teacher, i was curious do you list all 100 listings manually or do you have a software that does them? if you have software you mind sharing? ive been looking for a multiposting multi city software for a while now but they are very expensive and there's really no gurantee craigslist wont shut it down a day after you buy it

Glad you had a good time at the auction. As to your questions I started out storing stuff in my garage never brought anything in my house too scared of bedbugs, roaches, mice, rats, etc so even garage probably isn't a fantastic idea but better than house. If you plan on doing this long term maybe put up a storage shed in the backyard. Personally I rent a unit I keep my stuff in or in really large units will just take over the unit for a month or two until I unload my stuff.

As for transporting items Home Depot actually rents trucks for $24.95 for few hours. That's not only way cheaper than uhaul but its also a much quicker checkout process vs sitting in uhaul for 45 minutes filling out paperwork to get your truck.

some storage facilities have their own box truck or rent  box trucks, if you get in good with the storage facility manager they will normally let you use their truck for free, I normally bring them a subway sandwhich or something when I go to auctions so works as a little bribe/relationship builder.

Also Here's a great book to help storage auction newbies only $2.99 for all the info you need to get started. http://www.amazon.com/Make-Money-Storage-Auctions-ebook/dp/B00A0245Z4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356628478&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+make+money+with+storage+unit+auctions is a good book for beginnerrs with everything you need to know to make money buying units.

i watch that show from time to time. yeah most of  those guys are pretty handy and use scrap items to make prepping supplies, tools, machines. i imagine there's alot of stuff in units most of us would consider either scrap or junk that they can refashion into something usable for their prepping lifestyle

I remember one time years ago back when flat screen tv's had real value like in the thousands i gambled on a unit thinking there was atv in the box, was happy to see it was in the box, the unit did have plenty of good stuff and would have amde a killing even without the tv.

normallly my rule of thumb is only pay for the value i can see, no guessing or hoping.

Totally depends on units. The really really large units that hold an entire household are going for like $1500 and that's without any big ticket items even really being visiblee such as appliances, car, lawnmowers, tv's etc. Smaller units that are full are going for $300-$500.

Hard to really nail down prices though as sometimes one visible item people want can drive the price up several hundred bucks

I like the shaved head dude and his wife from the origional storage wars. I don't really like the dude as he's just not that likable but I like how they seem like a down to earth couple who work hard and are kind of the underdog.

I have found you definately have to find that balance between maximizing profit out of every item vs being willing to sit on items for months at a time and spending time searching out the right buyers. Maybe I can get an extra $50 for an item but if that means I'm sitting on the item for 6 months and spending additonal time seeking out buyers maybe I'm better off just selling it for a little less. That's a call everyone has to make for themselves though.

Pardon my bluntness, but you're an idiot for sending $7,000 worth of merchandise COD. I don't care who the shipper is or what kind of reputation they might have. If it's not paid for, never ever ship it out!

You really have no idea what I'm sending or the industry I'm in. This is standard practice for the industry and if you're not willing to do it as a seller your going to lose out on business as many people want COD.

Also, I did everything I needed to do, I can't help that Fedex drivers are incompetent. It's not uncommon for my competitors to send upwards of 50k worth of merchandise this way. I was actually advised by my supplier to use it and start offering it as he said he's never had any problems. Now however I just have my supplier handle these larger orders for me and I take a cut albeit a smaller cut but no worries on my side.