391 units on one caravan!

« on: August 22, 2014, 09:37:29 PM »

OMG, that's a lot of lockers per site to auction off in 1/2 hour per site, including travel time between sites.
So how did it go anyone? were there a lot of locker withdrawals? Did the auctioneer smoke through them? Did the caravan run really late into the day, or next day, or reschedule?

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eBay / Re: Ebay new .50 Cent fee to expose your listing on their UK website.

« on: August 22, 2014, 09:28:37 PM »

Maybe it's some kind of tax imposed to online listings by the UK! As if the VAT isn't enough.

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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: Dave - from storage wars

« on: July 22, 2014, 01:08:51 PM »

The entertainment industry is something else. Name any other sector where you can bad mouth and sue your employer, then get rehired.

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The Lounge / Re: Alibaba IPO could be largest in U.S. History

« on: May 20, 2014, 08:01:28 PM »

I repair electronics. I found some repair components for 1/2 to 1/3 of what a US distributor would charge. I'm talking about things like a power output module that I can get PP for about $35 instead of $80+.
Since I occasionally buy through them, I get their e-mails hawking jewelry and fancy clothes which I have no interest in. You would think with the data of stuff I buy they could target their (or their resalers) merchandise to my interest.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: U-Haul Doesn't Auction Off Vehicles?

« on: December 24, 2013, 02:34:33 PM »

Quote from: Travis on December 12, 2013, 03:29:23 PM

Spoke with a buddy of mine that handles U-Haul auctions and he told me that you'll never see a vehicle (that requires a title) at a U-Haul auction.

OK! So what do they do with abandoned vehicles?

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Vehicles at Storage Auctions / Re: $650 27' Motor Home

« on: August 26, 2013, 11:25:20 PM »

I have a 1987 motorhome with about 20K miles. It had about 17K when I got it over 3 years ago. So not an unusual low mileage IMO. The gas mileage does suck on the thing, but it doesn't run all over the county. Most trips are with-in a 60 mile range.

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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: Barry's Auction Angels

« on: June 20, 2013, 03:23:08 PM »

Quote from: bwd111 on June 12, 2013, 11:13:37 AM

.....after six months of the first season people purely watch the show for entertainment. They did a panel and that was the results.

It all comes down to A&E is in the entertainment business.
If you want to learn about the storage auction business, you found the best place, here.

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eBay / Re: What's Your Worst eBay Horror Story ?

« on: May 28, 2013, 10:27:36 PM »

Quote from: Alias300 on May 24, 2013, 06:50:33 PM

I have no idea why someone would have free shipping on a no reserve item that big and heavy!

............

What was his feedback number? It was probably a rookie mistake. I know I made a few of them when I started selling on eBay, and for that matter, still do. I learn from my mistakes and move on.

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Flea Markets / Re: Have you ever run into a storage facility that has a "flea market" day?

« on: April 29, 2013, 10:35:10 PM »

In North Fort Myers, Fl, there is a storage facility along Bus US41 that has a sale one a month. It looks to be selling abandoned lockers piece by piece instead of auction, as well as tenants wishing to sell from their lockers.

Stopped in a couple times while spending the winter there.

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Craigslist / Re: Craigslist & Sales Taxes

« on: April 29, 2013, 10:18:16 PM »

As resalemom said, if you have a sales tax license, you can still collect what your ad states and pay the sales tax yourself.

Sell a $100 item in a state with 6% sales tax, collect $100 figuring you will then owe $6 to the state.
Or move to Delaware