Thanks for correcting my spelling, I knew you were good for something. 

And I knew there would finally come a point when you could acknowledge that storage auctions and everything associated with them were on a downhill run toward the bottom of their popularity.

Even when I was buying 4 lockers or more a month (before the tv shows) I didn't get that much gold or silver in the ones I bought, but other people seemed to get a fair amount (unless of course they were lying).

What has been your experience (especially in the last two years)?

You have a new nickname - Thread Killer

or "effective researcher"    or  "someone who can use a search feature".

USPS is kinda vague on what types of books can be sent using media mail..

I read their requirements a month or two ago and one of the things I got from it was that there was to be no advertising in the media sent. This would exclude magazines, but one person on the eBay forums indicated that many CDs, DVDs, etc contained advertising and what was the difference.

I often buy specialty hobby interest magazines for selling on eBay and most of the time they are older (maybe from the 70s, etc.  SURE, they have advertising in them, but it's 40 years OLD !  I for one enjoy seeing the old ads and depending on the mag's subject matter it gives me some insight into the prices of items advertised.

ANYWAY, a set of encylopedias would be no problem...the weight issue is of course the main thing. I suggest putting it in one way via usps and then when it comes time to actually ship it (if eBay) you will have the choice at shipping time to look at the prices for sending it any usps method possible. Could be a couple of flat rate boxes would be cheaper than media mail (that or parcel post).

The first time I heard it was on a Three Stooges film.

Not to be confused with:

What about a hand-truck from uhaul?  It had been painted, but the orange is showing.

Take a look at this cList ad from northern California. It has both an appliance dolly AND a platform dolly...both orange.

This was on 12/15/2013 so may be gone when you take a look after Dec.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/tls/4232057818.html

Picking dumpsters to "dive" is like picking an auction to go to or a locker to bid on.

If one is looking for boxes for shipping eBay items, the following are good choices in my area:

1) Shoe stores (shoe boxes come 8 to 12 to a larger box)

2) Tire stores (metal car wheels come in sturdy boxes and there will usually be 4 of a kind)

3) Furniture stores (good for all sizes...mirror boxes, etc)

These are just a few of the places where one can save money by NOT buying boxes in a store.