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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Beware or Not???
« on: August 12, 2011, 06:14:01 PM »Many, many reasons why this might be.....but as a auctioneer, I'll tell you what I can.
1. sometimes folks just show up to move out and are driving a Ford Escort but the units contents requires a
small/large U-Haul to move and they don't have the money to rent one.....so stuff gets "left behind"....
even if it still has some value.....the site owner/operator puts the good/better stuff in a unit and throws the
true "junk" away. (or not)
2. sometimes folks have a family member that has passed....they don't want any of grandmas junk...so they
(renter/site owner) work out a deal to sign over the rights in lieu of "bill collection" and the site sells the stuff
to try and recoup some funds
3. site owners are just like me & you....they have stuff they no longer want/need....put it in a empty unit and sell it
4. "showcasing"...if you had alot of stuff that was left/abandoned....that was "going" in the dumpster(every pickup cost), would you not "showcase" it first....before you payed to have it hauled away?
It seems like most bidders think the storage place is "always" trying to "get one over" on the bidders....which
in the grand scheme of things is just not the case.
Isn't the statement I put in red above essentially what you were saying in your points 1-4? (at least to some degree)
And anytime the word "always" is used, that's a red flag in itself. Seldom (if ever) does something take place in an "always" way....that is called a "glittering generality" but if any of your points 1-4 happen, it is something that is not a true LIEN situation and IMHO to be watched for.
