i have about 230 dollars for my first auction probably wont buy anything tho but im hoping thats enough if i do. i live in a gated community were we have a dump that we can use as much as we want , they have a fix rate that we paid one every 4 months in our dues. also my dad can get a trailer to us for free at work. so other the gas money i think i should be good. thoughts?

230. Naw! Need atleast 580 to get something! Prices are back up again. The more A&E keeps beating a dead horse playing storage bors over and over and over in re-runs the more it seems price go through the roof. Why people love to pay retail is a mystery. Unless folks are wanting to keep stuff all to themselves? Sounds like the begining of hording. Bid on what you can see and stop thinking all the answer to becoming rich are in the cardboard box marked rare!

I just got to watching the SH/AH on my DVR and all I can say is wow....I still can't believe I catch myself actually watching this garbage! How many more episodes of SH can I take of watching them want to start fights/get into fights and how much longer can I take hearing Ton/Allen saying, "Oh my god!! **commercial**"...or "Wait, what is this! **commercial**"...or the Matrix style slo-mo's of them doing something manly....I can't believe people believe any of those shows...I digress.....

Wish all the auctions I attend were like SW. Meaning only four people bid and maybe 3 or 5 others chime in here and there. They sure half the life on the Sw show.lol. I call it Storage Bors!!

How will people who post like Todd (the questions he asked) survive the actual bidding process, winning and working with all the acquired stuff if they can't even take the effort to so some research on their own?

My prediction is that Todd (and anyone else) who takes a similar approach won't be here 6 months from now....maybe even 3 months from now. Sorry Todd, that's just the reality in my opinion.  Do a member search for a member named "Momonamission" as an example. There are plenty of others in the same boat.

If I'm wrong, more power to you, but if I'm not wrong....oh well.

It because they are what you call tv bidders. They get all there info from the tv shows. Monkey see monkey do. Like I was sayin a while back they watch these shows and a spark goes off and all the sudden they want to mimic what they see on tv. Then they want all the answers the easy way. Give the man storage eduction he buys for a week. Let a man learn how to buy a shed himself he buys for life. I agree with movieman. This guys hasnt even bought a shed but wants all the answers. He got to learn on his own first.

the noobs.http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=18077864&cat=7&lpid=&search=

to take credit cards now? Going to one this saturday and its a sealed bid type auction and they accept Credit cards. I have AMEX and what you spend is what you pay each month,so I might try that for once. People are going to get in more CC debt you watch. They will pay interest on stuff that doesnt sell.

He is getting the unit he wants because he bids on them.  He has a number in his head and he's obviously not getting bid up.

Bid him up! 

No he does it if he doesnt like a person and wants to run them off is what I heard

You could keep bidding. You may pay more than you want to, but then again, so might he if he counters your last bid.

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Meanwhile (and off topic) could you answer my question in another thread which regards your source for your belief that the buyers on "Storage Wars" are paid around $11,000 each per person per episode? Thanks, I always like to see attribution on such statements so I can look at the source and give it more consideration or comment.

Yes I can. I work in the media and standard practice is 3% of advertisng is paid to those who are speaking on a tv show. And I know what Aand E charges for each spot that runs during the show. Forgot to add in the reruns as well. Its a straight 3% not being paid for each rerun but all toghther for the season. so 11,000 for a season block and Aand E can rerun as many as they choose. You didnt think they were working for free. That would be slave act, can't work a person for free.