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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Unexpected Score - I love Jordans
« on: June 14, 2013, 09:31:42 PM »Can't wait to post the rest of them.
And we can't wait to see them.
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Online Storage Auctions / Re: Only two days left on the online auction in Florida !
« on: June 14, 2013, 08:02:44 PM »
The one in Florida....no bids but the reserve price was met. It started at $500, got no bids but the reserve price was met. Strange these online auctions.
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Suggestions for new people looking into this
« on: June 14, 2013, 12:50:15 PM »
Suggestions for new people looking into this ?
Don't !
Don't !
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Picker's Paradise / Re: My Teddy Bear Story
« on: June 13, 2013, 02:11:08 PM »
Nice find and nicely told story ! Sometimes those come along and you have to decide whether to go for it or not. You did well !
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General Storage Auction Talk / Auction find of vintage mid-century photos by an unpublished photographer
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:51:15 PM »
This is an interesting story about an auction find of unpublished photos from the 50's and 60's by a talented photographer. She died at age 83 after a winter-time fall that resulted in her death.
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-the-unseen-photographs-of-a-legend-that-never-was/
The woman and her work are the subject of a documentary which will debut sometime in 2013.
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-the-unseen-photographs-of-a-legend-that-never-was/
The woman and her work are the subject of a documentary which will debut sometime in 2013.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Total Newbie Reveals All About His Storage Auction His First Experience
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:31:02 PM »
This is from about a year ago, but it could represent any number of newbies who are still showing up (though in smaller numbers in some areas).
This guy made every newb mistake there was and the follow up comments are just as interesting!
Needless to say his "...journey to millions" is still on-going.
myjourneytomillions.com/articles/my-experience-at-storage-auction/
This guy made every newb mistake there was and the follow up comments are just as interesting!
Needless to say his "...journey to millions" is still on-going.
myjourneytomillions.com/articles/my-experience-at-storage-auction/
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Storage Manager Gets ripped off by employee
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:20:26 PM »
The story below was found in a forum that had nothing to do with storage auctions (per se) but a user posted the story in a "dump" type area. The question he posed was "Do the storage managers take things out before they sell the lockers?
The section below in blue was one of the answers. This was posted in the other forum in mid-march, 2013.
short answer yes
long answer
We hired some girl to work in the office. We later found out she was stealing from us. Pocketing some of the cash payments while depositing the check payments. Took us a while to gather the evidence.
Anyways, after they arrested her (yep, arrested her), we had a locker that was behind on payments so we went through the standard procedures to sell the contents. When we opened the door we saw a whole bunch of the facilities equipment (that we thought had been stolen) in there. Turns out the locker was in the girl's brother's name so basically she had been stealing stuff and stashing it in the locker. So, yeah, we took that back.
other than that, no
as a followup on the story......
After she got let out of jail, she skipped town. About 7 or 8 years later the sheriff's department called me to tell me she came back and turned herself in. She got probation and as part of that probation part of her wages were garnished to pay us back. So, I would get a check every once in a while. These stopped for about a year then I started getting them again. They've since stopped again.
The section below in blue was one of the answers. This was posted in the other forum in mid-march, 2013.
short answer yes
long answer
We hired some girl to work in the office. We later found out she was stealing from us. Pocketing some of the cash payments while depositing the check payments. Took us a while to gather the evidence.
Anyways, after they arrested her (yep, arrested her), we had a locker that was behind on payments so we went through the standard procedures to sell the contents. When we opened the door we saw a whole bunch of the facilities equipment (that we thought had been stolen) in there. Turns out the locker was in the girl's brother's name so basically she had been stealing stuff and stashing it in the locker. So, yeah, we took that back.
other than that, no
as a followup on the story......
After she got let out of jail, she skipped town. About 7 or 8 years later the sheriff's department called me to tell me she came back and turned herself in. She got probation and as part of that probation part of her wages were garnished to pay us back. So, I would get a check every once in a while. These stopped for about a year then I started getting them again. They've since stopped again.
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Garage Sales / What is the best deal you have ever found at a garage sale?
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:04:59 PM »
What is the best deal you have ever found at a garage sale?
My qualifies for "best" are when I pay $3 or so and it turns into a $150 or more sale. You?
My qualifies for "best" are when I pay $3 or so and it turns into a $150 or more sale. You?
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Garage Sales / Sources for finding garage sales
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:02:42 PM »
Where do you look to find out about garage sales? Do you look in the paper, on the internet, wander around or something else?
It's the something else that would be interesting. Are there sources the rest of us don't know about?
It's the something else that would be interesting. Are there sources the rest of us don't know about?
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Garage Sales / Negotiating a price at a garage sale
« on: June 12, 2013, 08:00:31 PM »
How much do you negotiate at a garage sale?
It takes a real newbie NOT to negotiate, but how much is too much...or is there such a thing?
It takes a real newbie NOT to negotiate, but how much is too much...or is there such a thing?
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Garage Sales / Early Bird at Garage Sales...are you one ?
« on: June 12, 2013, 07:58:59 PM »
Do you show up at garage sales prior to their “opening” time ?
If so, does this "early bird" approach work for you? Do you use any special spiel to get cooperation?
If so, does this "early bird" approach work for you? Do you use any special spiel to get cooperation?
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Garage Sales / Is everything for sale?
« on: June 12, 2013, 07:56:51 PM »
Some buyers feel that "everything is for sale"... Have you ever bought something at a garage sale that wasn't "for sale"?
Sometimes when you walk up to a garage sale the boundaries are firmly placed at the entrance to the garage and the sale items are outside on the driveway. Other times you can see people wandering around inside a garage that isn't set up (with tables) but stuff is obviously for sale.
Do you ask about items hanging on the walls or up in the rafters? If so, what is the typical response if there is one?
Sometimes when you walk up to a garage sale the boundaries are firmly placed at the entrance to the garage and the sale items are outside on the driveway. Other times you can see people wandering around inside a garage that isn't set up (with tables) but stuff is obviously for sale.
Do you ask about items hanging on the walls or up in the rafters? If so, what is the typical response if there is one?
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Garage Sales / Do you go to garage sales even if the weather is bad (windy, rainy, etc)?
« on: June 12, 2013, 07:30:33 PM »
Do you go to garage sales even if the weather is bad (windy, rainy, hot, etc)?
What's the "line" for NOT going to garage sales?
What's the "line" for NOT going to garage sales?
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Online Storage Auctions / Re: The Future of Storage Auctions Has NOT arrived; online auctions will not prevail
« on: June 12, 2013, 12:12:14 PM »
Apparently the gondola locker did not sell. Here's the link showing why.
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/mission-viejo-california/
See the link below for the latest virtual auction on the Travis site...has two days left.
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/coconut-grove-florida/
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/mission-viejo-california/
See the link below for the latest virtual auction on the Travis site...has two days left.
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/coconut-grove-florida/
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Online Storage Auctions / Only two days left on the online auction in Florida !
« on: June 12, 2013, 12:07:55 PM »
Starting bid appears to be $500 for this smallish locker.
Be great if it sold!
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/coconut-grove-florida/
Be great if it sold!
http://virtualstorageauction.com/auctions/non-lien-sale-private-seller/coconut-grove-florida/