Good deal! If you get to make your money back plus keep some items, it's a win!

Without seeing the chairs.. You may want to call your local tattoo shops. Depending on the chairs, they may want them. They have a use for the sinks as well. Also check with your local cosmetology/hair schools..

My "day job" is a distributor of promotional products. Custom pens, mugs, tee shirts, tote bags.. That kind of stuff. My business is mainly local but I also do business online. I won't mention the website without express permission. But yeah, I help businesses bring more customers through their doors using inexpensive giveaways.

My goal, however, is to open up a thrift store locally. Keep it stocked with auction findings. To start, I'm gonna be at flea markets, selling on craigslist and keep growing my inventory. At that time, I'll turn over the promo product business to a manager and sales assistant or 2 and be a silent owner.

Are you good at re-purposing? I'm so not.. But if I were, I would be buying a lot more of those types of units! I'm currently looking for someone in my area who is good at all that kind of stuff to partner up with! Lots of artsy fartsy types out here who love that kind of stuff!

I do deliver, I charge a flat $20 for delivery within 30 miles of wherever the product is (which of my own units I have it in). I only do curb-side delivery. Meaning, I get it to your curb, beyond that is up to you. Now, I've broken that rule depending on the situation. i.e. going into a single story or on the first floor.

Beyond 30 miles, I usually tell someone that it'd be cheaper to rent a UHaul and come get it than me bring it to them.

Also, I only have a minivan, so some items like refrigerators and such, I don't have the capacity to deliver.. yet. 

I'm not trying to discourage you at all the main thing is to open your store in an area where a majority of middle class people live. Rich people are to ashamed to be seen walking in a thrift/second hand store and people with low income will nickel and dime you to death. I am just speaking from my experience I am no retail expert.

I understand completely. I live in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area, in a town called Apex. It's middle class to upper middle class. But, there is a very strong thrift store circuit. People around here go thrifting every single weekend to see what new goodies the store got in. It's their form of treasure hunting. Our flea market is pretty big too in Raleigh. I think a thrift store could do well around here, and the great thing is, with a thrift store (around here) location is not as important, if you advertise the right way. People will go to you if you're off the beaten path a little bit.

This is why I work for myself. That being said, a business owner has the right to run a business any way he or she wants. I wouldn't act like this particular auctioneer and horde all the cash for myself, because the one thing I hate at my business is a revolving door. But, he's acting within the law.