Yeah or like a guy i know who spent 4900 dollars on a pallet from Mexico. When he got home and opend it, all that was in there was plastic shopping bags. The problem was that the bags had logo's on them for a store that had gone out of business 4 months earlier.

That is one service that i don't need, as i can get everything locally for free. In the whole state for that matter. And if i want to go to Arkansas or Mississippi then i can get everything there for free as well.

Paid auctionlists are for lazy newbies, and they will never last long. If you are serious about the business, then you lay down the foundation in everything you do. Finding places and doing it on your own is more valuble to your total business then beeing passiv and lazy.

That's good; hope it stays that way ..... a lot better than 60 to 100 !

What were the prices like ?

Prices has dropped big time. Yesterday we had one of the big auctions.
I will say that the prices has dropped about 20% to 25% since december & january when we had the crazy hype around here.

Now it is possible to get decent lockers for under 100 bucks, and good ones can be yours for under 200.

Of course some lockers still drag up to about 500/600 bucks, but that is lockers that are worth it.
Last two weeks i have picked up lockers between free and 425 dollars. And they have made me 3 times the money or more.



So this is good. The biggest difference is that the dumb newbies are gone (still some newbies, but they seem to understand the game), and the regulars are bidding more conservative.

Looks like an English style of vase.


What you can try is to put a sheet of copy paper over there ingraving, and gently color over with a pencil.
That might bring out the first 3 letters of it, as it will transfer over to the paper.

Vases can be tricky, some are not worth much, some can have a moderate value, while some has a great value.

You are on the right track, lol.

I did not mention any prices to them, i asked them what they was willing to pay if i took their trash with me. Some said 15 bucks, others gave me 20 bucks.

But the thing is, people throw away so much good stuff, i kept 2 items and have sold on of them today for 30 bucks. So my total profit from the dump trip is 130 bucks.

On my trip i took trash from 5 neighbors.  I have told them that i go at least twice a month, and on a busy month once a week. I am planning on another dump trip on tuesday and have 2 neigbours lined up for trash consolidation, one has offerd 10 bucks, and the other 15 bucks. And thats ok when i know my dump fee will be around 16 bucks. A couple more next week and the profit will come once more. LOL

Wrong place!

Who wants to see some italians running around pretending to be Al Capone and buying lockers. 
Come to Memphis and we will make the best Storage wars ever.
Nothing can beat the southern vibe and the extreme things we have. LOL 
I dear the casting company to make a series here in Memphis,TN.

Check out reply #1 in the link below. Deals with former owner showing up to get his pics back for free and look at other stuff he might buy back.

http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=606.0

For the most part (certainly not ALL) they are losers and pretty much not worth dealing with.

I tracked a former owner down once, (not easy) but with help from the local PD i got a hold of her.
The whole locker looked so neat and in order. But it was really dusty, no one had been in it for years.

Well the lady who have had the same locker for 8 years, had suddenly stopped paying for it, and was 4 months past due.

What i wanted to give back to her was wedding pictures, graduation pictures and papers. But also an ingraved bracelet that she had gotten from the mayor for some reason .

The PD tracked her down and i got to meet her, she was in her late 70's and had been admitted to a nursing home. And with no family knowing about her locker it went past due.

The moment i got there and showed her what i had, that is a moment i will never forget. She was so happy to see all her personal papers and pictures.

Well after that i have always said to the managers that if they want their stuff back they can contact me thru them. Well diden't that blow up in my face. This guy contacted me ad wanted this and that back, and i said no way. Papers and pictures are ok. But everything else is mine. If he wants it he can buy it back. Well this guy "dopehead" came to my door and was really threatning me and my family. I told him he had 2 min to leave or the cops would be called.  He was yelling all the way to the car and said he would come back.  I don't care about that dopehead anymore, as this was while i lived in Knoxville,TN.  If he had come back, my little friend .357 magnum would be ready for him.