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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.
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.