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Flea Markets / Re: Flea market prices
« on: January 20, 2012, 11:47:15 AM »
A fellow part time auction buyer, went to the Flea to sell and he did not do well. Argued that the stuff had value and was not going to give it away. This even after the fellow flea market vendors told him he was too high.  So did a reality check with him on his value, he was not buying because had to much inventory. Last update he finally moved some inventory.

Going out to the Flea this weekend might piss some people off. Our prices are cheep.

My Uncle was an avid yard seller, his motto was if their books are over a quarter leave.  They value their stuff more than you do.  :D

Alias why even argue? Just walk away.  :o  LOL


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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Well, son of a.......!
« on: January 20, 2012, 11:32:03 AM »
That Stinks.

Hope you have a better day.

Want comment on the weather down south here.  ;)

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Opened storage lockers
« on: January 20, 2012, 11:25:56 AM »
Well think you are spending more time than necessary on the tenants of the lockers.

Most of ours have been from people with evictions.

On the condition unit. Do you know what item she wants back? So you are not adding it in with your assessment of value.
Most of the same owner units have things split. Cushions to sofa in one sofa in the other.
 One of our lockers was obvious had two lockers, must have gotten the other one out. It had no sofa, chairs, beds. Had one bed, two dressers, dinning table, tv's and all the clothes. Husband, wife and 4 kids. and only one bed.  ???

People do pay attention to what you pull up in. With this being your first auction I would just take the truck, because you may surprised at the prices. We have gone with and with out the trailer. Without you spend more gas if you buy and less money if you don't. 
We have a whale we have learned if he comes without help and his trailer he want buy as much.  ;D
Wishing you luck
We went to 4 or 5 auctions before we bought one.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Opened storage lockers
« on: January 20, 2012, 08:23:34 AM »
Sell the heck out of the older TV' s too. Husband avoids them but they do sell. $20 to $50 for them.

Ours don't go south of the boarder think they go for the lower income families around here. Attach DVD player and babysitter.  :P

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Flea Markets / Re: Not there yet. :(
« on: January 20, 2012, 08:15:39 AM »
I would put stuff on the ground at the flea market.  I have never sold at one, but when I go, I hardly ever look at the stuff on the tables unless I am looking for something in particular. If there's stuff in boxes on the floor...that's where I look! Never know what kind of "treasures" might be in there. 

Hopefully we pulled the treasures out. LOL   
Think we will be ok all the clothes are sorted and in totes so can set them out on the ground. Have a lot of glass stuff. Plates and misc. stuff. Think will set out only two sets of plates, and replenish when they sell.

Have to go threw the purses we have, knock off's in there, need to pull those out. Hoping for a profitable weekend.  ;D

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Auction Scene #1...January, 2012
« on: January 20, 2012, 07:01:11 AM »
I wouldnt look for prices to get any cheaper, only perhaps higher with income taxes upon us. Adult christmas is here!

Will agree with you there.

Hope it works on selling though.  ;D Why we have so much at the Thrift. Adult Christmas.  ;D

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Flea Markets / Re: Not there yet. :(
« on: January 20, 2012, 06:47:09 AM »
Thanks Monkey

Have to go down in person to pay cash for our spot today.
I am struggling with the one table thing.
 Have so much little stuff. Putting on the ground does not sound good to me. Oh well will give it a shot.
 If we can unload a lot of the clothes would be great.
Have 4 more bags to go through, One came apart yesterday with my reorganization. Look good all clean, just no ware to put them. LOL
If we sell out will be at the laundry matt next week washing up about 20 pillow cases full.  :P

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South East / Re: Raleigh/Durham
« on: January 20, 2012, 06:31:25 AM »
No idea of the auction scene up there. My Dad lives in Southern Pines, says he has gotten some good deals at estate sales (of course not for resale).

May have to hit you guys up for some favours in the future.  ;)

My sister has oh I don't know how many storage buildings, she struggles with the payments. Long story, nasty divorce, lost everything (house, land ect) took everything she could out of the house. Was married for 20 years, no kids. So a lot of stuff not worth the storage.(worth something but not 3 years of storage) It was a mental thing. She is currently in Main, snowed in until summer. LOL  There for her medical issues (declared insane by the government). She is Bi Polar. I call her an artist which she is. Doing really well in Main.

Anyway told her when she is ready to empty the storage or at least down size I will help. Trying to get connections here.  ;D. She lived in Graham, NC  sure the storage facility is not to far from there.

Just thought I would put a feeler out for you NC folks. I have already set the seed in her, that she may just have to sell in lots, to get rid of it. Because trying to sell by other means takes to much time, and connections.
Oh yeah I lived in Scotland County as a kid.  ;)

Good luck to you guys/gals.

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Picker's Paradise / Re: Craigslist email etiquette ????
« on: January 19, 2012, 06:24:23 PM »
Yeah Movieman has been talking about his ipad (not a phone).

We do ebay still learning the smalls.

 I have been holding out on the "smart" phone first the decision of which one (Windows hater) and then the changing the cell phone plan. Also trying to convince my husband it is a good investment.

Gps App would be nice too.

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Picker's Paradise / Re: Garage sale score
« on: January 19, 2012, 06:05:00 PM »
I've done alright with CL listed sales. I think you have to pay attention to what they're listing and check any pics to get an idea if it's worth your time or not.


I like the ones that say has to go then list there items and the prices are for a retail store. LOL

And the ones that don't give an address.

We do ok usually just gets us going in that direction and we stop at every sign we see. Sometimes don't even make it to the one we were going too. 
We have another online classified, started before CL came out. So that one is pretty good. Everyone in the area uses it.

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Picker's Paradise / Re: Craigslist email etiquette ????
« on: January 19, 2012, 05:56:54 PM »
Well I need a new phone been putting getting one off.

My kids are older and they know Momma does not text. LOL

Takes me to long to figure out the # for the letter.
I have a hard enough time spelling then to add the find the letter within a number. I am lost.  Might get into it if I had a real key pad.

Heck I don't even like voice mail..

Showing my age. ROTF.


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  Money~we may need to talk to your silver-spoon-fed friend! :D

That bad ??????
:D :D

I think I would like some art.  Just remember filled your savings account back up.  ;)

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Opened storage lockers
« on: January 19, 2012, 03:41:44 PM »
..what are you looking for when you are looking for resale stuff?

Anything you know you can sell. Us furniture. With the lockers and misc. stuff you learn what sells. Us Kids clothes.


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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Digging in locker story time.
« on: January 19, 2012, 03:23:48 PM »
Like the table Craigsltauction.

Well after a total nothing done yesterday (rained all day) did get the ads on CL.

Went and cleaned up our sorting area, Finally have it working much easier. Broke apart a lost cause china hutch (small). Salvaged the handles and latches, (we spent $7 on nob's for a dresser). Pulled the plastic off the front and husband is enjoying the fire.  ;D

We too did not expect to get one either so still have to repair the table and chairs. Screw gun and a staple gun to recover the chairs and put table back together. Might have to sell it on CL with the current thrift store issue.

We have a large car trailer (husbands father built it) Got it unloaded last week. Someone wanted to borrow it so they unloaded the steel decking we were storing on it.  ;D
Then we bought 100 fence post, trailer loaded again. LOL We borrow my uncles for the lockers, he has a horse trailer we can use also.

Craig your truck looks like us when we are empting a locker...  ;)

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Picker's Paradise / Re: GovDeals.com
« on: January 19, 2012, 02:49:54 PM »
Good Luck

No help here if it rolls and is cheap or in a locker goes to the thrift. But if you get 4 that work and sell really cheap $20 each you should do fine.

M2C.  ;)

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