Hope you don't get picked for Jury duty today.

Flea turned out to be a good day.  Started to worry at first.  We got a late start and didn't get there till almost 9am (clocks didn't autoforward) and they open at 8.  Didn't miss much as few people and vendors were open.  Sales before noon were less then $50.  Last time I was there on a Sunday I made more money in morning then afternoon.  This time it was reversed.  Got more of a crowd after midday, and at the very end of the day at close.

My world coins and paper money sold well again.  CDs and DVDs did pretty well again this week (strange how one week don't move and next do).  Only a few .25 and .50 item sold.  All three of my easter baskets sold, but neither of my easter bunnies.  Got rid of a pair of boots been holding on to.  Did sell some of the cloths but it was touch and go for a bit.  Sold 1 camo GA hat quickly, two pairs of jean shorts, and then in last hour of sale a number of kids/baby cloths (.25 2T and under, kids .50) and 2 kids football / basketball jersy shirts.

Surprises - the digging in box for kids cloths didn't really work till last hour.  Will seperate sizes out in a number of different totes or next time.  Did get a compliment on the high end kids/baby cloths for cheap.  The adult high end cloths, shoes, etc. didn't move.  Most of these are what I call "Black People Style" clothing and most of the shoppers yesterday were white and hispanic.  So I'll save them for a saturday trip.  My hats didn't move - so going to keep only really good ones / logos and send rest to Goodwill.  Jeans I'm going to keep as had some interest in them ($2 pair).  90% of all the other t-shirts, blouses, shirts, etc. are going to Goodwill as soon as I inventory everything.  Have a few boxes of smalls I'm just going to donate to them also.  Tired of sitting on them at this point.

Most of my table is woman/household/kitchen items and cd/dvds.  Need to get more man stuff like tools and electronics.

After expenses I made $150 which is my highest to date.  $30 of that was the cloths rack I sold to one of the vendors.  Since I got it for free and have another was no biggie.

My helper (aka oldest daughter) abandonded me at noon yesterday to make survival bracelets.  The couple next to us that was helping one of the vendors makes them.  They showed my daughter how to and even gave her a ton of bracelets.  She help them make more to sell in return and is now working to make them at home.

All in all a very good day.  Is just time to break out the awning and sun-screen.

Like the others said it all depends on the facility.  If it's a popular spot and they are full then normally there is a waiting list and they want you to clean it out ASAP.  Those places are few and far between.  If they are not full they will gladly rent you the locker for a month or more.

Your other option is to see if they will give you a few extra days.  Normally if it's a large packed unit, or you buy multiple units and ask nicely they will.  Specially if you have purchased from them before and they know you clean your units well.

Instead of renting for a whole month some places will let you rent for like a week or two.


Myself - I keep toying with the idea of renting a 5x10 or so at one of the many places I buy from.  Not really for the storage but to use their dumpsters and to sell CL items from.

U-haul today, two locations to choose from.  Can't make the first location but did the second.  I was surprised - about 20 of us today compared to the 50 or so last month.  Auctioneer said he is seeing the crowds starting to drop some.  Mostly regulars today with a few new faces.  Most of the lockers went to regulars and one I know went to a newbie.  Prices were moderate to high.  Bid on several but got outbid so still dry so far this month.

Buddy of mine got a double unit for $600 at the first location.  Said it is 2 10x20 units combined and packed full.  Asked me to come help him after work since U-haul only gives you 24 hours.  Glad he got back in the game.  He had been dry for the past 3 months not wanting to come off his cash.

I buy complete computer systems (case, memory, cpu, hdd, cards) for $5 off people.  Don't care if they work or not.  Old style TVs I wouldn't touch.  The new LCD flat screens I'd have to do some research on.  Disposal fee's may eat into any profit that you could make.  Would have to see the locker to give you my bid.

If it's insulated you will get less then if it is stripped.  If you don't want to mess with it just take it in as is.  Still make $20+ on it.

Scrapping for me is part of storage auctions.  Anything that is metal and/or electronic and busted gets taken apart / scrapped as is.

Finished the normally 7 facility caravan today, but we only had lockers at 5 places.  Starting crowd was 25-30 people, mid-day saw close to 50 people, last stop (1 locker out of way) we only had 15 people.  We had one really good unit go for $1420.  I bid on 4 units but was outbid by a large margin.  Still kicking myself for not bidding another time or two on one unit.  Wife had wanted some of the text books in the unit.  Oh well, U-haul Friday.

Overall prices were still higher then what I want to pay.  In fact the normal whale was even talking about how high prices are.  Most of the high dollar units went to people I've seen but not often.  Only one regular purchased multiple units today and he paid out the nose IMO.  He said they needed inventory bad so who knows.

I did spend $10 to buy 2 desktop computers and a monitor from one of the winners.  Also pulled some scrap out of the dumpster at one of the locations.

UGA - glad she at least told you that up front.  We have many places here that combine units but don't say anything.  Or do company units and don't say anything.

I'm off for my caravan Thursday - not many units however.  About 20 units total for 7 locations.  Suspect will be down to 10 or less by the morning.  Friday is U-haul, Saturday an out of the way town, then more next week.  Will try and hit as many as work permits.  Should be a busy next 12 days.

I'm still making most of my money from storage units.  Was able to get a few decent ones for great to decent prices.  I have had an uptick in individual sales from ebay.  Finally making some contacts to buy broken computers and such equipment.  Can then turn around and repair/resale, part out, or scrap them.  Not a ton of money but is helping the bottom line.