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Picker's Paradise / Ranch Sale #2...junk and treasures
« on: September 02, 2013, 08:52:39 AM »
I went to a ranch sale (as we call them here in central California) in mid-June and just found the pics.

This is the second sale (not same location) for summer, 2013.

These pics were taken the 2nd day and are shown here just for showing barn size mostly.
Lots of stuff in out buildings and in the main house.







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Stories about Storage Auctions / Auction Scene #9.....September, 2013
« on: September 01, 2013, 09:29:05 PM »
Happy Labor Day !

Post here what the crowds and locker prices are like as we edge our way toward the last quarter of 2013.


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Craigslist / Re: September Contest - $50 Gift Card
« on: August 31, 2013, 10:11:29 AM »
During the month of September, whoever makes the most posts in the Craigslist category wins a $50 gift card to the retailer of your choice. New subjects also count as posts. (Posts in this thread don't count.)

In the interest of COMPLETE understanding, are the requirements stated above subject to amendment once the offer offically begins?


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eBay / Re: EBAY - FREE 500 LISTINGS
« on: August 31, 2013, 09:36:35 AM »
In both May and June of 2012 eBay offered the free 50,000 listings.

Here's the link for the May, 2012 offer:

http://storageauctionforums.com/ebay/free-auction-style-listing-may-16th/msg18232/#msg18232


What brainiac thought that one up ?  ;D

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eBay / Re: EBAY - FREE 500 LISTINGS
« on: August 31, 2013, 09:32:30 AM »
Just an FYI
Ebay is offering 500 Free Listings (listing Fee) UNTIL Tuesday 9/4

Get the fingers flying and List

The only way we'll find out if this is any kind of big deal to any of us is for someone to post here and say they have actually been paying ANY lisitng fees for the last 6 months to a year.

I think we'll find that no one has been.

eBay even sends out individual emails offering more than that. Some time ago there was a post on here showing eBay had sent an offer for 50,000 free listings. (I'll try to find it and post it here later). I do remember when I got one of those that there was a line in it about "by invitation only". 

I'm just waiting for them to come up with the next way to hold back some of our money when we make a sale !

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1. I'm no big wig. I'm just a guy who loves buying storage units that happens to own a few websites about my hobby. I'm no different than any of you. I don't want to get caught up in the politics of the storage industry.

Now, as to MovieMan, he has had it out for me for quite some time. He's an antagonist and he's always looking to make a mountain out of a molehill.  I tolerate him. Why? He adds a lot to the forum. To tell you the truth, his pessimism and criticism actually drive me to work harder.

I agree with almost everything Travis says above, except for the part about "I'm no different than any of you."

The fact is that as the owner of the forum I personally believe you should be held to be more accountable, and you are already caught up in the politics of the storage industry as evidenced by your encounters with other storage websites and in particular with outfits who run online storage auctions. It's impossible for you NOT to be caught up in the politics of it all when you make statements indicating you will drive the others out of business.

As to having it "out" for you for sometime, you are right in that I have questioned your approach and your integrtity since the days when you were only a member here and not the owner of the forum. The forum took a turn when that happened and while some of it was for the good, some wasn't.

If my criticism of you has inspired you to "try harder" then it has done its job.  Perhaps you subscribe to a Hollywood thesis that "Any publicity is better than no publicity", though if you ever reach the Lindsey Lohan (sp?) level even I will give up on you.


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Travis has been revealed to be unethical in several aspects, like re-selling the lockers hes combed through. But what has also been said; he is the leader of the only active forum on the subject.

All the more reason to be a truthful and responsible member of the community.


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There is nothing unethical about that. As a matter of fact, I thought it was pretty creative.
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So did the poster named mhuynh9.

Still, what would you have said to either of the two scenarios I suggested that someone was ready to buy that day or the next?  I GUESS you just could have said..."I can't be there until the 30th", sure that would work.

Then of course when you didn't win the locker you could just tell them..."sorry, it's already been sold". That would be the truth too. Of course if they continued to look at clist or elsewhere and saw it come up again, if they actually met with the REAL owner it might all come out, but what do you care.  You don't.

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First of all...your accusations are ridiculous. Let me set the record straight.


They aren't accusations, though they are innuendo. This just goes along with your statement on more than one occasion that you would "...do anything to make a buck".

What would you have done if a potential buyer on clist (on the first day you ran the ad) had said. "I will meet you TODAY with $3,000 dollars for the forklift assuming it fires up." ? Or if someone had said, "Give me your PayPal address and I will give you a $500 deposit based on inspection and will pay you the balance upon pickup tomorrow".

If they did this right when you placed the ad as a FOR SALE item, would you have said "I can't be there until the 30th" or would you have said "Well, I don't really own it yet, I was just trying to see if someone would buy it for "x" dollars". ?

No matter how you and the other poster dress it up, it's not what most people would consider a "good business practice". But that's just MY opinion.  ;D


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I read the original post and I think it was interesting that Travis posted on Clist before he had it.  I think that is pretty smart.  Curious to see what the rest of the community thinks.  As long as no money changes hands it should be a smart business practice.

Why am I not surprised YOU would think that !  ;D

As long as no money changes hands it should be a smart business practice?  My thought would be un-ethical. Not illegal, but unethical.

It would be like having someone like "you" start a thread about the Storage Battles auction (drumming up business for it) when in fact YOU might have a special interest in seeing it go for $3K or more as you indicated.

Nope, all of it is unethical, under-handed, and not right. But then what can one expect...lie down with dogs...get up with fleas.


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Online Storage Auctions / Re: Forklift and solar panels
« on: August 29, 2013, 01:40:44 PM »


Whoever bought this unit is a complete idiot. I wish I could slap you!

Slap him with a fat wad of Benjamins.


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I think once a buyer always a buyer.


Then you are right in line with Travis as he has said those very words himself.  ;D

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Here's the link to the STORAGE BATTLES completed auction: Expired

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Some weeks ago our fearless leader (Travis) was seeking input in a thread he started about a Clark forklift.
He was wondering what we thought it was worth.  He advertised it on Craigslist under Dallas but with his Temple/Killeen phone number. The cList ad is now gone.

Below is the link to the original heavy equipment thread where he asked for our views about the clark. I thought it had been deleted, but here it is.

http://storageauctionforums.com/vehicles-at-storage-auctions/heavy-equipment/msg29348/#msg29348

Below is the link to the current thread about the Clark forklift (fork lift).

http://storageauctionforums.com/online-storage-auctions/forklift-and-solar-panels/msg29553/?topicseen#msg29553

I was under the impression (wrong?) that Travis actually owned the Clark which he was attempting to sell on Clist, but now as shown in the thread above it sold on STORAGE BATTLES ! as an online auction and Travis has some new feelings about the person who bought the locker ONLINE for over $6,000.

This is an interesting puzzle as it raises several questions, one if which is why Travis would react so strongly about the outrageous price when his very premise for the virtual storage auction business is the promotion of online auctions...whatever the results might be.

Oh well, the web is even more tangled than I thought.  Heck, maybe Travis put the locker on STORAGE BATTLES and is presently counting out those $6K worth of 100 dollar bills in the comfort of his recliner while watching Duck Dynasty!  ;D


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South West / Re: Ya'll are more dedicated than me.....
« on: August 28, 2013, 06:37:24 PM »
I'll take Cali's climate over Texas any day of the week.

This is one thing on which Travis and I will agree.

I grew up in KS, lived in Dallas for a year and moved to California.  High humidity matched with high temps is no fun.

Looking at Weatherspark's humidity summaries for two locations, they don't look all that different, but when you look at the months when the humidty is highest in each location and THEN factor in what the temps might be during those times it makes more sense.

Either way, its not the Pacific NorthWest !

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Humidity for Sacramento, CA

The relative humidity typically ranges from 26% (dry) to 97% (very humid) over the course of the year, rarely dropping below 15% (dry) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid).
The air is driest around September 1, at which time the relative humidity drops below 32% (comfortable) three days out of four; it is most humid around January 3, exceeding 95% (very humid) three days out of four.

Humidity for Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

The relative humidity typically ranges from 37% (comfortable) to 89% (very humid) over the course of the year, rarely dropping below 20% (dry) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid).
The air is driest around July 27, at which time the relative humidity drops below 42% (comfortable) three days out of four; it is most humid around June 3, exceeding 83% (humid) three days out of four.



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