Well I think the timing of this is just right. The new season of storage wars kicks off tonight. What a great way to promote the show than to talk about a $500,000 dollar locker. Of course this will also have the auctions packed and price will go up. At the same time I have yet to see a $1,000 locker never mind some of the $5,000 ones that are on the shows.

The silent auctions here (two that I've been to) will wait until all units are sold and then only give the name of the person who won it. I'm not a big fan of that.

I just don't see how everything  can be complete dump runs. If he keeps spending $825 on a locker and takes it all to the dump and has bought 8 losers so far he can buy some where around 10 more lockers and he is done.

Went to an auction in Athens, Ga. on Saturday.
This establishment was owned & operated by two men of Middle Eastern origins.
Every locker that they took us to, had already been unlocked that morning.
There were seven units, even though the paper only listed 6. There was NOTHING of value in any of the units. The units that did have furniture in them, were packed so poorly, that it was obvious that things were just thrown in. I mean thrown in, in such a way, that the furniture was damaged.
One unit had a Vizio 46" LCD TV box in it. Closer inspection with a flashlight, showed that the box was empty. Who stores an empty TV box?
It was so obvious, that these units had been rummaged through & picked clean.
I was fairly pissed when we left. What a waste of time!

Being that I live in an apartment with very little storage space I have a storage locker. I keep my camping gear and a bunch of other things. My empty tv box is there in case I move I still have. I have empty camera boxes and lens boxes as well. I have about $20,000 invested in camera gear so I want boxes in case I move or go to resell them as I will get more for them. If I stopped paying for my locker and it went up for auction all them empty boxes are in there.

Just because there is a box does not not mean that there is anything in it.

Do he right thing and give the owner of the car the title. It would be one thing if the car was in the storage unit and you found the title but it was not. I was under the impression that if any paper work is found it should be returned. Karma goes along way.

You should not worry about anything being taken from the locker. The person who owns the locker can pay-up 5 mins before the auction and if something is missing from their locker someone would have some explaining to do.

Some times the silent auctions can be good as you set a price that you would pay for the locker and you stick to it. When bidding it is easy to get caught up in the rush and over pay for a unit.