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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Cali auctions
« on: September 06, 2012, 08:14:35 PM »
Add one more Californian to the mix.

The other two folks live within 50 to 200 miles from me and are having the same kind of experience I do. Crowds have gone down from 6 months ago (sometimes 100 at an auction) to 25 to 40 in my area at least. The prices are a little better as there are few newbies spending wildly (they have learned their lessons), but as was said...if it's a good locker, watch out.

There are half a dozen to 10 "committed" regular buyers where I attend, and depending on how many of them are at any given auction, it can get nasty.  Many of them go further afield than I do, and we DO have some sharing going on among some of us (they know I like smalls almost exclusively) and that I don't buy as many as they do....so sometimes I feel they are giving me a shot when they could go ahead and buy one I am interested in.

The other day a fellow didn't bid against me...and let me know it...and I did the same for him not a day later. We were  both happy.  BUT there are a few who want to buy EVERY LOCKER...I bid them up and have no qualms about it when I finally stop bidding.

SO, yes there can be high prices but more importantly....the lockers are SELDOM as good as those seen on the tv shows. I have always said about 1 in 50 meets those standards and I think that's about right. You might get two in a row that are great (at whatever price) and then the next 48 will be average (or hopefully above average) with the occasional loser mixed in.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: keeping track of customers
« on: September 06, 2012, 06:08:50 PM »


I truly hope you understand and appreciate what I am saying as well Mr. MovieMan. I know in your heart you do.



I was just thinking there would have been a different way to approach it similar to what you did in your post just above, but leaving out all the negatives.

In the end, each of us writes what we think is appropriate; you, I and he (in his last post) wrote what we thought was appropriate at the moment.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: keeping track of customers
« on: September 06, 2012, 04:11:51 PM »
LOL! LOL! LOL! ;D ;D ;D

Haste makes waste!

Out of all the people that have a copy of the software you are the first that has said anything - HeHehe.

Good Catch!

A while back I read an article about the way the mind processes the written word it basically said that most people could overlook some word structures and misspellings when reading to themselves. We will essentially automatically fill in the errors in the written piece and be able to read it as if it didn't even have any errors.

But then there are others that read the written word and when attached to an agenda will do their best to belittle people because of their need to feel superior.

So I ask, did I at anytime wrong you? Is there a piece of software you have gotten from me that was defective? You will get this warning from me only one time. Be careful with your negative comments about the software that I produce. Do you understand?
Good…

 :) ;D ;)



Whoa....

I think he was making the comment in general...I doubt very seriously he knew you wrote the software, I know I didn't.

The part of your response which I quoted above (and put in red by me) is especially unsettling in its tone (IMO) and seems much more important to me than any mispelling one might make...but again, that's just my opinion.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: keeping track of customers
« on: September 06, 2012, 03:08:29 PM »
I would be nervous using software written by someone that can't even spell "Handling" correctly.

Im sur u no thet not everbody is as gud at speling and grammer as u and me.


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The Treasure Chest / Re: Bought a GREAT LOCKER
« on: September 05, 2012, 08:57:27 AM »
Over the years we have learned we win some and lose some but the winning feels much better.  ;D ;)

Amen to that...and congrats !


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Any Comments?


The Dotson auction there has been cancelled.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Stories and Lessons Wanted
« on: September 04, 2012, 10:42:40 AM »
Yep, this "book" would probably turn into a "primer" entitled something like..."How to Make Money In The Storage Auction Business".

Just what we and the internet need...there must be half a dozen (or more) of them out there already.


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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Stories and Lessons Wanted
« on: September 03, 2012, 07:23:26 PM »
I'm a freelance writer working on a book about storage auctions! Bill

An article (maybe of a few parts) would be more appropriate than a book...IMO.

Check the "stories" thread in this forum. There are a few there.


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Other Forms of Selling / Re: onlineauction.com and etsy
« on: September 03, 2012, 12:02:27 PM »
bueller? bueller ? bueller?

It's his day off.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Did some research?
« on: September 03, 2012, 12:00:55 PM »
if i see a don adams name in the paper im going , ive always wanted a shoe phone




You're in luck !   

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=shoe+phone

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Did some research?
« on: September 03, 2012, 09:42:49 AM »
Cobia's analysis covers it all ! (almost)

Re your question "Would the storage places tell you the peoples names / background?" .... only if you have established some kind of rapport with them over a period of time.  Managers run the gamut from "friendly" to "grumpy" with grumpy frequently winning out. When you are paying a married couple $36,000 plus living space they often tend not to go out of their way for a process (auctions) they see as infringing on their free time.




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Stories about Storage Auctions / Auction Scene #9...September, 2012
« on: September 02, 2012, 06:01:16 PM »
Ho hum.


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eBay / Re: WOW, PowerSeller Discounts Really Add Up!!!
« on: August 31, 2012, 05:43:13 PM »
I have been doing the top rated seller / powerseller thing for a while now. I have not had one single return nor have I had any problems with the 1 day shipping thing.


Let us know when you have been doing it for 9 years and not with just a single type of item.

Anyone who's a professional seller vs just a casual seller selling something out of the basement should probably have no longer than a two day handling time at most so not a super stretch to make it one day handling time.

I use 3 or 4 day processing and as long as you get it done in the time you state it is not a problem. I often mail the same day I get payment, especially if it happens to fall on a day when I am already mailing other items.

Also, though I suppose maybe its gaming the system a bit techinically you only have to print the shipping label within one day you don't necessarily have to mail the item within one day. Sometimes I may not have time to make it to the post office but as long as I get the label printed if I actually put the package in the mail a few hours late or a day late it's never caused me a problem.

Game away...eBay does it to us.

I know with certain categories like books i suppose you could have people buying a book and then using their 45 day time to read it and return it intead and basicall yget a free read out of you. Same with tools someone may need to use once and never again or clothes where maybe they wear it once and return it.

not 45 days ... 14 days...but still the same idea. And the idea that someone can use a specialty tool
for a job and THEN return it for a full refund...that's REALLY gaming the system....more importantly...gaming the seller. eBay could care less...they still got their fees.


Fortunetly for me my category of item is not something that would make any sense doing that for and honestly I think majority of people on ebay are not out looking to screw you.

No, the majority would not be out to screw the seller, but it only takes ONE to do a job on you.
Another thing they try is this:
It's not quite as advertised, but If you give me a discount of say 50% (or whatever amount) It won't have to go any further than this; otherwise I'll need to return it.

I had a guy try that and told him to return it for a full refund including original shipping. He couldn't back down fast enough...hekept the item and I kept my money. Would it surprise any long-time seller to know this buyer had less than 10 feedback and had only belong to eBay for a month or two ?

That said if it makes sense take advantage of it. If you sell for long enough and enough items on ebay eventually our going to run into one of those bad buyers or a troubled sale eventually whether you do the powerseller stuff or not but I do see how some may think it opens them up to more likelihood of this happening if they sell certain categories that are more prone to being abused. The savings overall save me a ton of money though.

The savings you seem to be talking about are in your shipping IF you follow through on the approach you mentioned above. IMO the savings on final fees don't amount to a hill of beans.

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eBay / Re: WOW, PowerSeller Discounts Really Add Up!!!
« on: August 31, 2012, 04:52:23 PM »
I just met the requirements for PowerSeller and Top Rated Seller.



Welcome to the group !  At one time this was meaningful to me too, but then the following happened (in the last month or so).

1) Even though you may meet the quantity of sales and the $ amount requirement you won't receive a discount
    on your final fees UNLESS you do one-day shipping and allow for a two-week return policy.

2) They said at one point that the top rated seller badge was going away (even if you met the $ and quantity amounts)
    IF you DIDN'T give the one-day and the 2 week requirements.

So, you can do just as good a job of selling, but you don't get the discounts and you might even lose the badge...they are talking about calling the new one "top rated seller PLUS".

When you get right down to it, it is just eBay sticking it to the seller again in favor of the buyer. They know they are basically the "only" game in town (with the reach they have), so what do they care.

Now for the example I always give when someone mentions the discount on final fees. Sure if you sell 100 items a month you'll save some dough on the final fees, but how many sellers who are reading these threads do that? I know I don't.  AND if I sell an item for $100 and the fees are say $10 (just for ease of calculating) then I am losing a $2 discount on that $10 fee. If I sold 10 items at that $100 figure I would lose 10 items * $2 each or a total lost discount of $20 on $1,000 worth of sales.

I can live with that rather than go through the hassle of even ONE returned item coming back after 14 days of someone using it !

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Season Finale…8/28/2012 (part one)

Brandi sports a blue strapless outfit….haven’t seen those in my neck of the woods.

Santa Ana, CA….

Barry gets #1….  Model trains, miniature car set, ammo box with ?


Jarrod gets #2…..at $3,400….keyboard, dvds, receiver, spkrs, “key-tar”, “at least we’ll go down swingin’!”

Darrel gets #3…..he’s hoping for cash in a bank money bag..he gets paper all right, but it’s not green.


Season Finale…8/28/2012 (part two)

Costa Mesa, CA

Barry gets #1…$2,900….”naughty” pine, kiln, armoire(s),

Dave gets #2….$3,200….briefcase “safe”, office chair, music pedals, Rolex box

Darrel gets #3….$7,250…can you say “locker of the month” (and it helps to get paid $10K per episode for just being there !)  train sets, cuckoo clock, nice bedroom set, books, dvds, Honda generator, KEEP GOING Darrel !





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