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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 08, 2013, 12:54:36 PM »
It wouldn't be the first (or second/third) time my posts were deleted, but then again this thread seems to be protected under some kind of immunity.

While a forum owner can do what he/she wants, I'm not aware of any governing body that can tell a website what to do in regard to posts, language, opinions, attitudes, etc.

I declined Travis' offer to be a forum moderator because I wanted to be able to speak my mind and not make decisions on my own (or with his help) about what should fly and what shouldn't.




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The Lounge / Coffee Shop Carrie Goes Ballastic
« on: October 08, 2013, 10:21:46 AM »
I think this is a well-done video and I enjoyed it but if I had been one of the REAL customers in the coffee shop I would have been blown away by what happened !

youtube(dot)com/watch?v=VlOxlSOr3_M

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The Treasure Chest / Re: Beginners luck
« on: October 08, 2013, 10:12:28 AM »
That was a good score and you are smart enough to realize it was beginner's luck. Buy another 50 lkrs in the next 6 to 12 months and test your theory.

I bought a mortgage broker's lkr and had difficulty getting through to them on the phone, but when I showed up a few days later with one box (of 60)  of their records showing financial info and SSNs it became a different story.

I paid $160 for the locker and got $1,000 from them for the boxes and two computers with more info in them.

What gets me is that people responsible for medical and financial records of others can not even prevent their own goods from being foreclosed on.

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Looks like Forest O'brien with California Storage Auctions is making the leap into online storage auctions. 



I talked to Forrest recently at an auction and though his boss Denos has the little icon at the top of the page for online auctions, it's not yet a reality. F says they are in the testing stage at this point.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: To rent a storage unit you need
« on: October 08, 2013, 09:24:12 AM »
Really, did you ever do the math? Most sites around here have like 200 units on the average, with an average of $75 a month per unit. That's $15K a month income assuming full occupancy.

In my area the managers tell me they are at 85% occupancy. One facility has VERY FEW available lockers while another has MANY. They pretty much have the same rates but are in different parts of town and the larger one has more empty units.


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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 08, 2013, 09:07:44 AM »
Our fearless leader is noticeably absent in the best thread discussion since his reign of terror began. Since the chances of him not seeing this thread are literally zero, that must mean he supports the OP in some indirect way. What will bring him out of hiding? Shots at his other business ventures? Talking about his competition? Of course the guard dog has been doing a good job in here with stellar remarks about everyone having an opinion. Everyone can think for themselves? Really?

I have my feelings on why Travis hasn't said a word in this thread, but I'll let him explain himself (or not).

As to shots at his other business ventures, I've expressed myself often in the past about online storage auctions in general and anyone who has been around awhile knows I don't think they are a viable way of buying lockers.

If I am the "guard dog" you mention making stellar remarks about everyone having an opinion consider this:
If one says something here and claims it is the ONLY way to look at something there are SOME readers who will take it as "the truth and nothing but". There are some people who CAN'T think for themselves and my feeling is they at least should be prodded to do so.

One thing that I believe is true is something F....man mentioned a few weeks ago. We are so hard up for something new to talk about here (that truly relates to storage auctions and buying/selling merchandise) that any semi-controversial subject lends itself to at least SOME discussion. The TV shows are slowly on their way out; perhaps all things associated are as well.


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Drugs and credit cards??
« on: October 08, 2013, 08:56:02 AM »
... as for the drugs,  wow you could make alot of money selling the crap I found.

Yes, you could. You could also do a lot of jail time.

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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 07, 2013, 11:09:49 PM »
So it's "The National Crime Prevention Council" that deals with this sort of thing? Hmm, interesting, I'll have to make a note of that.  ;)

This is the funniest thing you've said in two months !  ;D

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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 07, 2013, 04:58:41 PM »


From the guy who has single handedly caused more people to leave this forum do to his constant fighting, antagonizing, and cyber-stalking? 

It's easy to be Politically Correct on the popular buzz issues, but to claim a tolerant and compassionate personality it must show in everything you do.


Really?

Please show me the empirical evidence that I single-handedly caused more people to leave this forum due to constant fighting, antagonizing and cyber-stalking?  I think that would be pretty hard to do.  Did people like Rockintheretro, moneyfornothin, Drew, jrossjr89, craiglstauction, monkeybusiness, acman, leota, storme leave because I cyber-stalked them or otherwise intimidated them?  My guess is that the bulk of the people I mentioned above (if not all) left the forum because they just got tired of the business or the forum (or both).

On the other hand at least one member here called me by name (my real name, not my screen name) and from what I could tell that information came from here not from anywhere else…and I wasn’t the one who provided it.

Just because I took the time to find out the eBay user names and view the Craigslist listings of members here doesn’t mean I was (or am) stalking them. I have never released any of that information to anyone either here or anywhere else.

The information I gained about those people was all freely posted by those people right here on the forum. Sure, I put the pieces together where other people might not have had an interest in doing so, but it was only to learn some new things about listing on eBay/Craigslist from people who are having success with one or other or both. I have also learned things not to do in my listings.

If I call out Travis for not fulfilling the terms of an offer he made about posting in a certain area you can be sure it was not uncalled for.  If I challenge Alloro for something he says I do so because I feel it is called for…just as you are doing here in regard to me. I don’t ask you to justify it, you don’t need to..it is something one decides to do for any number of reasons.

If I pay you (or, anyone else, a compliment), and I have paid YOU compliments on a fairly regular basis, I do so because I think it is deserved.

Due to the nature of your response above, maybe you think I was calling YOU a bigot or  intolerant, but that was not the case. I told p…man that he was entitled to his opinion and you are too. I have no problem with that. I still think it is wrong of anyone to lump an entire group of people together and attribute some aspect to them. I believe this not because it is politically correct, but just because it is correct (imo).

Let the entire community judge for itself. They don’t have to defend me or you or anyone mentioned. They can just make their own judgements about each person and react or not react in any way they feel appropriate.




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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 07, 2013, 12:03:28 AM »
Quote

For those of you who have never lived with and encountered large groups of Haitians, especially those who were refugees, you should give those of us who have a little credit and step down from the politically correct, kumbayah soap box.

The song Kumbaya was originally associated with human and spiritual unity, closeness and compassion, and it still is, but more recently it is also cited or alluded to in satirical or cynical ways which suggest false moralizing, hypocrisy, or naively optimistic views of the world and human nature.

Bigotry….

Bigotry is the state of mind of a bigot: someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats other people with fear, distrust, hatred, contempt, or intolerance on the basis of a person's ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

Sorry, Cobia, but if it is a choice between bigotry and intolerance or compassion I’ll stick with the Kumbaya.

*******

That said, NEWBIES in the storage locker business should all be hung out to dry…or shipped out to Haiti.   ;D



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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Anyone seen a fight at an auction?
« on: October 06, 2013, 07:35:39 PM »
Never a physical fight but on three occasions a very heated verbal altercation between auctioneer and buyers. Same auctioneer, three different occasions, three different buyers.

common factor=auctioneer


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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 06, 2013, 05:22:42 PM »
I don't know what sual.com is, so I can't comment on that one.

SUAL=storage unit auction list


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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 06, 2013, 09:51:48 AM »
  It's only my opinion  but  they all can go back…

You are certainly entitled to your opinion; in expressing this opinion you have joined those who over many decades have expressed similiar opinions about the following groups and more that I don't even know about.

Jews
Blacks
Irish
Pakistanis
Arabs
Chinese
Japanese
Mexicans
American Indians
Catholics
Latter Day Saints
Republicans
Democrats
Gays
Lesbians
Oakies
Hippies
Bums

etc, etc.

It's too bad that there is so much animosity toward our fellow men and women. These are the kinds of attitudes that sometimes lead to wars and sometimes mass killings of people because they are different.

There are bad people among all groups and good people exist there too.

It is my opinion that individuals should be judged, not groups of people by their race, nationality or creed.

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Flea Markets / Re: Haitian people ar flea markets, suck
« on: October 05, 2013, 08:06:14 PM »
They will steal from you.

Every last one of them?  Are there no good Haitian people?

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Has anyone gotten a SAFE lately ?
« on: October 04, 2013, 11:39:32 PM »
I haven't decided yet if i'm just going to break it open or I think Movieman mentioned I can call the manufacturer and potentially get a new code sent to me?


Travis is mostly correct. Sentry is the best at doing this. If you provide them with the model # and serial # it usually works out, but not always. I have gotten several STAR safes over time and they are problematic with some records not making through the changeover to a new company.

A typical briefcase (or smaller) box is hardly worth the effort; the combination ones maybe a little better, but if there is a $25 charge (and there usually is) then you can't really make any money on the small ones. The ones that are about 20" tall and maybe 15" wide and 20" deep are worthwhile usually.

Do a search for Safes or Safes and what they contain. A couple of years ago I did a lot of work with "safe cracking" as I got a few in pretty quick order. Several were quite good....not thousands, but hundreds certainly, and the gun safe story which is PINNED at the top of one of the areas here in the forums yielded good guns which I still have.


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