The list I've done so far on the first "8" feet looks to total around $400 to $450, so if the back 12 solid feet pans out, it will be fine....the risk on these high priced lockers is that they will AT LEAST pay for themselves, but so far I've been lucky and have made a net of $300 to $900 on $1,000 lockers. Hopefully this one will be the same.

I could have taken this up $50 to $100 at a time from the last $700 bid that was placed, but might have had the same result and the $1K bid just ended it. I wouldn't have gone up from that. When getting in at this level, there can't be any Monday morning quarterbacking...if you're in it for the long haul it seems to work out in your favor.

Last October I think it was I got my "safe" locker that paid off well. That one cost $350 and there were maybe 15 people there.

Same place today; 60 attendees...I recognized 6 (old timers/6 month old newbies)...the rest .... 54 of them I had never seen before. Another good spot starting to go to the dogs.

Seven lkrs...prices a little out of whack...I got the last one (waited out the rest) and decided early on if the bidding got high I would just HIT it.  Started at $400, went quickly to $700 when I jumped in at $1000.  That did it.

A 10 x 20 packed floor to ceiling and left to right..almost to the front. Pic below shows pretty well. I had already made some working space on left and right. Should do well based on quality in front area and volume...unless it's 50 boxes of clothes.

History was an elderly woman who had moved stuff in over 3 years and then died and children kept paying bill but finally defaulted. Hoping for goodies.

Here's a pic from the 2nd best flea market in my area; #3 and #4 haven't rated a pic yet.

Take the image below and then expand it back 50 feet with more of the same; wonder how many
pair he sells in a day.

@Alias - thanks a ton for the info.  The going rate around here is $1-$2   I've made contact with a few new people, so we'll see if anything comes out of it.

Here's a photo of the mirror we found in someone's dump pile.  Not a scratch on it and the glass is clean.  Guess we picked the right day to be driving by.....

Those INVISIBLE mirrors are my favorite; if you have a few extra pounds on you they don't show up at all !

Went to an auction today with 8 lkrs; crowd of about 60; prices not totally out of line.

Saw one 10 x 10 with nice washer/dryer and good looking quality furniture....best furn lkr I've seen in a LONG time, but I don't buy this type unless there are a bunch of boxes too and there weren't. Think it went for $800 or so...would be some profit in it.

A couple of 5 x 10s went in the $400 to $500 range....used to go for $250 to $300 WAY BACK WHEN (14 months ago).
A 10 x 20 about 2/3 full front to back and maybe 6 fee tall from there to back wall...went for $750.

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The main thing I noticed here was that of the 60 or so attendees (many of whom spent a LOT of time looking at each locker, only 5 or 6 were bidding AT ALL !  Two of the 6 lkrs I remember when to a newbie and his wife who rolled their stroller down several narrow halls and then wanted US to get out of the way for the U-turn. I had to say something to them but they didn't bat an eye.  The other 4 lkrs I remember went to 4 regulars and only a few newbies made feeble attempts to get those lkrs. STAY HOME PEOPLE !

I apologize, I reread what you had written... i mistook what you were saying as if, you WILL NOT DEAL with out of town numbers. That is where my reply came from. Clearly it was incorrect. I apologize again, I see now what you meant, and a simple where are you calling from question should have no bearing on completing a sale or not.

No need for an apology. You didn't understand what I had written and I didn't understand what you had written.

In fact the calls I get from out of town buyers tend to be on the higher priced items ($50 to $300) and I am more than happy to take their money from them; it's just the callers who haven't really thought through the process of making a 100 to 200 mile round trip for an item...those are the ones I have a problem with and if they ever call on a $10 to $15 item...woe be to them...of course then their question often is "Do you ever get to (my city)?" which means of course they are looking for a delivery on a cheap item. Why don't they just look more locally?

On eBay I had an expensive item ($250 or more) and got an email from someone in Los Angeles (400 miles from me) asking if I ever got down there. My response to him was polite, but to the point...."I get to Los Angeles about once a year or 18 months. Do YOU ever get to San Francisco?"  Of course it never hurts to ask, but I DON'T ASK THAT QUESTION OF ANYONE, so I guess I expect the same from them.

That's a tuff one. If one doesn't have some savings to draw on or some profit from previous buys/sells then re-thinking the whole thing might be in order.

What are the chances that Centerville, TN is going to have another unit like this next time around ? 

Well, the chances MIGHT be 1 in 100, but if that is true you have to look at 100 units there...might take a year or so. Then, if you saw another 100 units in the next year, maybe units 199 and 200 would be the 2 out of 200 that were GREAT.

I like your list of points for judging a unit's suitability for purchase !