I learned a lot from this. Like did you know that it is illegal to transport ashes across state lines? UPS and Fedx will not ship ashes. So he went US mail. They require that an urn be shipped in a wood or metal box first class mail. It cost me around $30.00 to send him but hey I made and am still making great money off of his stuff.

I have been told by the old timers may times that if you do this long enough you will eventually find an Urn. Well this is the story of my first one.
The unit was a huge 10X30 full of stuff. It was a great unit. As we are going through it in a box full of sea shells we find Dr Paul. Ugh... I set him on my desk for the time being and say I will get back to this problem later. I totally believe in karma so throwing him out is not an option.
Several days later while going through the last of the boxes that are all paperwork I come across a folder marked will. Turns out Dr Paul has the deed to his family plot in Tennessee.
Hum... I call the cemetary and find out that he has paid for everything including his headstone that is already set. The lady asks me to send him to her and she will make sure he goes into his plot. She also asked me to write a letter telling how he came to me as no one was ever going to believe her story. Dr Paul is now resting peacfully in his rightful place. Now how come his son who owned the unit couldn't have taken care of this? Oh well I feel good about taking the time and being respectful even though I never knew this person. Good Karma. 

From family talk my great grandmother was the best marble player ever. I still have her marbles, my dads marbles, my marbles and my son added some of his own to the collection. I could never part with them. My dad still brings my son marbles every time he finds one and my son is 17. One day I hope he passes them down to his kids.

I picked up a beautiful walnut and black veener armoire that was made in the 60's. Thought it would be a quick sale. It is still sitting in the shop six months later. I have been thinking about donating it just to get it out of here.

Not in California and I carry one everywhere I go. Had a very bad reaction to pepper spray years ago. Someone sprayed it in a store and it went throught the ventalition system. I was sick for a week. I have a tazer in my drawer at the store and one in my purse. Much safer for me than the spray.

I Scored A Unit Today!!

Let me say that there are no auctions in the forseeable future and this was not an auction.
I had an old family friend stop by today and we got to talking. He has a storage unit he has been paying $100.00 a month for to store some furniture. I know this man well and he has really nice stuff so I asked him if he would like to get rid of some of it. Come to find out he has rented this unit for the last 25 years.  I asked him if what was in the unit was worth the $30,000.00 he had spent over those years. Of corse the answer was NO.
I have not finaled a deal with him but put to him in that way he now really wants to get rid of his stuff. Gonig to see what he has next week. He will most likely want to just give it to me but I will have to make sure he gets something out of it.
It still blows me away how many people don't look at the cost as a total. I hear "it only costs me this much a month". Really? 

Bookmarked it so I can go back and read more later. Thanks for the info.

To long of a drive for me... Unless there is a race. Headed that direction this weekend. For racing, not sales. I did bid on an online auction last week that was two hours away. I was kind of glad I didn't win. It would have been a long day for loading.