well a week later things have gone great with this stuff I got from the consignment guy from CraigsList... the RailRoad Books I sold to one collector for $700.00...some cameras and accessories have sold for $320 so far but here's one I didn't even realize how good a score it was ... an 8 Track!!! ( I hate 8 tracks more than books,lol..well maybe not so much anymore,hahahaha )...the auction description ......

"NEW in BOX PONTIAC 1972,1973,1974 8-track demo tape GTO,Grand Prix,Firebird.
 So COOOOOOLLL!!!!.
Original,Real Deal,Authentic Plastic Wrapped,Unopened,Unused
After some online research I'm pretty sure that:
 This is an early 70's Pontiac 8-track tape cartridge that was used for demonstration of the 8-track tape player in your new Pontiac. This was given to customer if car was equipped with an 8-track. I do not have an 8 track player to test this. A great display item at the car show in your classic GTO,Grand Ville,Bonneville,Trans Am , Firebird,Grand Prix or any other Pontiac.
 Though it appears to have been safely & securely stored ,I have no idea if it functions."

 THE RESULT......
....... it hovered in the high $20.00 range until the last few minutes of the auction..... then ...BAM ....
final selling price..... $282.77 .... amazing... and the guy paid like 3 minutes later... crazy,right?
( i can't figure out how to insert an image so below is a link to the auction result)... how the hell are images attached? ( yes,i hit the icon but then i get this >>>    <<<< ,now what???

https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=24c22add68&view=att&th=13eb9533059a4612&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_hgv8x1gl0&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P8Y1xpEiujxlvVavG0TgCYt&sadet=1368915763127&sads=bPw828yPvZJOKj1G7dsiookdL5I

Awesome! 

WTF! They left all those boxes in the rain to get soaked just so they could do a piece auction? 

hmmm, never seen a storage facility stop the bidding because they thought it was going to high. It sure would be a sh$ty deal if they stopped the auction because they thought the crowd knew there was something really valuable in there and decided they are going to keep it for themselves.

Makes me wonder if some auctioneer companies would be worried that the bid is going higher then anyone actually has money to pay and it's just a pissing contest between a handful of bidders to see who gets "dropped" with it, or maybe they would be concerned that if the bidding is going so high the contents might be worth it for the tenant to sue them over, so the facility & auction company might want to double check and make sure they have done everything legally required, dotted all I's and crossed all T's, before selling off what appears to be a very valuable unit.

Starting to get real stupid now. I think the facilities have finally realized that Saturday auctions draw the crowds & the money out. Last week, only 1 work week auction but 3 Saturday auctions. This week, only 2 work week auctions but 5! Saturday auctions! WTF!

The good news is they are all within 1 hour of each other so they should spread the crowd thin since the most anyone will be able to hit is 2 of the 5 max. 3 start at sime time, then the other 2 an hour later.

So should I go to the less advertised auction so I might be able to score some marginal to low quality units cheap, or should I go to the better advertised auction where most of the people will show up, but tends to have better quality units?

Thanks for the informative post. We need more posts like this to keep this forum lively & relevent. 

Now if he could only make 1000 dollars in the re-sale business! 

Looks like we're about to get a couple new whales. Cobia & Alloro. Welcome to the ocean...try not to eat everything. 

I want to become a real "whale" before I become a virtual "whale" on this forum. 

We had a pretty rough storm come through our area yesterday. It knocked out our power for 13 hours. Heavy rain, about 60 mph winds and hail. Hail and rain was coming down sideways. I though for sure my car's paint job was finished (pardon the pun) but luckily no damage.

I think I saw your hand on TV holding up the golf ball size hail.