Boy, I guess the storage auction industry has just shriveled up a died away!

Don't know if you meant the above comment to go in this thread or another one, but it is seeming accurate where ever it belongs.

My area is DEAD for quality lockers and decent prices.

A Google search shows (in the top) two results....first one age and then another with a 6 year difference between the two. 

Or if you place a phone number in Ad #1 and you use it in your other dozen or whatever listings, just tell them to do a search on your phone number within cList. That will pop up all your listings.

If they use the "grid" view they'll see photos of each of your item and they can click on the one they want. That is IF you use the cList photo approach. I do that and HTML my own larger pics in within the text of the ad. With the grid view they get a nice visual approach to your listings without having to click on each one.

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To those who don't want to list a phone number: You could use a phone number you don't use very much if you are concerned about problems with using a phone number. I have been using my approach with my home number for 9 years and haven't had any problems. My home phone has an answering machine on it and usually calls go to that. That results in them leaving a number of course and I call them back.

One cLister in my area goes to elaborate lengths when posting his phone number (I guess to avoid the problems I have never had.) If his phone number was 555-4673 he will put "call 5 five five - 4 six 7 three" in one listing and maybe a variation on that like "call five 5 5- four 6 seven 3" in another listing. Talk about paranoia!

I turn off (with radio button in listing) the opportunity for them to use email to respond to the ad. This eliminates spammers.

Works for me. May not suit you. That's why choices are great.

Yep, your approach make it look like the "check my other items on eBay". Works good.
I see the Erector sets are slowly going down in price. Hell, I'll pay you $5 just to donate the monkey to Goodwill !

I didn't say half gone, I was stating a fact when I said over half the ones I clicked on showed the removed message.

And I was stating a fact too. Half gone, half remained. Had nothing to do with any implication or inference. 

BMoney....

You are a PRIME candidate for a major meltdown. In your present state you might bid too high and get stung badly.

There a couple of folks on here who can relate to that.  In the beginning of this endeavor is the BEST time to go slowly.

There will always be more auctions. Your chasing the next "big one" is going to be a sad experience for you if you buy and buy and the satisfaction isn't there. Yes, it is like a drug....take control.

Doesnt that make you incredible angry?  I know there is nothing you can do about it, but it still sucks. 

You learn the bad places and you don't go back.

AHA !  I found it.

Once I knew that it was Alloro and not Travis who had originally posted the pic I did another advanced search and found the original pic here.

http://storageauctionforums.com/general-auction-talk/recent-finds-from-an-auction-in-brooklyn/msg23470/#msg23470

Apparently Travis took a copy of it (I guess or super coincidense has set in) and put it his photobucket so he could use it more easily. On his photobucket it has a different name than the one used by Alloro.

Geez, over half of the ones I've clicked on the visit this auction link come up with "This listing (XXXXXXXXXXXX) has been removed, or this item is not available.

That's because they were weird !

As regards the "over half" gone comment, remember the "glass half empty/half full" debate ?