Are you speaking of the episode where there were 80 VAULTS at maybe Bekins Moving ?  At that one the guys got some nice guns and another buyer was buying vaults left and right.

If we are talking about the same episode, that one happened some months ago.  If it's a new one, I missed it.

What were some of the items they scored?

Could be a sybian too, which actually are quite expensive for what they are.

Here's the Wiki def of a Sybian and then a short story about one that appeared at my local flea market.

Web definitions

A Sybian is a masturbation device used by women and developed by dance instructor Dave Lampert in the 1980s. It consists of a saddle-like seat containing an electric motor connected to a rod that protrudes from a hole in the center. ...

The device described just above sells for about $1600 at retail, but I know some pricing  from the flea market and eBay. A friend had one of these new in the box at his flea booth. Sold it to a guy who has 15K feedback on eBay. The guy paid him $300 for it and it sold on eBay for $1200. My friend told him "You need to come up with another hundred for me or you'll never buy from me again."

Wish I had seen this before the other guy bought it....an easy $1K profit for almost no work.

Meanwhile, my Love Swing shown above is going to go on eBay or Clist for maybe $60.....no $1K for me there !

In the almost 8 years I have been doing this I have been close to two HAM RADIO units.

The first was about 2 years ago (6 years into my "career" in lkrs) and I saw this lkr full of boxes of teaching materials, a lot of paperwork. Also a couple of boxes of what looked like old, car-radio "pulls". I didn't bid on the lkr and a guy got if for about $250 I think. It was old teaching stuff, but apparently the guy was a HAM. The radios were all Yaeseu (sp?).

Then a couple of weeks ago one of my cronies who makes long haul buys (90 to 120 miles one-way) got a lkr for $900; he based it on the quantity of boxes he saw and nothing else. Turns out it was some preacher or something and all the boxes were clothes....except, those boxes in the back which contained about 9 pieces of higher end HAM gear. That was fortunate for him because that's what saved the lkr and maybe made him some bucks. A big trip like that eats gas like crazy (and the profits with it).

So, boxes (and totes) can be good or bad; some guys like a more balanced lkr (furn, tools, totes) but I've gambled on a tote filled lkr.

Best radios I've gotten were only better CB units in a trucker lkr.

You just have to set your max and know when to walk away.

NOT spending money is in a way MAKING money !

This is good stuff, best I've read on the forums in awhile..good luck Movieman!

Yep, it's interesting how someone else's possible good fortune can be shared by other people.
Safes might be one of the ultimate "Christmas" presents we get in the lkrs but remember when you were a kid and you opened those presents that turned out to be socks or shirts when you were hoping for that Red Ryder Repeater ?

Anyway, if others here can enjoy the "anticipation" that's great !  

Nice find.  Can't wait to hear what you got!

Neither can I, but here is a safe update:

Looks like cost to come out to my lkr, drill safe, use my existing combination set and repair safe to operating condition would be about $350. If I keep it I can sell my other two smaller ones for about $150 making my cost $200 for a safe that's 5 times bigger than my other two (if not bigger than that) and will hold long guns as well as pistols (something I'm lacking now).  Or if I sell it, I would have to get $350 for it just to clear my repair costs.

Now if it has some currency, gold/silver, guns in it, that's the other half of the equation, but figuring it to be empty, all of the above would apply.

Any thoughts on any of this?  Thanks!


Oh, and if I keep it, I have to get it home !

Let us know whats in the safe. Also let us know if you find a Harley in there as well.

Yep, the big reveal on the safe door swinging back will be fun in the first 10 seconds of opening it; whether there will be joy or disappointment is another story.  When I first started burrowing in there and saw the end edge and tapped it I was pretty sure it was a safe. I crawled up and in a bit and felt the far narrow edge...also round, so that meant the door surface had to be against the wall. I see that as a possible good sign too....packing that thing in there so no one could open it casually.

The fact the handle is loose from the door and that I could spot no combination bothers me, but as I said, I can either sell it or keep it and invest in some lockwork. One that size typically sells for $600 or more, so might be a keeper.

Guns?  That's what its made for I think...but better to think on the negative side at this point, but hard to put down hope!      

edit: as to the Harley being there....highly doubt that, but what a surprise if there was one. So far the Harley stuff is for a woman. The prop mgr described her as a little "tough" looking and sort of a "biker chick". The lkr was in her name and she paid up once then it went south again; the boy friend paid up that time and took out some tools that were in the front...prop mgr said the empty space to the left of the wooden bed base (about a 4 x 6 space) had his tool cabinet and some other stuff that was his. ALTHOUGH, I found the new Weedeater and a Porter Cable circular saw (new in box) about 10 feet in and tucked in in such a way that he couldn't have "sprung them" without major effort. So Harley, probably not, but.......??

Looks like she might have had two kids. Found the 2nd generation X-box and a manual for a PSP (hope it's there). Funny thing too...a regular DVD and a Blu-Ray DVD of "Easy Rider" movie with Peter Fonda ! Haven't found the DVD player yet.  The prop mgr also said that the empty space in front had contained several more flat-screens before the boy friend paid up the debt and took some stuff out. That back 10 x 15 is calling me...hard to restrain myself from more burrowing in, but time to just start unloading from the front. More later.