Best garage sale $2400. Usually make $1600-$1800 range. Don't do more that 2-3 a year though.

I agree with Alloro about paying up the night before. Just drove 2 hours to an auction specifically for certain units. Owner paid 20 minutes before auction. Seriously why do people do that? Couldn't come up with the money the day before but suddenly find it moments before the auction?

Who is responsible for posting a legal notice for a storage auction? There is a storage auction in the near future that I have heard about that may have a very valuable unit. I have been watching for a legal notice online to see if the unit I am interested in will be included. I called the auctioneer and was told that the facility does the legal notice and they (the auctioneer) have no idea where or when it will be posted. Now I thought the auctioneer did that. Does anyone know who is responsible for publishing a legal notice about a storage auction? I'm a little concerned that the auction will not be completely legal.

Pretty sure I know exactly who Movieman is referring too. Not sure what the deal with the bolt cutters is but I think he does say you get them back after you clean out the locker. They have lost most accounts in my area so I don't see him very often but did attend one of his auctions a week or so ago. He was very adament that everyone on site MUST sign in and my first thought is he wants to show a large attendence.

I have sold a few small appliances or tools on amazon and lots of books. Oh, and cd's and dvd's also. The commission is high but worth it to me. I don't have a store front or do flea markets, mostly just ebay and craigslist. Whenever I get a unit with books I check what is the lowest they are selling on Amazon for and list everything over about $8 and give the rest to the Goodwill. (After fees it's just not worth your time to sell anything cheaper on Amazon)  Very occasionally I might list some on Ebay but only if it is something unique. Yes you can't make up your own ads and only can just list items like existing ones on Amazon and you have to be really careful to describe your item's condition accurately and make sure it is in fact the same as the ad you are listing under (ie same year or binding type). But on the plus side you don't have to take and upload pictures or write the ad. Your item stays listed until it sells so you never have to relist it. You pay no fees unless it does sell. When it does sell Amazon just takes it's share from the payment. Amazon collects the money and deposits it into your checking account every two weeks. As far as taxes go they don't 1099 you unless you make $20,000 (I think). Pretty sure it's the same as paypal. I could be wrong about that amount but I'm pretty sure it's accurate. And really if you sell $20,000 on Amazon and don't expect to pay any taxes well.....I got a storage unit last May that produced tons of books. To date I have made over $1100.00 just in books sold on Amazon from that unit. Thats profit after Amazon fees. I still have a bookcase about half full of books from that unit. A tall skinny one (also found in that unit) that doesn't take up much space. Every now and then I get an email from Amazon telling me one sold and to ship it. It's petering out to only one every week or two at this point but we still laugh every time one sells and call that unit "the gift that keeps on giving". The only upkeep at all is I occasionally check my 'inventory' on Amazon and adjust prices of anything where I am not the lowest price listed and it they have dropped below my $8.00 threshold I delete them and get rid of them.

Not terrible wrong but kind of amusing. Sold a very heavy couch and loveseat to a guy who didn't have a truck. He paid up front and we agreed to deliver it the next day. We had just emptied a storage unit with lots of heavy stuff and while on the way to the guys house we were saying "he better not expect us to carry this stuff far or go up stairs". Sure enough we turn the corner to find a three story apartment building and he's standing there pointing to the top floor. He seriously thought we were going to carry them up three flights of stairs into his apartment. Didn't happen. Felt bad for the guy but geez. Left it on the sidewalk. He's like "what do I do?". Um...go hire some teenagers.

Another funny one. Craigslist sale arranged via text messages. After several messages back and forth we agree to meet half way (we live off the beaten track so sometimes we just have to drive a bit or we just aren't going to be able to sell stuff). So we get there and go to show the item only to find out it wasn't the item he was interested in. Oops. 

I admit I have been known to spread stuff all over my dining room to "research" for ebay and then let it sit for months because I bought a new unit and forgot about the old stuff. I tell people I'm not a horder if the stuff they see in my house is different each time they come over though. I am getting better about getting it out of the house lately and can almost let people come visit without feeling too humiliated. I do have a few areas "decorated" with items I find interesting or attractive while they are on ebay. Once sold they are replaced with new "decorations".

OK, so I just looked at my ebay and see where I can select regional A or B when printing the label but what about when placing the ad in the first place? I can select priority mail in general or flat rate boxes but I don't see regional boxes as a choice. I don't want buyers to pass on my stuff because the shipping is too high. Just not sure what to select when placing my ads in the first place.