I'm headed to another auction today. I'm praying that we find something. We have been to two other auctions thus far and have found nothing worth buying. Maybe today will be the day we find our first locker. There are very few auctions around here and the few that are here, are held on Saturdays. There is another one here that will be this Saturday. I called the facility and they said they had 150 people at the last auction they had. This town has been hit hard by the economy and many people are working for less and looking to make extra money on the side to make up the difference and many have no jobs at all and are able to come to auctions held during the week. In this immediate area, it doesn't matter if it's on Saturday or Monday, there will be lots of people there. I am one of those out of work people. Maybe I'll luck up and find a job this coming year. To all the regulars: when you see a large crowd of noobs, don't be too hard on us. We are just trying to survive in a down economy like anyone else. We aren't trying to throw the regulars or the whales that have been doing this for years under the bus.

I believe you when you say there is nothing better in Charlotte & Raleigh but I live in the middle of nowhere, NC where there are few auctions going on. I would like to hit at least one a week at some point. I'm going to keep researching and calling around to find auctions that are close by.
I hope I don't run into a whale at the auctions. I got the idea to do this from my neighbor's boyfriend. He is dumb as a box of rocks and it's hard to have a conversation with him. With that said, I think, if he can make money at the local auctions...ANYBODY can!! Or in other words, the whales around here must be manageable.
I'll keep everyone posted on our first auction. Saturday isn't far off!

Sounds like we might be better off going to auctions where we are rather than in a larger area. I'm not sure what a "whale" is, though. Does anyone care to explain? Thanks for all the advice, guys!

My dad and I will be going to our first storage auction this Saturday. We live in rural NC and the auction will be held here. We discussed that it might be more advantageous to travel to more populated areas, but still in NC (i.e. Raleigh, Charlotte). I wanted to ask the veterans if they have had better luck in urban areas than in rural areas. It seems that urban areas would have better stuff since the people there have convenient access to bigger, better stores. I would appreciate anyone's advice.
 Thanks - Melissa