I have bought them for $1 (with the auctioneer paying the $1) and for as much as $2,900.

How about you?

Yep, the flea is one of three ways I make money; flea, eBay, Craigslist. I don't do garage sales because I sell at the flea every Saturday. A flea will get more foot traffic than a garage sale...at least that's my opinion and seems reasonable assumption for most areas...your area may be different....and if there's no flea market, then garage sale is the only way to go!

Guess I'm the only one who keeps ordinary daily needs items (let alone great electronics items).

I have a friend who says the only thing he ever buys in a store, is underwear, toilet paper and food; everything else comes in lockers !  (may be an exaggeration, but a lot of good stuff can be used for yourself). Today I got two un-opened boxes of dishwashing detergent.

Here's a cut and paste for a California bay area auction.

Not a huge amount of stuff here. May sell it all as
ONE LOT, BUYER TAKES WHAT HE WANTS, LEAVES THE REST,
TWO HOURS TO REMOVE. MIGHT SELL IT IN SEVERAL LOTS,
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT ON AUCTION DAY...

If you've waited more than 10 minutes for someone to come make a CL pickup, that's on you.

If you leave after that time and they later call you to ask what happened, just tell them the truth. They weren't there, they didn't call you to say they would be late, and you left.

If you pick a place just 5 minutes away from your home it's not a big deal.

One guy stood me up and then called me about 30 minutes after I got back home wondering where I was. I had him come to a place only 2 minutes from my house and he made the 2nd meeting and bought the item...in the dark...that was on him.

Working for a auctioneer, I can tell you why this is done...to try and save your voice...
if you have let's say 10 units and you have been doing auctions for years, you kinda
know what the unit will bring...you may start a $100 because the crowd also know what it's worth
and if you get a bite at $100 and it sells for $250...you don't have to "call" so far ie: "saving your voice"

It's easier on your "voice" to go from $100 to $250, than to start a $1.00 and still have to "call"
all the way to $250.....make sense now?

To a certain extent yes, and even the better auctioneers we have here will TRY to start an auction high and go from there, but to start a junker at $100 is different than starting a really good locker at $200. The regular buyers know what a locker might go for and will play along to a certain extent. You would have to see this woman in action to understand what a fruitcake she is. Beleive me she's not doing it to save her voice.

Well, I'll tell you what I see in my area.  Some guys have a van AND a box truck (like FedEx, UPS, bread delivery).
This way they can load depending on the need. Pricey to have more than one though.

Others use a pickup either by itself or with a trailer of some kind. One guy even has a horse trailer which he uses for big items.

Renting a truck can be about $20 a day but you have to pay for gas and some charge for mileage. I think it's in the 70 cents a mile area.

Some locker places will let you use their truck for free (plus gas) if you rent a locker from them. They usually put a 30 mile cap on it and will charge for mileage above that.

Once again, each person has to decide what will work for them. Buying a vehicle involves licensing, insurance etc.
If you have a car you can pull a trailer. You need somewehre to put it though.

Teacher...neat story. Your catching on about half way through was great!

One of the two I talked about did the door closing thing the first time I ran into her too. How stupid can you get. She could have had $25 (or whatever) AND  the locker cleaned out too. As I recall she held on to it until the next auction (6 months later?) and it sold in the $25 area. What an idiot.