I've been storage auction buying since 2011. When I have alot of smalls I take them to the flea market for a quick flip. However sometimes I take a big item or two to draw in a crowd. When I do I stick to my prices on the big stuff, that way if I sell it I get what I want, if I sell it too cheap then I also lose the attraction. But lets say I have a really good window A/C. I find out its retail is $179, and I ask $100 on it. All day long people will low ball me. At the end of the day another vendor will offer me $90 on it and at that point I'll give in so that I don't have to lug it back home. But then in less than 10 mins they always flip it and get more than I was asking. Weird!

they were electro voice mid range horns, sold the pair for $1200

I didn't but I need to share this story. I went to an auction last month and there was a 10x10 unit filled with about 20 big plastic bins all nice and neat stacked. I love bidding on units with boxes and bins and this one was making me ansy. Once it went over $400 I backed out. After the auction I waited for the winning bidder to get to his unit and asked if I could just look what he got so I wouldn't be wondering later. To my amazement they were all empty!! He won it at $600. Normally I kinda love the feeling of someone who out bidded me to get nothing but damn. I couldn't feel good about it. My heart went out to him.

There is one place I go to that charges $5 for a space that can fit two cars for the day. There's also another place I go to that is the size of one car parking space and they charge $25 for half a day. It is a not a pretty place thats for sure but I do make quite abit there. When I go to the flea market I normally take all the junk from my auctions and sell it at $1.00 each. With the amount I take I normally come back with around $300-$400 for a 6 hour day. It's normally household stuff, nothing big so that it all fits in plastic bins in the back of my truck nice and neat.

I'm new to the forums and have been going to auctions for 4 months now and wanted to share my find this past week.

 I recently went to an auction were there was said to be 8 units for sale but when we got there there was now only 1 unit for sale. With so many people showing up I didn't think I was going to get one. When the door went up it was really hard to tell what was inside because there were two large tables blocking the view. Half the crowd left and the bidding started. To my amazement I won the locker at just $200. Once I got in the locker it started to look like a office or business of some kind and it was. It use to be a EMS first responders company. Inside were a dozen boxes of patient records, computers, office equipment, furniture, etc. As soon as I had the unit cleaned out the front desk called me and told me the original owner wanted to speak with me about the unit. I didn't want the owner to know my number in case they were going to hassle me so I emailed them from a new email account. The owner wanted to get back the documents and computers but said I could keep the rest. She asked how much I wanted for those items I really wanted to at least get my money back plus some so I was going to ask for $300 but didn't noticed a typo and put $3000 instead. She agreed to the price and I was shocked, but figured something on these computers must have been worth it. So I delivered the computers and docs, picked up my cash, and head back home to see the rest. I then cam across 2 chairs known as fairfield chairs. I took them to a guy I know who owns a high end furniture shop and he told me they retail at $700-800 each. He offered me $1000 for the pair and I took it. With everything else in the unit I made another $1000. So all together I made $5000 from that one unit. That will probably not happen again for a long while. But hope it does.