Gratz and ouch at the same time Ladylocks.  Read your post over on storageheroes blog.  The collectibles are going to be very hit and miss right now.  With the economy in the dumps, collectible things are the first to get axed.  Baseball, coke, nascar, etc. all are in the dumps.

I would do like StorMe suggested and try the auction house.

Lol - I only point out items to three other people.  One is my wife if she is with me.  The other is my two auction buddies.  We help each other out.  Now sometimes we bid against each other.  Most of the time however we collaborate looking over a unit as what I'm interested in the other two normally are not.  Or if it's a unit one of us really wants the other backs off.  A give n take relationship.  As for comments, pointing things out w/ my light for the competetion - nope not going to happen.  I've let some of the old regulars borrow my light but all the new faces are on their own.

Some of those prices are just scary.  We've had a 10x20 in January that had lots of goodie type boxes showing.  Lady that won the locker said everything was in the unit.  I'm VERY skeptical of that since she is one of the dredge buyers and overpays on trash units that even I wouldn't touch.  No one that I've talked to has seen these goodies in her store either.

$93 for a trunk is just way stupid.  I'll gamble $50 all day long on 1/4 full units with totes, trunks, but I want to see a little something.  Prices in my area are still all over the place.  Small town auctions are dozen people and under $200 units.  Just not seen anything really worth my time/effort.  Main city auctions are just all over the place.  Many auctions with 30-50 people, and normally the same dozen of us bidding.  A few newbie bidders.  Think prices are staying up in my area due to those few newbies wasting money but also the store people fighting each other for inventory.  Will see how things are next month.

No flea for me Saturday since is stormy now and 50% chance Sat and Sunday.  Going to try and hit the flea to shop for a change and look for some yardsales.  Not holding my breath.  Need some new smalls and computers to get me by.  Running low on items to list on ebay.

They should be posted in the legals like everything else I think.  We do have many of them here since only have 1 port.  Want to say I saw 1 auction for a place last year.

Check with the port authority and the companies that do the actual shipping.  Check their websites.

Check your library for a "records book" if you don't want to spend time on ebay.  As gapajeff said condition is everything.  Can mean the difference between $1 and $100 bucks.  Conditon of the cover and the album itself.

Myself - I would do like Drew and check ebay.  But, I'm starting to live on ebay checking my listings 4-5 times a day.

I always take a listing of the units listed in the paper.  I then compare it to the units that we see.  If you get a unit that isn't listed in the paper it is normally

1) a unit that someone has called and given-up (what they say)
2) a "company" unit - where they take all the trash, abandoned stuff from other units and put it all in one.

Both types of units you best bid on what you see.  There is even less of a chance of hidden treasure.  Unless you figure bills from 3 different families and pictures of a white family mixed in with 2 black famlies a treasure.


Or - you can get this (just saw it listed on website when was looking for auctions this saturday)

#37, last rented to unknown squatter, contents unknown

Please do that and take some pictures if you can.  PM when you have it ready and I'll send you my email address.  At only 1/2 off the games I'll have to think hard about it.  Not worth the $80 in gas for a round-trip to Athens and back.  Less I find some auctions while I'm up that way.  Will look forward to hearing from ya.

Ebay can be your friend to move some of your smalls at a higher price point.  Just have to live with all the fee's and other hassles.  Is worth it IMO.