That's a great idea.

I live in Central Oregon, and surprisingly there are a lot storage auctions.  I'm not going to lie, I became really fascinated with storage auctions because of the main stream shows.  I'm not some brainless media drone though.  I knew going in it was going to be a lot of work and that the units the show on tv are probably 1 of 20 bought.  I went to my first auction on a friday in Redmond, there was 6 units up for auction, and i got beat on all 6 or didn't bid because the the unit was trash.  I finally got a unit on a thursday in Prinevile.  I t was the only locker of the day, and i was determined to buy something.  I got the unit got 60 bucks, and it turned into a really good profit.  At first glance the locker looked like a 99% dump run, but it actually had some gems.  The first thing i noticed was the PS2 in the box, which i knew would be at least 20 bucks on craigs.  I noticed this one box that was open and a blanket was covering most of the top and only exposing a corner to see in.  I noticed very quickly that there was one cable box receivers.  Here in central oregon there is really only one cable provider, and if you have bad credit they charge a 300 deposit for those receivers.  So I knew this locker had some hidden value.  Only one guy was bidding against me, and he gave up at $60.  Here is a pic of the unit. [IMG=http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5391/img20110825102644.jpg][/IMG]

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It only took me one dump run, and 3 hours to clear this unit out.

Contents found:

Two HD DVR cable boxs ( sold both for 220 on ebay)

Ps2 (35 on ebay)

little wood cabinet  ( 10 on craigs)

Gold & Silver  rings ( 250 at some local pawn shop )

Sony car AMP ( 20 bucks on ebay)

and a bunch of odd little ends that i sold for 70 on ebay.

I easily made my money back x10 on this unit.  I'm not going to quit my day job, but this is a great way for some supplemental income ( which everyone can use in this economy )  Looking forward to the next one.