Jose is in the Houston area so he has plenty of opportunity to see a lot of auction doors pop open. (just ask Travis)

Just viewing the "bulk" of those units would tell the "real" story I'm sure; wouldn't even have to buy one
to start to get an understanding of the reality.

Movieman, those look like pre-storage auction reality shows prices. 

Well, it's certainly true that each of those categories could sell for $250 to $400 more than I stated.

I paid $1200 for a 10 x 10 a month or so ago and I'll be lucky to break even, but I needed some new
items...and it had the benefit of showing a lot of newbies that I mean business. It doesn't matter to me that
some of them thought I was nuts.  Right after I got that one I got a 10 x 10 for $325....when they saw who was bidding they stopped. Average those two out and I'm coming out OK.

Thanks for the help, guys. For those sites, what do I select for the notice type?

A lot of the terminology is out of what I am used to reading, legal wise. I can't really tell what I should be looking for.

Well, I can't speak for Mr. A, but my feeling is that at this point you should do some exploring on your own, otherwise it will be like spoon-feeding.

Work at it a bit and when you earn the results of your work you'll take extra pride in that first accomplishment. Look through the choices (if there are 10 you should be able to rule out 6 or so right off the bat) or just check each one.

I like any size locker that has good looking (not beat up) boxes and totes, preferably with no large furniture.
In other words, easy pickins...and at a good price.

Now that's a DREAM....(no not THAT kind of dream Travis).

Of course, those kind of lockers go for the following prices in my area:

5x10....................$350 (or so)
10x10..................$650 to $750
10x15..................$650 to $900
10x20...................$750 to $1000

That's why I haven't been buying many lately. If the boxes and totes parts hold true, not much
actually SHOWING....more of a huge gamble than anything else. I liked these even as a gamble when
they were half that price for the size shown above....I would have taken that gamble.

I've done two. The most recent one is here:

http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=1032.0

Later in that thread I made a link to the other one I did a little over a year ago.

See reply #17 above.

This is a good example of what these spammers are up to. That one would take you to a malware site
if your anti-virus program didn't catch it.

I take it all to a coin/gold shop which I trust.

I have them look at the stuff that is not that great as jewelry and give me a price.
Before I accept or reject it I then ask about another piece (the best piece and one I have not shown) and
get a price on it to combine with the other.

This way I have some feel for what the scrap value is as opposed to what I might ask as a jewelry piece.
About 25% of the time I keep the best piece and sell it at the flea or on eBay.

As a side note. At my flea market there are 5 guys with "compramos oro y plata" signs. They buy it and then resell it somewhere down the line. This is at a flea market with about 200 or so total vendors. Even the low end flea markets in town have these people buying and selling.

The only platinum I have run into was the two catalytic converters which were stolen from two separate cars about 1 year ago. I guess that's what insurance is for.

Rules ?  "We don't need no stinkin' rules !"

And like a speed limit, the ones that exist can be violated by those who choose to do so.
Over time you learn which facilities are more honest than other facilities.