wow thats a good find

this is just my personal opinion but you really have to love what you do to be in storage auctions. there are other businesses that are going to be less time, less work and better margins. with storage auctions there's a thrill to the surprise of whats going to be in the unit, many people find it enjoyable networking and talking with others at auctions as well as when selling at flea markets and garage sales. if your strictly looking for some side money there's better ways but if you actually enjoy what you do yes y ou can make some money

yeah way back this was kind of an issue. in my area some of the facilities are taking your social security number and turning you over to collections if you dont pay. the couple hundred bucks you make off running a scam like this isn't worth ruining your credit unless your credit is already in the toilet anyway. technically this is fraud since they had the attempt to defraud hte storage facility as well ass bidders however it could never really be proven. this annoys me, anyone who's ever been in the storage auction game i would hope would never do this as you understand how much work it is, how thin margins can be and what a disapointment this would be if it happenned to you.

Recently I noticed the best match search function seems to have really changed alot. Wondering if anyone else has noticed and if maybe they have changed the algoritym. Myself and another ebayer were pretty much dominating the top 3-4 pages of search results. Basically overnight all my items fell to being several hundred items deep under various search terms. havn't really been able to climb back up despite playing with different keywords, adding higher quality pictures, free shipping on everything, 14 day returns, etc. nothing seems to help. just curious if its just me or if anyone else noticed this as well?

also, i notice a lot of smaller sellers with cheaper items are getting top ranking where as before it was higher dollar items and bigger sellers with stores, top rated sellers, etc.

yeah make sure you take into account your getting hit with fees on shipping which can really add up on more expensive shipping items. ebay prices are pretty low so chances are if you can't unload an item on craigslist there's not gonna be much interest on ebay, especially taking into consideration a hefty shipping cost

ebay has a new program called ebay global, not sure if you have to be invited or if its open to everyone but basically you ship your product to an ebay sorting facility and ebay ships the item internationally for you. basically once you get the package in ebays hand which is a domestic shipment they take care of the rest and all the libalility.

sounds like  a really interesting program, i was psyched ot try it out however unfortunately they dont allow my ebay category in the program.

great read, thanks for posting