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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: October 05, 2011, 03:28:52 PM »
Quote from: acman on October 05, 2011, 02:46:43 PM
Any more updates on this unit or the fmr owner?

Well, enough time has passed now that the former owner is out of the picture. Aside from her two friends showing up at the "yard sale" the facility had in late September (see post above somewhere) not a peep out of her. She's been toast for some time now.

BUT, I had an idea that might work out in late October, 2011.  The facility is having its next auction, and I'm thinking of asking them (or their management unit) if I can auction off my lkr (with full disclosure and letting people walk inside).

There are only about 6 "big" pieces in there now, and really no interest in any of them (did sell a big glass/metal tv stand for large flat-screens) about a week ago for $100 which was nice. That $100 was used to pay for the month of Oct in an attempt to sell those other big items.

Still have: the safe, cherrywood curio cabinet, dual leather recliner, Lane cedar chest, antique English blanket chest, 50 gallon aquarium on stand. (that's six biggies).

If those don't sell over the next few weeks, I could hopefully auction off the lkr (and probably still do OK, but not as good as individual items) Could even auction off piece by piece for that matter and make reserves on some items.

Other than that, I would probably move the stuff to a GREAT lkr offer I tumbled on to.

So, things are winding down on this lkr.  ;D

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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: Auction Hunters Fall Season, 2011
« on: October 05, 2011, 10:51:15 AM »
Quote from: Millertime on October 05, 2011, 08:40:19 AM
It's almost like deflating a balloon when I tell them that you can find valuable items but you have to be able to make your money selling common household goods.

Now if we could just deflate about 4.5 million balloons of the people watching the shows !  One balloon at a time I guess.


I've had a brand new, in the box, hand kitchen mixer that won't even sell for $3....I think they're $10 or so new in the store, maybe less.

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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Auction Hunters Fall Season, 2011
« on: October 04, 2011, 05:01:33 PM »
The boys are in reruns, tons of reruns, but the new season starts.....

October 25, 2011 on Spike.

Still waiting for the film footage of a dump run or to see them make less than 10x the money on a $500 purchase !


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Smartphone Apps 4 Storage Auction business
« on: October 04, 2011, 10:15:12 AM »
Quote from: CollectOrForget on October 04, 2011, 02:07:58 AM
Efficiency.  The better you are at being efficient, the more money you stand to make.

With that in mind, I wanted to start a topic where we can all share what smartphone apps have helped make our buying/selling more efficient.


Efficiency is good. What's your history with bidding on and winning storage auction lkrs?

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Placing a value on the unseen on 10x30's
« on: October 03, 2011, 09:14:29 PM »
Quote from: BigBizzz on October 03, 2011, 08:16:36 PM
Thats a treadmill no?

Not in the picture he's asking about.

Could have a gold mine INSIDE the dressers btw.

In my experience 99% of the time it's PYRITE !

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Placing a value on the unseen on 10x30's
« on: October 03, 2011, 05:15:16 PM »
Quote from: acman on October 03, 2011, 05:13:08 PM
Thanks movieman!

You're welcome !

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Placing a value on the unseen on 10x30's
« on: October 03, 2011, 04:59:02 PM »
Quote from: acman on October 03, 2011, 04:20:05 PM

If anyone can tell me what the hell that things on the right is, I'm all ears.  First one to tell me gets a prize from the unit if I win it!






Ask and ye shall receive...check this link.

http://www.kshs.org/p/cool-things-belt-vibrator/15638

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: My 2nd unit, can i make it two in a row?
« on: October 03, 2011, 10:23:04 AM »
Quote from: DamnthisisFun on October 03, 2011, 10:16:03 AM
Each Tv is about 30-40 pounds.  40 x .06 = $2.40.  For $10 I think I can find them a home.

Probably right; not everyone can afford even the $90 plus tax that would get them a 15" flatscreen at Walmart.

If they can buy one for $10 and find a used converter (with its remote) for another $20 or so, they could be watching tv for maybe $30 instead of $90 plus.

On a similar note an old (heavy, bulky) computer monitor might bring $10 whereas a flatscreen monitor typically brings $30 to $50 at the flea depending on age, condition, size.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: My 2nd unit, can i make it two in a row?
« on: October 03, 2011, 10:08:38 AM »
Quote from: DamnthisisFun on October 03, 2011, 10:03:17 AM
I'm just looking at making a profit not  exactly 10x my money back.  The tv's work, so it should be an easy sell.  I don't think i have the golden goose hands here.  I just feel that a lot of people give up on units that involve a little work ( moving all that ish was a pain in the ass).

A year of two before the digital coversion for tv signals I would take an EXCELLENT looking 27" or larger tv to the flea and get between $100 and even $200 for it, but now I don't even bother (recycle them instead for 6 cents a pound). If they are pre-digital sets they need a $40 to $60 converter to get off-air signals or a buyer who subscribes to cable or satellite.

I rarely see an old tv for sale at my flea market, but the less-well-to-do market does show them more frequently.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: My 2nd unit, can i make it two in a row?
« on: October 03, 2011, 09:50:50 AM »
Quote from: DamnthisisFun on October 03, 2011, 01:31:29 AM


Here is a pic of the headboard.  I thought it would be a sweet book/ dvd case for someone.  You guys think its worth anything?


Re the headboard. In my area the vast majority of regular buyers who get these just put them in the dump. Heavy, bulky, usually beat up and from the 70s....doesn't meet the architectual guideline "less is more." But maybe your idea would work; give it a shot.

TVs...find a recycler that will either take them from you for free or give you a few cents a pound. A couple of people here smash them up and get the copper.

Will you make 10 times your money twice in a row? I don't think so, but in the first years of the state run lotteries I used to buy a ticket now and again ..... until the numbers REALITY set in. I read recently that the chances of being killed by a asteroid are something like 1 in 700,000 so you are more likely to die that way than to win the lottery, and how many of us have ever even seen an asteroid (or even a meteorite) come down within 100 yards of us or even a hundred miles ? !

"Allowing for the number of Earth-crossing asteroids — the kind that can hit us because their orbits around the Sun intersect ours — as well as how much damage they can do (which depends on their size), he calculated that any person’s lifetime odds of being killed by an asteroid impact are about 1 in 700,000."  From astronomer Alan Davis.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: How appropriate
« on: October 01, 2011, 07:54:45 PM »
Quote from: Millertime on October 01, 2011, 06:11:30 PM
Got my first loser unit this weekend, and when I log in I'm back to noobie status. Wish I had been a looky loo yesterday, but it was just a matter of time I guess. 5 total hours of work cleaning out, 2 dump runs and a probable 40.00 loss. Oh well, it's fall break for the wife and kids and I'm on vacation for ten days.  8)

Hey, it happens, and will happen again...just a part of the biz. If we could pick only TOTAL winners we would but there will be break-evens and losses as well. Welcome to the club !


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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: How many lockers did you pass on before buying your first?
« on: October 01, 2011, 05:52:04 PM »
Quote from: lkrnoob on October 01, 2011, 07:12:13 AM
I guess I want to piggy-back off this question and ask, are any of you in this full time and still passing on 50 lockers to find the ones you want. If this is the case, how do you manage to not buy a locker for such a long period of time financially?? Have you owned your business that long already that you can pass them up. I am just asking this as a new guy coming into this full time....

Just finished tallying today's flea market sales and I see that the last 5 lkrs I bought between June 20, 2011 and September 20th are currently at 2.8 times the money and since I still have a lot of product from the biggest one, this is a good run. For year to date I am at 1.82 times the money...made some buys in the spring which didn't pay back as well as I had hoped.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Would you buy batteries for watches?
« on: October 01, 2011, 05:05:56 PM »
If it's a Fossil or similar quality that I can get $25 to $40 for I will get a battery put in. A guy at my flea does it for
$3 and that includes the battery and the labor !

Watches like Timex, etc that sell in the $20 to $40 category I will try to get $10 to $15 and usually I will sell them without a battery, and direct them to the battery guy. I tell them if they come back in 15 minutes after visiting him I will refund their money if it doesn't work. I can see them and him from my spot. He won't charge them if the watch doesn't run.


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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: How many lockers did you pass on before buying your first?
« on: October 01, 2011, 05:02:26 PM »
Quote from: craiglstauction on October 01, 2011, 08:12:41 AM
Well I'm not in this full time but I may be able to explain.  People like Movieman, Rebecca, and others go to every auction there are.  So they see 100+ lockers a week depending on how big of an area they live in.  So they can find a "good" locker faster.  Also, most of them have a large amount of inventory from previous lockers they are still working to sale.  So even on a slow week you can make money if the sales are there.  Finally, most of them are established and have the expirence to know what they can make off a locker.  So they can gamble a little more then most noobies will.  I may look at a locker and think $150, where they see $200+ and have the time and means to sale.

Most of that is true except for this...."People like Movieman...go to every auction there is"....nope, not me. I have a database of over 250 auction sites within 90 miles (one way). Several years ago I quit going even 50 miles away and now limit myself to going to about 30 or so sites within 25 miles (one way).  This seems to be enough for me.

I have friends in the biz who make 90 to 120 mile trips (one way) but I can't see it for myself.

Those of us who have been doing it awhile probably do have a better "eye" for a good buy, but we also make mistakes. I have lost money on lkrs and I have broken even on lkrs. Fortunately over any given year's time I am ahead of the game and that's all I can ask.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: How many lockers did you pass on before buying your first?
« on: October 01, 2011, 04:57:33 PM »
Quote from: lkrnoob on October 01, 2011, 07:12:13 AM
I guess I want to piggy-back off this question and ask, are any of you in this full time and still passing on 50 lockers to find the ones you want. If this is the case, how do you manage to not buy a locker for such a long period of time financially?? Have you owned your business that long already that you can pass them up. I am just asking this as a new guy coming into this full time....

Yes, I pass on MANY lockers and buy the ones I like (for contents and price). By not buying even SOME of the lkrs I pass on I avoid dump runs, cheap crap I don't want at my sales, work I don't want to do.

By having a backlog of merchandise I can see myself through the slow auction buying time and when inventory gets down then hopefully some good lockers will appear.

I also buy individual items at flea markets, garage/yard sales and other kinds of auctions.  These tend to be items with which I am familiar and which should do well for me from a selling standpoint.

Hopes this answers your questions.

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