Up to this point the method I've used is just to load it myself. I load everything I can with my van. The bigger pieces sit in the unit until I HAVE to get it out. If the facility gives me 3 days to vacate, I put an ad up on craigslist for those items and sell from that unit. Anything that doesn't sell goes into a U-Haul. By myself and a hand truck I can load just about anything. You should see some of the crazy looks I get moving a sectional couch by myself.

That being said, going into the summer is not going to be fun.. I may have to invest in some muscle on those hot summer days.

Bought a locker on Thursday.. It's a loser I think.. Got a bed frame, wood, repainted.. badly. A decent round side table with drawer, antique-y.. another chair that is antique-y (but just found out it was broken and repaired).. The winner of the locker is a 1949 Philco 1100 radio. In decent shape. The plug is falling apart so I can't test to see if it powers on, etc. Can't find anything regarding sales for a value.. If someone wants to help me out with that, I'd appreciate it!

He is getting more and more pathetic each week. He's like a jealous boyfriend..

Some storage facilities have a policy where they stop the bidding if the unit reaches a certain dollar amount...probably for some legal reason.

I can appreciate that. At Public Storage, once the bid gets to $1,000 the management has to call the DM to get approval to continue. This one was kinda fishy though..

Around here, it's okay as long as you clear it with the management and auctioneer. One auctioneer announces it to the crowd as part of his auction rules. After the sale, as long as it's cool with the winning bidder, nobody can tell you to stop, IMO. So many people use the flash on their camera phones as flashlights around here, it's tough to tell who's using the light, or who's using the camera.

In my neck of the woods, (NC) I've never seen a Sunday auction, let alone a caravan. If there were, I wouldn't be inclined to attend anyway. I'd be at the flea market selling what I bought during the week. One thing I do miss out on is yard sales on the weekend because I'm at the flea market.. One guy was telling me today that he does better picking yard sales than at storage auctions.. and he buys A LOT.

But I digress.. Around here Sundays are most definitely reserved for church. At the flea market, we don't get traffic until 1-2 p.m. at best.

Yeah, you're right. The boxes are tied to an account with a past due balance.. Although, they did say that the access card dept may issue a new card on these boxes so that I can use them.. but highly unlikely.

I think he would be a terrible auctioneer. Say what you want about Dotson, but his cadence is one of the best.. Comparing to the guys around here, of course. Around these parts, there's an auctioneer who uses "homina" as in homina homina homina as part of his cadence.. I think he's saying "How many." but it comes out homina because of his NC country accent.