I have found that I like vintage jewelry. I don't wear alot of jewelry but I have found it to be very interesting and am learning quite a bit about it. I really didn't realize how expensive some of it can be. It doesn't hurt that I have several pricey pieces from a couple of units. I have been building my Etsy store and am doing quite well with it. Another plus is it doesn't take up alot of room.

The very first unit I bought was a multiple unit. She had two and they both went the same day. If I knew now what I didn't know then I would have bought both. Live and learn.
There were a few things that I am sure were in the other unit (mostly the rest of the china dish sets) but mostly everything was whole. The second unit was bedroom stuff and not near as good as the first in my opinion.
The lady that bought it was not very nice when I asked her about it. She seemed irritated with me so I backed off. She left shortly after we talked and I didn't see her there again. I was hoping we could maybe put some of the sets back together and make some deals but oh well. That buyer still comes to auctions and she is still not very nice but not just to me to everyone.

I also have a unit owner I have been watching for the last year. He is the ex owner of the facility and had three units. When I bought the first one he came and talked to me. He wanted some personals back but couldn't remember if they were in that unit or one of the other two he owned. Some of the personal items he wanted back were guns. They were not in the unit I bought. His other two units (he told me the unit numbers) have come up once but didn't auction. I'm sure he probably got the guns out but the first unit was a very good one so I am hoping the others are just as good.

Always some kind of order around here. Either from one side to the other or back to front. I have never felt like there was a best first or last.

This morning there were two units and five buyers. First unit 10 X 15 stuffed full. First thing I saw were five mattresses. Yuck! Went for $300.00 to the only newbie there. Second unit 10 X 10 not much but a few things with potential. I bid Went for $60.00 to a regular. Was to much for my liking. Hope we have some good prices tomorrow at the piece auction. Need a few fillers for the store. It has been a busy couple of weeks.

This last unit I bought I hired a friend to help me with. Lots of heavy lifting and I couldn't do it myself. She is having a very hard time with all of this stuff.
Seems the mom was in pain management and didn't take very good care of her children. She bought every toy you can imagine for her kids. Everything is filthy! The clothes are gross and every surface is drawn on. The mom obviously didn't pay any attention to her kids. I believe by a few pieces of mail in the unit that the kids were taken away. I don't have a problem with this but my friend feels sorry for these people even though she doesn't know them.
Anyone ever have a unit where the story you put together tugs at your heart strings? I haven't yet but this is a business to me and I try not to get emotionally involved.   

I agree HomeGrownPromos. I can't imagine how much time it would take to get everything on the floor if I had to enter it before. Normally if the box looks good I will just set it out until I can get to it for pricing and stocking shelves. I do use Quickbooks for simple data entry because I use it for the other two businesses I run but I have no intention to use anything more than the cash register to keep track of sales.

Merry Christmas back at you from sunny Central Coast Cali.