Think again, The old timers and some of the regulars knows where to look and where to go.

And here in Memphis they are now starting up a new thing. Wohooooo could not come sooner.

All storage auctions in Memphis,TN will from March 2011 start with fees for newbies.
It will cost you as a newbie 100 dollar to even be able attend the auction. Bring your family and it is 100 dollar per head.

If you can not show that you have bought more then 10 units or attended more then 50 auctions the last 3 months you will have to pay up to get in. Of course they give this deposit back to you if you don\t buy a locker. And if you buy a locker you get it back after the locker is inspected by the manager.

This will here in Memphis,TN reduce the crowds with atleast 40-50%
The same thing is beeing looked at in Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas.  And more and more places will be doing it.

Went to the Extra space auction today, and i did it again.
I got one locker today, one locker that looked really bad from the door.
It was me and one other guy bidding, i ended up winning the locker for $40.00

Yet again i hit the nail on the head, after doing a quick inventory this afternoon i am looking at sales value of $450-600.00
Under all the clothing, there was a lot of good stuff.
Among the stuff was a brand new unopend PLANTRONICS wireless office headset. This set is beeing sold online for $194.00 i am gonna sell it for $125.00

There was 2 pretty new printers + 1 pretty new scanner + a few good books + 1 king size duvet + 2 complete phone sets + medium size critterbox + 4 pick-nic baskets + tons of clothes + kitchen ware and glassware + a phillips portable radio with ipod docking station.
There was more stuff in the but i have not had time to go thru it all.

I would say books are hardto sell. It seems no one wants books unless they are for free.
Also i find pictures to be slow, unless they are oil paintings of a well known artist. But prints and other pictures are not moving at all.

So what i do with books and pictures is that i save them up, and twice a year i hold a yardsale for the products that are hard to sell.
Then they can be sold for 2 to 5 dollars a pice.

Gold and silver, i have standing orders on gold and silver, can not get it fast enough.
Other things thats goes fast is musical instruments.

To Movieman.

Most of us here in Memphis are friendly to the newbies.
But like you said, their is a point where we draw the line.

Weekly i get asked at auctions the same thing, @when is the next auction@ @@where can i find the info on upcoming auctions@ I normally say, you have to find that out your self.  I mean this is part of the job of doing storage auctions, none of us got it handed to us on a silver plater.

I even get 5-6 emails a week where people ask me about next auctions, and again i tell them that they have to find that info on their own. Except a few guys i have given a list to.

I mean if you are serious about this as a newbie, you have to do the groundwork your self. Do not expect the old timers to help you with that. Because they will not help you with that information.  And to me thats just fair.  
Any newbies in here having a problem with that  If you do, then you are lazy and do not deserve to do auctions

Here is a picture of the Akai GX630D i found in the unit.
It was weird no one else got in on the bid. It was me and one other guy.

I started at 40 he did 45 ad i sealed the deal with 50 bucks.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=138258679570919&set=a.138258676237586.26293.124251090971678

I agree totally.

When i see people in here that have not even attanded their first auction start to make comments on it, thats just stupid. And when they have one auction under their belt it is almost like they are the king of the auction.

Most people i know in this business has been in it for 20-30 years. They know what they are talkig about, and they know what it is all about.