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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: To what extent do you clean out the unit?
« on: March 27, 2013, 01:12:48 PM »
depends on the facility some just want the stuff out , others want it swept
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Online Storage Auctions / Re: The Future of Storage Auctions Has NOT arrived; online auctions will not prevail
« on: March 26, 2013, 09:52:44 PM »Buyers on the site are informed when there is a lien sale taking place online and at the facility. Buyers are also informed that they will need to contact the facility 1 hour after the in-person sale to find out if they were outbid at the live sale. Also, the storage facility can press a button and notify the highest online bidder that they were outbid at the live sale.
im a bit lost so this isnt proxy bidding like ebay ? max bids are shown in the online auction?
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eBay / Re: New eBay listing info; free listings, one flat final value fee; store news
« on: March 25, 2013, 08:37:55 AM »
as a non store subscriber fvf on auctions are going up, from 9 to 10% , for my fixed price listings they are actually coming down from 12- 10%
store subscribers are now getting free listings and fvfs will be coming down on smaller prices , they are doing away with the tiered fvf structure though so higher priced items will be getting an increase
store subscribers are now getting free listings and fvfs will be coming down on smaller prices , they are doing away with the tiered fvf structure though so higher priced items will be getting an increase
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Online Storage Auctions / Re: The Future of Storage Auctions Has NOT arrived; online auctions will not prevail
« on: March 25, 2013, 08:33:59 AM »
efg etc .
The facility owners in my area are more concerned with getting the unit back onto the available inventory than they are with getting even with the rent . They arent going to want to wait a week or 10 days for an online auction to run , get paid and cleaned out. Especially when they are turning away new clients because they are out of 5x10s or 10x10s
The facility owners in my area are more concerned with getting the unit back onto the available inventory than they are with getting even with the rent . They arent going to want to wait a week or 10 days for an online auction to run , get paid and cleaned out. Especially when they are turning away new clients because they are out of 5x10s or 10x10s
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The Lounge / Re: Why don't members here answer poll questions?
« on: March 24, 2013, 10:48:46 AM »
im thinking that the majority of the people that come in and look around do so infrequently ,they may miss the polls completely if its been more than a day or 2 since it was posted
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Survey Part 2
« on: March 24, 2013, 10:44:10 AM »
you need to cut down that up to 30 miles I answered both surveys up to 30 but the reality is I would probably pass if it were any more than 15
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Survey Part 1
« on: March 24, 2013, 10:40:54 AM »
this is a subjective question travis and will depend a lot on the responders locale, I have 6 facilities under 2 miles from my house including 2 i can walk to . Someone living out in the country might have to drive 10 miles to get to a town , much less a storage facility
unless you get a overwhelming response this data is going to be flawed by to few responses from scattered locales
unless you get a overwhelming response this data is going to be flawed by to few responses from scattered locales
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Selling Store Cards on eBay
« on: March 23, 2013, 03:56:56 PM »How do eBay sellers of store cards (like Home Depot) make any money on them?
I have seen Home Depot cards with a value of $200 sell on eBay for $180 as an example. The only thing I can think is that the seller of this card bought it from some hard-up person and gave THAT person maybe $50 to $100 for it and then is flipping it on eBay.
OR....person "A" buys it with a credit card for $200 (defaults on the cc payment) and sells the card for cash to person "B" for $100 and THEN person "B" sells it for $180 on eBay. Something might go wrong somewhere along that line for the crooks trying it.
you missed one scenario , person buys stuff at yard sale , auction, craigs list etc returns item to store and sells the store credit card
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The Lounge / Re: What is stainless steel scrap price in your area ?
« on: March 15, 2013, 04:04:21 PM »
non magnetic stainless was 50 cents a pound last i checked
dirty copper 2.50 ish clean bright copper around $3
insulated wire around a buck
aluminum 45 cents ad a nickel if its siding or gutters
iron 10 cents
steel 8 cents
dirty copper 2.50 ish clean bright copper around $3
insulated wire around a buck
aluminum 45 cents ad a nickel if its siding or gutters
iron 10 cents
steel 8 cents
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The Lounge / Re: Truck rental prices
« on: March 12, 2013, 07:20:47 AM »Also check with storage facilities on their parking rates. CubeSmart around here just offered me a parking spot for $65 a month!
welcome to new york cubesmart.com/new-york-self-storage/floral-park-self-storage/results/
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Mike Braiotta's Blog / Re: Mike Braiotta From Storage Wars New York
« on: March 11, 2013, 08:39:55 AM »You can see an answer Mike provided in THIS THREAD in MESSAGE #112 above. That is in PAGE 8 of this thread.
thank you !
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Craigslist / Re: Craigslist Scammers - Texting the scam
« on: March 11, 2013, 08:36:30 AM »
be careful they now text from pay #s , you respond and get charged
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Other Forms of Selling / Re: Etsy Statistics....their monthly "Weather Report"
« on: March 09, 2013, 06:30:51 PM »Maybe MY math is wrong; I took $117 million in sales and divided by 6 million sales to get an average of $19.50 per sale.
Anyone want to try a third math calculation so we can get some consensus?
nope you are right and i screwed up
to quote the great homer DO'H
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Other Forms of Selling / Re: Etsy Statistics....their monthly "Weather Report"
« on: March 09, 2013, 01:53:40 PM »
its interesting to say the least but unless im reading that wrong the average sale seems to be about $2