Just as I was thinking with no new episodes and most people have blown their tax money prices may start to drop.  Maybe it will be a good thing if I can't hit the auctions up due to this new boss.

I'll have to try and remember to watch it this Sunday.  Think I caught all of them from last season.  Got to the point I couldn't really stand to watch them except when kids wanted me to watch it with them.  If I could get $30 per black trash bag w/o looking even in it I could go on vacation this summer.

There is nothing saying they have to return personals.  Most places do it as a "good will" gesture.  I think most of these places toss the boxes we return after a month or so.  Many times the person moved and didn't leave a forwarding address or such.  Why their unit goes up for auction.

I have had 1 person that I know of contact the facility about getting back personal items.  Facility manager called me about 1 item that I had already tossed or sold.  I had previously taken back a box full of pictures, baby books, etc.

It all is up to each individual and company to determine what is right.  In the case of this facility I wouldn't go looking for the owners.  Just opens you up to a bunch of stress.

Good luck Rockin.  This month has been good to me so I can't complain too much except about the crowds.  Hope you score a nice unit.

Myself - I would keep any guns that I find. 

If did want to sell them I would put them in one of the local sell trade papers.  Before ebay and CL - we had the iwantta.  It is a trade magazine that is nothing but classified ads.  As an individual you can put in 2 free ads a week.  Cost to buy the magainze use to be $1 but is up to $1.75.  Can list anything and everything.

If you have pistols look for shooting ranges / gun clubs in your area.  Local newpapers may allow you to post a ad but those are iffy.

My local flea you can't sell weapons except pocket knifes.  Ammo clips, ammo, etc. is fine but no firearms.  As other's have said some flea markets allow you to.

For myself, and my area it is a bit of a mix.  We have 3 people / whales that may have the pockets to buy most of the units we see.  They like large units with lots of furniture and things.  Mostly it is the 3 of them going head to head on these units.  If we have less then 5 units it's more of a free-for-all.  If we have a dozen or more units things start to get parsed out so to speak.  If the whales have already bought 3-4 units they will back off on each other and the rest of the regulars.  We sort of all do that to a degree.  Most of the dozen regulars we have all have certain niche units we like.  So while we bid on each other if we all already have a unit or two for the day we don't bid as agressively I would say.

Now - for the newbies that come in.  That is a different story.  We don't hold a grudge if a guy wins a unit or two as normally the price is way higher then any of us want to pay.  However, when a new guy comes in and starts to bid/win every unit the field changes.  We had this happen last monday.  3 facility caravan with a large number of units (18 / 6 / 16).  First unit is open, nothing great, sells to new guy in yellow shirt.  Second unit, again to yellow shirt.  Third unit - he keeps bidding but looses to another newbie.  Fourth unit he bids and wins against a regular.  So he has set the pattern of bidding on every unit.  So from then on he got run up.  He bought 5 units total at the first facility.  He didn't show up at the 2nd or 3rd place.  Makes me wonder if he even paid as you pay for the 1st facility at the 2nd (main hq).

Now if there is (very RARE) only 4-5 of us and 10+ units we sort of make sure everyone walks away with at least one unit. 

I have a few of those little velvet boxes.  Even found a large Zales necklace box that had the sales receipt in it.  So I knew how much the necklace that USE to be in there cost.

Did find my first 10k gold ring finally in the most unlikely unit / place.  Found it in a man unit on the floor next to a shoe I was about to pick up.  Only worth 20-30 bucks but still a nice find for a $90 unit.  Where as the female unit that my daughter picked out has only resulted in costume jewelry and one .925 italy sterling silver gold color bracelet.

My Avalanche  -  used to power my phone, laptop, kindle.  Used to haul loads from the unit and out to the flea.  Storage space for all the other tools of the trade (duct tape, trash bags, broom & dust pan, etc.).

I'm not sure about storage places.  With car repair places they have to jump some legal hurdles before they can auction the cars off.  I would think the storage place would have the same or simular issues.

With the title it could be he can then sell the car as a vehicle instead of the car as "parts only / no title".  Salvaged titles bring in less money then the original IMO.