I've done both (found them in lockers and picking) and am wondering how widespread it is to find Bose products.

You mean you could try. It's truly a talent possessed by so few.

We'll never know how good our RESPONSES are to your THREADS until you START some threads. 

Took us 10 trips, 2 1/2 hour drive each way (more with traffic, once it took 4 hours).

Incredible load...what was your total gasoline expense?

Lately I have seen several websites that buy cellular phones. I recently saw a kiosk in our local mall that buys them as well. Has anyone used one of these services and if so, how did it work out?

Nope, haven't used either one, but in regard to kiosk sites check out the link below; take a look at reply #2.

http://storageauctionforums.com/other-forms-of-selling/a-way-to-sell-cell-phones/msg27307/#msg27307

Obviously what I take home is no where near as impressive as the overall sales number.

I'd be more interested to hear what your NET was (after product cost and all other expenses).

Obviously you have a small product that sells in large numbers.

Why don't you save a lot of time it just give it to Movieman now. He owns that section.

Nope, I won't be competing there anymore than I have been competing in the cList section. A $50 gift card doesn't do it for me. I would consider$150 but would truly participate if it were $250. 

So what is this mystery tool?

It's the same thing as the "specialty" tools I've mentioned before. That is to say, if I told you what they were, they wouldn't be a mystery or a specialty anymore.

This is the kind of thing I sell on either eBay or sometimes cList and since people from all over the country read the forum there's no point in giving the competition any ideas about buying and listing a similar item. In this particular case there are already a half dozen listed (if not more) but they are spread throughout the USA and my hope is to grab the person who is willing to drive a couple of hundred miles to get this one as it is HEAVY...two parts totaling almost two hundred pounds. None of the other sellers are willing to ship either.

I will give you this though in regard to "specialty tools"...they can be used by any number of types of people from, car or aircraft  mechanics, lumberjacks, ranchers, construction workers, muscians, hobbyists, theatre performers, etc. They all use specialty tools and some of them are semi-rare in our used world.

....if so, what was the result ?