There are a couple in my area that do and of course this is a great incentive if a locker looks like it's going to have any amount of trash (and many of them do as most of you know).

This is super convenient and saves dump fees and gas. If there are only a couple of lockers being sold the thing doesn't fill up. They bring it in special on auction day and then it goes away until the next time. It's about 8 or 9 tall by 8 to 20 or so in othe dimensions. Double doors on one end ladder on other end.

Do any of the places where you buy lockers provide this service?

You'd be surprised at how much I throw away that will get picked up by a neighbor.

Doesn't surprise me. One of the buyers who used to buy only the $5 lockers (now they are $25 to $50 lockers) once told me..."You throw away more than I buy."

There really is some truth to the old saw..."one man's trash is another man's treasure."

I have a 1987 motorhome with about 20K miles. It had about 17K when I got it over 3 years ago. So not an unusual low mileage IMO. The gas mileage does suck on the thing, but it doesn't run all over the county. Most trips are with-in a 60 mile range.

The people have spoken. I guess I am thinking of just a normal Ford van of that vintage which would be more likely to have 100K miles on it.

Go for it Travis. Did the cop want it for surveillance?

Wish I had the funds to hire a part timer for afternoons!

Why not get some of the other auction buyers to bring some items to your store and charge them a commission to sell them?  They do the gathering work, they bring it to you.  You can help them set a price that will sell it and will make you some money too.

Sure, you may not want to accept items that nearly duplicate what you have, and of course your space ability needs to be considered too, but may be worth a shot.

Depending on the item you may even be able to do some kind of barter with them for stuff you have that they might want. This would rotate out old stock and bring in new...a fresh look always desireable as you know.

This is exactly why eBay changed the feedback policy...because of sellers like you. As the seller you're supposed to leave feedback based on how the buyer performed his end of the contract. If he bought and paid for the item completely according to terms, then he is entitled to positive feedback regardless of the seller's performance. You used the feedback system as a means of extorting positive feedback from a buyer even if you were not entitled to it.

Wrong on all counts.

I completed my end by packing and sending the item which I advertised accurately. I am under no obligation to give the buyer a positive feedback JUST BECAUSE he sent money.

The buyer on the other hand has unlimited freedom to say anything he wants. The items I send are exactly as described. It is not my fault if the buyer didn't read the description, or if item was damaged in shipment or if item doesn't meed buyers needs based on what buyer might have incorrectly calculated as meeting his needs.

There are in fact buyers out there who will milk the system for all its worth. They are not prevalent certainly but they are out there.

Most buyers are good, some are not.

I have sold over 1,200 items on eBay in 10 years and have about 1,050 feedback. That feedback ration on its own is noteworthy; it means a very small percentage didn't leave feedback.

Of the over 1,000 feedback I have received in 10 years, 2 were negatives. One buyer had 10 buys in the 3 years he had been a buyer. Now 7 years later he has 11 buys....and no sales.

The other buyer who left a negative feedback did so before opening a case and implied he would remove it if I met his conditions which were "give me half my money back and I keep the item".  I offered to give him a full refund upon his paid return of the item but he didn't want to do that. This is an example of what some of them will do. Not all certainly, but some.

Nope, I won't take crap from you (or anyone else) on this issue. eBay leans toward the buyer and this is widely known and talked about on eBay forums and elsewhere.

You can respond to their negative feedback regardless of who leaves feedback first. You can even give follow-up feedback to the positive feedback you left the buyer.

I should have explained myself more fully. BACK IN THE DAY, I always felt it was better to wait for THEIR feedback before leaving any of my own.

IF they left NEGATIVE feedback, then I certainly had no problem leaving THEM negative feedback. Now of course in all of eBay's wisdom a seller can no longer leave a buyer NEGATIVE feedback no matter what.

Sure, you can answer the buyer's feedback at any point...at least it might take some of the sting off their initial post.

It is also possible for a SELLER to leave a "positive" feedback for a BUYER on this order:

"I'm POSITIVE this buyer tried to extort a refund from me contrary to what he says in his feedback to me."

Of course that kind of fake positive feedback can be looked upon very unfavorably by eBay.  When you come right down to it eBay and the buyers are IN CONTROL...sellers must work around a LOT of things.

It was all pretty entertaining.

As was your telling of the incident. That ranks number one in the efforts someone would go to get around not paying for their unit and recruiting others to do some REAL dirty work to save their crap.

I can only imagine what will happen to the next door renters for cutting through the wall, putting lock on inside, moving stuff to a THIRD locker. 

This is a real mess for the facility mgrs to sort out.