Ya - my father and I was just talking about this law yesterday.  I was like you got to be kidding me when he told me.  I figure it will also be used soon to try and do a sales tax or income tax to those people at yard sales / flea markets and such.

Really hope the law is overturned as it will set a bad example.  With more banks now charging fee's to use your debit/credit card, some people are going back to a cash economy.

Don't feel bad we all do that.  Least yours was only a $40 mistake and not a $180 like mine.  You may even be able to make a profit depending on how the cloths sale.

Many places don't charge a deposit.  Or only if you win do you pay a refundable deposit.  Now, if you can't afford to loose the money you are spending don't be doing this.  Like anything when you first start out you are more likely to loose money then make money.  Some people get lucky the first time out, while many don't.  Just a word of caution.

You should be able to pay the fee and get a salvaged title.  Only motorcycle I've seen so far is a little battery operated kids one and a Harley Davidson seat.

The item was delivered that I know.  It just was never scanned at the house.  Last entry was the scan at the post office that it was heading out for delivery.  I got feedback on ebay is how I know it got delivered.  Called my local post office and he was like you will have to call them.

I know from past experience that if the carrier is a sub or new there is no telling what may happen.  We had ordered some stuff from Vexcon for our daughter who loves the Billy exterminator show.  We tracked the package every day and knew when it was to be delivered.  Well per the tracking # it was delivered to our house.  We searched everywhere for it as many times they just drop and go.  Come to find out it was a sub driver who marked the package as delivered before she even left the post office and then delivered our package to the local medical prison.  We got the package in time for daughters b-day party but my wife was very pissed off.

I still use the USPS for almost all of my shipping.  I know those men and women work hard to get me my mail each day and I like to support them back.

My daughter should be done with soccer and everything else on the weekends at the end of the month.  So I'm hoping to do our first yard sale to unload all the inventory I've gotten in the last two months.  I have a ton of cloths, books, music items (Cds, tapes, and records), VHS tapes and DVDs, and all sorts of odds and ends.  I was wondering what some of you price your stuff at?  I was thinking for myself in a town outside of a city next to a military base I'd use the following:

older paperback books - $.50
newer paperback books - $1
VHS / tapes / records - $.25
CDs - $1
DVDs - $1 - $5
baby cloths - $.50
kids cloths - $1
adult cloths (shrits) - $2
adult cloths (pants) - $4

Just some general ideas.  Figure if I can come up with a general price list it would save me time from trying to mark everything w/ a price.  Things like the furniture, weapons, and such I'd price seperate.  Figure if I make $200 I'm doing great, $400 would put me back in the black even after keeping a ton of stuff.

I'd call an hour before the auction to see if everyone has paid up or not.

Any of the auction whales can be retards or they can be great.  One of our local whales everyone jokes with, laughs at, etc.  Only time you don't like him is during the bidding.  As one of my girls asked about where one of my friends were, I laughed and said during the auction you have no friends.

As for the original topic - I would take the auction with the most units 2 hours or so before you leave for them.  City auctions will have more units and happen more often.  You can find good or bad stuff in both.