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Online Storage Auctions / Re: Storage Battles is now Storage Treasures
« on: February 11, 2014, 11:46:16 AM »
Yeah I only bought 1 online before, still selling the contents from it, paid $820 + 10%, so 902. Currently at 4034.24 on it, but I think it will end up between 5-6k when I'm done.

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Yeah,

   I agree Artwork is the hardest to move at a retail price, you can normally sell the frames much easier then the artwork inside it.  Also signed merchandise, take forever to sell at a good price,  you think in your head this is "Signed" and it's has to be worth $$, but in reality it's not.   Same thing with nice vases, nice decorative items, etc. It's hard to get the true value out of the items. If you don't let them go super cheap, you'll be sitting on them for a while.  Sometimes, if it's really nice and large you can consign those to a gallery and hope they can sell it for you over time. 




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Online Storage Auctions / Re: Storage Battles is now Storage Treasures
« on: February 11, 2014, 09:43:31 AM »
I hate the SB interface.... It's also a very slow site.

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eBay / Ebay Tips & Tricks..
« on: February 09, 2014, 04:15:06 PM »
I use Buy It Now a lot on ebay for 30 days and like everyone else, I normally have to keep recycling those items every 30 days because they didn't sell..

When ebay tosses me those free gazillion listings, I normally will end those 30 day listings and just re-list them to get a fresh 30 days for free, if they don't have watchers on it..


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Photo's, Bills, receipts, and documents.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Where have "all" the posters gone ?
« on: February 06, 2014, 06:02:44 PM »
I only buy 4 to 6 a year, but I normally buy packed ones, just takes me a while to sell most the contents off.

I still got stuff on my shelves from the first locker I bought back in 2011.  I probably got something left over from every locker except a few that I might of completely got rid of.  I normally wait till I have 80% of the contents sold from the previous locker, before I start looking for a new one.

I try to list a few things every night and then just recycle it a few times before it heads to the garage sale pile.  The only thing that stays around are books, cds, etc that fit on a shelf that just hangs out till amazon finally sells those.


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eBay / Re: How does FedEx flat rate compare to USPS?
« on: February 06, 2014, 02:22:20 PM »
This intrigued me, so I did some double checking and as long as I can fit my item into a regional rate A box, it is cheaper still to use USPS as it ships at the 2lb rate. Regional Rate B ships at the 4lb rate, regional rate C ships at the 17lb rate. I will have to look more closely at fedex smart post though because if I have to send Parcel select USPS then smartpost has about the same shipping time and may be cheaper. But I also have to deal with convenience, in my situation post office is alot more convenient.

We'll

#1 Smartpost = free $100 insurance - You don't get that with flat rate..
#2 Do you have the discounted rates from EBAY? I have yet to see any flat rate cheaper from USPS, with the exception of the small box and the padded envelope.  It also might be because I live in FL.

Take a look at the images... This is what I see..



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eBay / Re: How does FedEx flat rate compare to USPS?
« on: February 06, 2014, 01:24:26 PM »
Cheapest way to ship from 1 to 8 lbs is "Fedex SmartPost" through ebay..

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Hardest things to find in storage units
« on: February 06, 2014, 01:23:32 PM »
I'm waiting for a riding or self propel lawn mower and some kayaks.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Where have "all" the posters gone ?
« on: February 06, 2014, 01:21:31 PM »
I posted more in the last week then I did in the last year.. Anyway, I was just thinking the new name of the forum should be driving more steady traffic, I no longer have to look up the old name in google when i forget it, this one sticks in my head.

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Legal Issues / Re: Are online Storage auctions legal in California?
« on: February 04, 2014, 02:55:56 PM »
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The advertisement shall include a general description of the goods, the name of the person on whose account they are being stored, and the name and location of the storage facility.

How come every online storage place doesn't put the person name in the advertisement, I see them in the public notices and I have to cross reference.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Anyone seeing ST ads on this site?
« on: February 04, 2014, 02:04:01 PM »
Since I'm the one that reported it, I can share a story..

When I owned my pet food store, some manufacturers of food had MAP pricing, which stands for "Minimum Advertised Price", if you were caught selling below the MAP price you will not receive anymore of their product.  So when trying to compete I sold everything at MAP pricing, and some food stores offered it below MAP and were doing so with Adwords campaign.

I called the manufacturer, I told them and they said they don't see the violations, I took screen shots and they told me that they don't see the violation when they search on Google.

Turns out when they were running their Adwords campaign, you can target where you want to display you ads, they targeted all locations, minus where the manufacturer was located, so they never seen the violations.

This can explain why other users see them and you don't. 

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eBay / Re: How long should an eBay auction run?
« on: February 04, 2014, 01:16:49 PM »
Yeah the majority of what I sell is "Buy It Now", if I have no clue what the price should be I'll do it as an auction and start it with a high starting bid and hope for the best.

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eBay / Re: Took Pictures for eBay
« on: February 04, 2014, 01:11:14 PM »
I stack silver, I have many deposit boxes filled up at the bank, I just keep adding to them and getting new boxes..

If you have any of these..

perthmint.com.au/catalogue/gods-of-olympus-zeus-2014-2oz-silver-high-relief-coin.aspx

I'll buy them from you..

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eBay / Re: Took Pictures for eBay
« on: February 04, 2014, 10:06:10 AM »
Yeah the markup on silver on ebay is crazy, but people pay it. I see it all the time, they buy from online sites and just re-sell on ebay..


12k gets you a monster box, which is discounted..

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