craiglstauction..... When a carrier attempts delivery of a sig con and the customer is not there a notice is left and the package is returned and will be held for 15 days before it is returned to sender. Your customer may have waited a couple weeks until they came to pick it up. The USPS tracking site should have shown an attempted scan a few days after mailing if this is the case. Not sure about the letter, give me some more info and I'll try to help figure out what happened.

Thanks. Been a busy week with a lot of OT at the regular job, haven't had time to do anything with this unit yet. Did some research Sunday and got a few nice finds here. One is a framed/matted Norman Rockwell litho print that is flawless. I found an identicle one with a messed up matt that sold for 35.00 online. Some of the other prints are by well known artists that sold online for 5.00 - 15.00 as well as a print of a watercolor that is signed by the artist that sold online for 20.00 with no frame. The luggage is a 4 piece vintage Trojan hardcase set from the 60's and is in excellant condition with the key to lock them. So it's time to get busy and make some $.                           

onealx4.......... thanks for the great idea, I'm going to look into that!

Pre-cut locks are the norm here in TN. I've been to dozens of auctions and only one time did they cut the owners lock off at the auction. The 8 units I have won did not give me any reason to think they had been tampered with or I would not have found the items I did. If the locker owner shows up with the rent just before the auction and items are missing there will be some splainin to do. I saw an auction stopped in the middle of bidding because owner showed up and paid.

jrossjr, I have great respect for your knowledge and experience so I'm not suprised by your non losing streak. I got away from my gameplan and it will cost me 30-40 bucks, not a major loss. I calculated my Return (sales + resale value of items kept) to Cost of Units ratio and was 4.04 to 1.00. This was before the bad unit and was greatly influenced by a unit I have made 9x the cost so far, though I have done quite well on the others. With the other costs factored in this has still been a profitable venture for doing it as a second job. The problem with doing this for a Get Rich Quick Scheme is the lack of preparedness will bite you in the ass. To be successful at this takes planning, discipline, patience and constantly growing knowledge. You and the veterans here helped me get started and I will always be grateful. Got a small unit yesterday that I will easily double my money, so lesson learned and stick to the gameplan. Looking forward to you jumping back in.

Happened to me last week, not a fun time working on a loser. Make the best of it and move on. I got a nice little unit yesterday that will make up my loss and then some. Good luck on your next unit.

This is a favorite topic for me as I planned on yardsales as my main way to sell all the smalls and clothes I get. I have posted my thoughts and methods before but am curious about a couple things. Size of town? Type of advertising? How do you price? I'm always looking for new ideas from successful yardsales regardless of method, so if you get a chance to post some specifics I would greatly appreciate it.

Yes. Decided after first couple units that I can't get caught up in all that stuff because it will just drag me down. Finding pics of the kids when I have all their toys and clothes still tugs at me a little, but have to sell it and move on. I would think it gets to be less of an issue with time and more units. The veterans will have better perspective.