I know the entire country has seen an increase in the amount of people attending auctions ever since the storage auction reality shows premiered. Since two of these shows are based in LA & Orange County, I was wondering if any of you Californians feel like you got hit harder than the rest of the country? Did you have a lot of people coming out just to get a look at the cast?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm wondering how it is going to effect the Dallas area when Storage Wars Dallas premieres in the Fall.

I live in a pretty ****ty neighborhood, its pretty ghetto, I'm the onlywhite guy on my block. I have had garage sales at previous places I lived and did well, all in nicer neighborhoods but people like going to those b/c nice neighorhoods tend to throw out nice and perfectly good stuff or sell it cheap at garage sales.

Just curious if anyone else lives in the ghetto and has garage sales. Im think I may be in a good area to sell a lot of stuff but really don't want all these people seeing all the stuff I got lol. I'm well armed and have a bulldog/pit mix but I'm not home all the time.

My living situation is temporary I'm going to either sell or rent the place and move on but stuck here for a few more months and dont want to let the summer pass me by without having a few garage sales.

My suggestion is don't do it, but that is only because I have seen 3 or 4 people do it in the last couple of years and they all "failed" within one year.

If you are the only one in the area you might become a millionaire. Can you compete with Goodwill, Salvation Army and any others in area.

Costs include: facility, labor, acquisition of goods, utilities, insurance, untold headaches,  etc, etc. Still want to try?