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Brandi has nice body but her assets end there.  She's gold-digging trash, in my opinion.  Do you ever notice that she sits on her ass, talking smack about what a bad locker Jarred bought, until he finds something potentially valuable?  Then she launches her ass out of her seat and starts man-handling the item.

I used to have a thing for Danielle from Pickers but I'm sick of her and the guys now.  Nobody wants to watch those two dimwits in their van being "funny".  Get to the pick and start finding cool sh!t!  That's why I watch the show.  Not the idiotic banter between Mike and Frank.

So, neither of the choices do anything for me.  If I had to choose, I'd go with Danielle.  She's far less annoying than Brandi.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Seed money
« on: November 23, 2011, 01:40:21 PM »
How much money you bring is solely dependent upon how much you're willing to invest.  I brought $600 to my last auction.  I spent $15 on a locker.  In that case, $20 in my pocket would have been enough.

Even though I had $600 with me, I wasn't going to spend more than $300 on any one locker (my limit).  That being said, I wasn't going to be a player for the larger, more valuable lockers.

On my $15 locker, I've already taken in $100 cash money for some segmented diamond chop saw blades and have $20 in good will from my neighbor for some grinding discs.  I have kept several nice hand tools, 2 nice file cabinets, some vintage letter jackets/letter sweaters that my daughters wanted, along with other miscellaneous.  I still have probably another $50-$75 of inventory I have yet to sell from that locker.

Money wise, if you take away my time and effort, I'm way ahead.  But, you can't take away time and effort.  If you factor those things in, I didn't make a killing on the locker.  I didn't lose any though.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Starting small with first unit
« on: October 28, 2011, 10:06:08 PM »
I went on a 5 facility caravan today and bought my first unit at the 2nd facility.  It didn't have a lot in it.  Couple of file cabinets, huge, cheap stuffed animals, barbells, misc junk.  The bidding started at $5 and I was the third bid at $15.  I won it for $15.  After the last unit of that facility, I took a quick look in the unit.  The finds were in the drawers in one of the file cabinets.  The previous owner must have either owned a business or been a sales rep for a tool outfit.  I found a bunch of catalogs from a tool company.  The file cabinets were mostly full of his personal/business financial paperwork.

But, in the backs of the file cabinet drawers, I found a bunch of old baseballs.  One is signed by Larry Doby, others the sigs are tough to make out so they probably aren't worth much.  One is in a clear plastic holder but I can't make out the signature (messy, not fading).  I'll take them all in to a sports memorabilia shop to have them appraised.

Other than that, I found some high quality concrete drill bits, some knives, miscellaneous small tools, a letter jacket and letter sweater from 1964, some miscellaneous office supplies, stack of decade-old Playboys, and a whole pile of stuff that I'm going to donate to Salvation Army or find a dumpster somewhere.

Overall, it was fun to finally score a unit, dig through the boxes and bags, and find what could be some money-making baseballs.  It was well worth the $15 I spent on it.

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Antique Dollhouse
« on: October 13, 2011, 03:08:49 PM »
It's gone!  I met up with the lady at lunch and exchanged the dollhouse and furniture for $275 cash money.  ;D

I'm happy.  Not only to make a profit but to be rid of that monstrosity.  It was huge and took up valuable real estate in my garage.  I think it was a good deal for both of us.  I think she'll really enjoy it and I'm happy with the cash.

It took longer than I anticipated to unload it but it all ended well.

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Antique Dollhouse
« on: October 12, 2011, 03:36:23 PM »
I didn't hear back from the woman from the Miniature Guild.

I had a few interested people but no firm bites until yesterday.  A woman emailed me off my craigslist ad and wanted to see more photos.  I emailed her about 15 photos.  She loved it and offered $250 (I was asking $300).  I counter-offered $275 and she agreed.  So, fingers crossed, I'm meeting her tomorrow and she'll have a really cool dollhouse and I'll have $275 in my pocket.

Despite a decent profit, I will think twice before buying any dollhouse again.  It's a niche market and finding a buyer for this one took 6 months.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Locker bought with a contingency
« on: September 29, 2011, 08:32:51 PM »
Do you ever buy lockers that are contingent on the tenant paying up before the end of the business day?  I saw a locker go today, after the tenant showed up just before the auction with a sob story about how he had been out of town and unable to make his payments.  He owed nearly $800 on the locker and was given until the end of the business day to pay at least half of the owed amount.  The unit went to auction and it was a sweet unit.  Packed to the gills with lots of nice antique furniture and who knows what else.  One of the regulars paid $2505 but wasn't able to put a lock on it until tomorrow, if the tenant hadn't paid up.

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As a noobie, I have a question for the seasoned veterans.  How many lockers did you look at, maybe bid on, but lost, before you scored your first locker?

I have seen about 25 lockers opened.  I've bid on about 8 of them.  I've come in runner-up about 4 times.  I've yet to win a locker.  I'm not stressing about it.  I'm waiting for the right locker and not getting swept up in the frenzy to buy a locker.  No sense over-paying for a locker, just to say I bought one, right?

I saw one today that has me regretting my decision to pass.  This locker looked like it hadn't been opened since the late 90s.  There was an inch of dust covering everything.  Lots of dust-covered boxes but a whole bunch of furniture that was destined for a dump, somewhere.  I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with the furniture so I passed on the unit.  Sure would have liked to dig through those dusty boxes but oh well.

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How do you define Trailer Trash?  Everyone view TT in different ways, and I for one dont see Brandi as TT.  She dresses well, she has decent work ethic and I imagine she grooms properly.  To me that's not TT.

Dresses well?  Maybe for a streetwalker.  Decent work ethic?  She sits on her arse, *****ing about Jarrod until he finds something with potential value and she launches up and snatches the item before rushing off to get it appraised.
Did you see the episode where Jarrod intentionally tried to piss Dave Hester off and they ended up getting in a shouting match?  Brandy was egging them on and then told Jarrod to "kick his ass".  Do normal, well-adjusted women behave like her?  No.

Brandy may have graduated out of the actual trailer, but she's trailer-trash ,through and through.

And, before anyone thinks that I am of the opinion that EVERYONE who lives in a trailer is trash, not true.  There are plenty of decent, hard-working folks living in trailers.  But, the percentage of trash living amongst them is much higher than in neighborhoods with fewer wheels under the homes.

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Antique Dollhouse
« on: September 22, 2011, 07:25:56 PM »
Google doll house museums/collectors in your area and see if they might be interested.  Find an 'expert' in them, and take a chance and take it to them to see if they'll 'appraise it'.
   Reason I recommend that?  If they're as addicted as some collectors (read, all of us)l, there's a chance they may buy it from you on the spot for more money.
   If not that, contact some specialty auctioneers and see what they recommend.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I contacted the local guild who specializes in dollhouses and miniatures.  The interesting part is, one woman responded telling me that, if I expect to make a profit, I will be disappointed".  First off, she doesn't know what I paid for the dollhouse.  Secondly, she doesn't know what I'll accept for the dollhouse.  How does she know that I'll be disappointed?  I told her as much and haven't heard back.

Stay tuned.........

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: ok so im here bout to go into the auction
« on: September 22, 2011, 07:16:48 PM »
So, to sum up, you got nothin' and the auctioneer is a pothead.


Thanks for the effort.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: R6 motorcycle
« on: September 22, 2011, 07:14:17 PM »
I think I heard this on Storage Wars but the saying went something like, "Sometimes, walking away without a locker is the best buy of the day."  I think it's very true.

Congrats on not getting caught up in the nonsense.

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I wanna see jarrod and bradys place tho. They make me feel like if they could run a successful turn around shop i certainly could. May be a future endevour.

Ain't that the truth!  After Hester, Jarrod and Brandy are my least favorite people on SW.  Jarrod's mouth writes checks it can't cash and Brandy is about as trailer-trashy as you can get.  She treats Jarrod about the same as that Kate chick treated John on "John and Kate Plus 8".  I would guess there isn't one high school diploma between the two of them.

So, yes, if those two idiots can run a business, my guess is that any of us could certainly do better than them.

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Antique Dollhouse
« on: September 17, 2011, 11:20:43 PM »
I would be VERY disappointed if I can only get $100 out of this thing.  Since I posted this, I have discovered that it's a handmade dollhouse.  The attention to detail is incredible, to be honest.  Everything is wood, including the shake roof.  This must have taken hundreds of hours to build.  It's a large house that measures 3 feet x 3 feet.

I put it on craigslist a week ago and, unfortunately, have not had a bite yet.  I didn't put a price on it, in my ad.  I asked for offers.  A woman who stopped by my garage sale said that similar houses have gone for over a grand.  I don't know if her estimate has any merit.  I paid $175 for it, on an online auction.  I'd be happy with $300.  But, at this point, I may only break even on it.  Lesson learned, I guess.  I know the furniture alone, if piece parted out, is worth over $200.  But, who has the time to go through that nonsense.

I'm hoping to sell it soon and be rid of the thing.  It takes up a lot of room in my garage.

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I'm a noob without the experience of most folks here but I think that people think that they'll find something rare and valuable in every locker they buy.  That's why the numbers of people at storage auctions and the prices have skyrocketed.  Storage Wars doesn't show you a whole lot of the lockers that lose money.  Every week, somebody makes a boatload of money.

Once the unrealistic noobs spend all their cash on crappy lockers and go away, things will get back to normal, I believe.

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People have been known to store a million dollar Stradivarius in a storage locker.



Oh, wait, no they haven't.  ;D

No idea here.

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