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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: The Storage Auction Pro
« on: February 05, 2013, 12:32:02 PM »
congrats on launching the book ging to pm you and check it out. good job and good luck.
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All the standard: birth/marriage/death certs. Tax info. Ect....
Also pictures (take out of album if you want it). Cards (body, Xmas....).
Don't have to but trophy's, awards, things like wedding glasses etched with name.
Pretty liberal and fair on what's considered "personal"......it you think it may be sentimental, personal.
Sentimental but spendy and you can sell....suddenly not so personal.
I think sex toys are pretty dang personal, they don't.
Bad News/Good News...About a year ago I sold 3 items (packed in two priority large flat ate boxes)...tracking #'s said they were delivered... 3 weeks later he messages me " ummm,have you shipped the boxes"?...huh,what?... I say yep they've been delivered per tracking... actually a nice guy after several phone conversations,...( and me going to my Post office several times)I believe he didn't get them...so he got his $263.00 plus $30.00 (shipping) total investment back from me...AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!... but it was the right thing to do...that was in Feb,2012...... sometime in JULY,2012,guess what?... TWO boxes show up on my doorstep marked UNDELIVERABLE !!!! again HUH,WHAT??called the guy and offered them again,he passed...so now the GOOD NEWS... relisted them..all 3 items sold within three weeks ( BIN/Make Offer)...Total Sales amount second time around...$470.00 + shipping ... karma?luck?who knows...
Those involved in storage auctions, picking & re-selling as a business; what do you think is the greatest obstacle to overcome so you can grow/upscale your business?
Personally I think it's the risk of inventory shrinkage (theft/damage) by adding employees or more employees to your operations.
Your "eyes" can't be everywhere, so if you hire people to clean out the units, load and unload the inventory, sort inventory, work at your store, etc. There is a high risk of the best items dissapearing before you ever knew you had them. Add in carelessness, lack of work ethic; and you get damaged furniture, electronics, broken glassware, antiques, collectibles, etc.
Not only that your gross sales must overcome the compensation you are paying your employees/contractors as well.
There I one facility that not only wants the personal items, they have a list of things to leave.
They even allow you to leave it in the unit.
I tried to say mattresses seem pretty personal.....I lost that argument.
I beg to differ. I never hesitate to report those lowlifes scumbags that run scams or use auto-posting software. It takes some persistence, but the ads always seem to go away after a couple of days. I fully encourage everyone to report all of these type of ads posted by these cheaters.
LOL! It isn't much of a hassle at all... Just a couple of clicks and done.
Phil