I personally don't put too much thought or effort into mind games or strategy.

I know what I'm willing to pay for a unit, I guess I never really put much thought into whether to bid back and forth with someone slowly or whether to jump up in hundred increments to make them know your serious and are going to take the unit at whatever price it goes to.

I can kinda see how you could play it like a poker game, try to read someone, etc however there's just too many people at auctions these days, its not like in the past when you knew every guy at the auction, knew the type of stuff they liked, knew the type of busines they were in, etc.

I wouldn't say I have one bidding strategy, just kinda play it by ear, if it seems like the other guy wants the unit I'll save us both some time and just throw out something close to the highest I'mwilling to pay othertimes I'll go up $25 at a time. No real strategy though.

I like this topic, interesting.

I started a while back. Had been into poliec auctions, estate auctions, out of busines auctions. A friend mentioned storage auctions to me. Went to a facility to check them out, wound up buying a unit my first auction, probably the best if not the best I've had to date so that kind of had me hooked.

As soon as the crowds started comming out I've kind of slowed down with the storage auctions though I still try to hit at least one a week. Honestly I can make more money with less headaches at other auctions. Storage auctions are still my favorite in a sense though just because the surprise.

Making money is fun but I love finding a surprise in a unit, at a police auciton yeah I may pick up a $600 projector for $100 and make some money but its all business and numbers, not really the fun of digging through a unit not knowing what your going to find.

Good info tc, yeah with mine I have to be tethered. I guess I'm not really sure what rooting is though I do sorta get the concept of it. I believe with most carriers rooting your phone voids any warranties or insurance though right?

Also, is z4root actually rooting your phone or is it just an app you download?

If your phone did crash you can take it to some shops who can set it back to factory settings so you can turn it in for insurance, I just have been hesitant to root as I really dont fully understand what rooting is.

Tether is fine for me though. Like you said speeds aren't fantastic so it's not going to replace my home internet plus I'd be afraid of being detected if I was watching netflix movies everynight and playing nhl 2011 on xbox all through my phone.

Like you said though, assuming your just surfing the net, etc your not using much data, if your watching movies and stuff may not be the best idea.

I havn't tested many areas yet but in CHicago 4G is pretty sad. Speed isn't fast enough to even login to email or anything that requires a login. As for checking craigslist and ebay and searching the net for product inof and prices its perfectly fine for that though.

For me the speed isn't great and there's so much free wireless around these days I don't see myself using this a ton but will be handy for police aucitons, flea markets, estate sales, etc if I have my laptop with me.

I had someone contact me a while back through my blog or something asking questions about auctions, he was also from Canada.

He and I were emailling back and forth for a while I was trying to help him out in answering questions as much as I could.

He wound up getting in touch with someone and though I don't remember exactly what he told me it was pretty interesting.

In the US the rules about how auctions are run, how soon a facilty can auction stuff, etc is pretty clear cut. I remember him copying and pasting something in an email to me with the actual laws and a lawyers take on them.

It was pretty interseting. From what he had told me essentially Canada doesn't really have any clear laws on abandoned storage units or liens involving them so it's kind of a patchwork of related laws people try to use. Basically sounded like people and by people I mean various facilities and companies were mixing and matching abandoned property laws with lien laws involving real estate and things like that. Sounded pretty complicated and unorganized and unclear.

Like I said this is just third hand knowledge a guy emailed me but found it intersting and he seemed to have done som eresearch on the matter.

Found about a dozen of these printers in a unit the ohter day. Found some high priced ones but also hugely varying prices on websites and ebay but this seems like one of those items you can get high dollar for but would have to sit on it forever. What you guys think a reasonable price is to try to flip them quick?

There seem to be a ton of people on here with their own websites or blogs however whenever a topic about affiliate prorgams, adsense, etc comes up nobody has anything to say.

Two other issues to think about as a women.

Will you have help? Obviously women aren't as strong as men so unless your husband is willing to help you with the heavy stuff will you be able to load couches, mattresses, heavy old tv's, etc by yourself?

The other issue in terms of safety for a women. You'll be doing lots of business on craigslist most likely. Are you comfortable with either strangers comming to your home or you going to strangers homes?

I dont think we have many women on the forums so these are a few of the issues that may be different for a women in the business.