The junk lockers can sometimes yeild good profit margin if you are willing to do the work. I think to many people want the one big item and don't want to work for the higher % of profit. A 1.00 locker that looks like crap can yeild a higher % of profit then a 3000.00 locker.

Yes, a bigger rate of return percentage is possible with a cheap locker. Here's another way to look at the comparison for expenditure vs. return.

By-the-way, shot glasses in vacation spots are hitting the $10-$12 mark new now.

I am sometimes amazed when I find out what different items are selling for these days. Thanks for that info.

Wanted these Decca record players and priced at $50.  Showed the guy listings at $35. He said "well buy them there then....".   

Well, I'll have to side with the seller on that one.  When prospective buyers do that to me ("I saw these at xx store for..." I often ask them, "did you buy one?"  The answer is always no and I sometimes remind them that I don't charge sales tax.

I always try to sell to the "end user" in my sales, so when a reseller tries to get it from me cheap, it generally won't work unless I'm just in it so dirt cheap I can compromise my original price.

Today at the flea market a gal asked me how much for a VFW cap full of medals and pins. When I said $25 she then asked how much for two 1921 high school yearbooks. When I said $20 each she thanked me and left. Seemed to me she was a typical reseller who was looking for a flea seller who didn't know what he had.  Sure I could have asked for less and had some folding dough right there, but I don't need it for reinvesting, and I'd rather get double what she would have paid for either of the items. They don't take up much space or effort to pack and unpack...not like a queen sized bed ! 

The January, 2012 story referred to in post #1 is at this link:

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I think this one has been run by us before somewhere in the forum.

Never have understood the collecting of shot glasses of spots you've never been......but see your point.

Actually, I was thinking one of the following:

1) They had been to "spot x", had bought one and had lost it over the years or it got broken.

2) They had been to "spot x", didn't buy one and wish they had

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"

Pretty dead here today...last day of May, 2012.  Where are our two active female buyers...Money and Rockin' ?

Anyway, June is just 7 hours away...to midnight anyway...and maybe a busier month for auction buying and picking.

Nice size crowd for a change. 

The sale fell on a day when one of the regular fleas was going on about 30 miles away...guess that pulled some of them. Anyway, 3 or 4 of the regular buyers weren't there or there would have been more cash flying.

I kinda liked it!

It's tongue-in-cheek; these guys can make a little fun of themselves.  Of any of the shows they are the "best" and will continue to do well for a while I would guess.

Meanwhile, Auction Hunters has just fallen into the deepest pit of "setup" I've ever seen.