RE: if they can make money too...fine with me.

Yes, that theory works fine and I do that ONCE IN A WHILE, but at the flea I am in the business of selling to the end user for the most part.

In other words I pretty much know the value of what I have for sale and want to make the most I can. If I have an item I know would go for $30 on eBay I will try to sell it for $20 to $30 at the flea also.  The biggest eBay seller I know (15,000 plus feedback) doesn't even shop my booth as he knows I too buy cheap from unknowing sellers looking for a 2 to 10 times return on my investment.

I have a set (7 DVDS) boxed of Japanese animation and when I told a fellow $30 the other day his comment was "You know what you've got...a lot of people don't".  Ordinary DVDs go for $3.  When one fellow said "Is that the price for all of them?" He had a thick box of 6 dvds (a series set) in his hand. CLOWN. Give me a break...even the dumbest minority group seller at my flea is smarter than that.

On DVDs: several years ago I bought 600 or so DVDs from a mom and pop store that went out of biz. I think I paid $1k for them.  At that time I was getting $6 a DVD...of course the best ones went first. By the time I was down to about 200 discs I was selling them at $4 and still getting it. Now when I get 50 or so good ones in a lkr I go through and get the ones I want first and then everything goes at $3 for singles and $10 to $12 for sets of 4 or more. Some people when they hear $3 just walk off...I know times are tough, but if you want a virtually new DVD in the box for less than $3, you have some looking to do. You can't even RENT a dvd for $3 (in a brick and mortar store) let alone OWN it, and if you go to Blockbuster or Red Box Kiosk you have made two trips to the store.

Also, when someone tries to get me down on $3 for a kids DVD I have to educate them (not that they don't already know) that a child will play a DVD so many times that the cost per viewing would be about 25 cents per viewing...that's cheap babysitting.

Yikes !  Need to get this dang thing fixed.

I just posted a long note and forgot to copy it before posting it. Got the time out message. Just exited and came back in (did not refresh). Post is not showing up (though before it has when I did this).

Until we get notice that this is fixed I guess we have to copy (and later paste) any post we do otherwise it's just wasted typing.

I'm an ebay Top rated Power Seller, so sells there isn't an issue. It's the other venues that worry me.

I'm an eBay Top Rated Power Seller too and one of the ways I get my items is storage units (over 350 lks in 8 years).

I also buy at flea markets, estate sales and yard sales.

I sell every Saturday at a flea market....collectibles, electronics, tools, musical instruments....but not very much ordinary household stuff unless it's in a box and new (toasters, etc). 

But to answer your basic question, THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S FOR YOU !

When I post it says "Your Request Has Timed Out".Say I have to back and press post again.

Yes, you, I and 2000 other members .... no wait....1,950 of them don't post so it may not apply to them. 

Of units prior to the auction?

Here's another short thread on this topic.

http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=606.0

Better yet, just go to the SEARCH button above and type in "research locker owners"

...that will bring up half a dozen or so threads on this topic.

Gotta LOVE THE SEARCH BUTTON !

In eight years and having bought over 350 lockers, I have found 100 Magic cards (in one locker) and that was about 4 years ago. But I'll start looking harder ! 

I've heard an auctioneer say the reason for the no smoking rule is because they don't know what's in the unit when the door goes up. There could be something highly flammable in there.

Not to mention the prop mgrs just don't want to sweep up the butts at the end of the auction !