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The Lounge / Re: Ideas for repurposing things...
« on: May 16, 2012, 01:22:19 PM »
Jeans, curtains and sheets can be cut up and sold as quarters for sewing.

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The Lounge / Re: Value Vilage Picks
« on: May 16, 2012, 01:03:55 PM »
Value Village also seems like they have donations from manufacturers. I can go to one location find something that looks new with tags or packaging and then go to another location months later and find the same thing in bulk. I'm in DC. There pricing here seems really good. They offer 25% off on Mondays and 25% on Thursdays if you have their card.

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The Lounge / Re: I'm outa stuff....
« on: May 16, 2012, 12:37:36 PM »
Been running dry of good stuff lately myself. I had a nice run of buying and upgrading old computers to Windows 7 but the storage auctions have been dry for me lately.

Too many people bidding each other up on junk. I had a unit last most that had a lot of good but heavy furniture. It also had a lot of junk ( over 200 VHS movies, over 200 cassette tapes, DVD which I find myself watching instead of selling). This unit cost me $5. This person had $15 in change and some collectible coins so I instantly made a profit. I been selling off the little stuff on online sites but most of my money is from large lot of stuff that I buy on Craigslist. I gave away the furniture not wanting to deal with it.

I like doing the storage auctions but the best stuff is either too high for me or located too far away.  I'll give it a couple of more months it should turn around soon.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Pods
« on: May 07, 2012, 02:37:06 PM »
Does anyone know how to find out the dates for the Pods auction?

I called the 800 number they refuse to give me the local number. I'm not sure what papers to look in to find the listings. I'm in DC/ MD/ VA.

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auctionzip.com

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New to Storage Auctions? / Online out of state car auctions
« on: September 27, 2011, 11:07:30 PM »
Has anyone bought a car out of state and sold it without going to pick it up?

I'm looking for some tips.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: September 27, 2011, 10:18:13 PM »
The washers and dryers are starting at $200 with no bids and less than one day left.

I watched this auction last week it had no bidders and was relisted.

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My first unit had:

A Bullet Proof Vest
35 Pairs of New Sneakers
Over 1000 ink pens
Over 50 Bottles of Body Wash
Over $1000 in School Supplies
Over 200 boys cars- small like Hot Wheels and some remote controls
Over 100 bottles of pills
Over 100 Brain X-Rays
Over 50 Hair Relaxers
A Crazy amount of Maxi Pads
Over 30 Winter Coats
Eviction Papers
A women's purse with her ID, wedding ring and a large amout of lottery tickets
Papers proving her son was taking from her by CPS
Tons of used flash lights

I could go on and on. I was a great first locker for $90.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: September 27, 2011, 03:22:42 PM »
Right now I'm looking at a large lot of washers and dryers. Over 150 to be exact but I don't think I will go for it. The lot has no bids and is about to close. I don't want to end up having to store that much stuff. I think it way out of my league at the moment but I know that the money if there. I can make a very nice profit selling them off at just $50 each.

It's too scary for me at the moment.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: September 27, 2011, 06:48:12 AM »
Bandit those auctions are great.

I bought a server rack. Won it for a low price. Advertised it on Craigslist. Found a buyer and had him meet my son there. The buyer paid for it and removed it.

I sold the server rack having never seen it in person.

I didn't have to remove it or store it.

Nice. Try them out someday and let us know how it works out for you.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: September 25, 2011, 09:55:53 PM »
The return was good enough to pay some bills. When I won the furniture I expected it to be a quick flip. What I have now is a list of people I can know email when I have other items for sale. Half of my buyers were college students. They will need more stuff.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: September 25, 2011, 09:19:23 PM »
No I did not bite the dust. Just been crazy busy.

So to recap.

250 pieces of Office Furniture total

Located in a Government Warehouse like facility that is only accessible by calling one person to come open it for me.

Furniture is gorgeous and super super sturdy. (Larger and heavier than I thought it was because I did not view it before bidding on it)

Once won I didn't know how to move it.
1. I showed it to an office liquidator. They said they wanted to buy it but go scared once they saw how big of a project it would be.
2. I showed it to neighbors who wanted to get large amounts of pieces but chickened out once they saw how bulky the pieces were.
3. I showed it to a furniture store owner who also chickened out.
4. I advertised for buyers that wanted at the least 20 pieces of furniture at once. I found 2 buyers. One showed and only want 5 pieces but not that day maybe a week later after he got back from vacation. The second was about to enter the building 15 minutes later but the guy who opened the building had to go do something so we all had to leave. The second guy actually wanted 20 pieces but didn't view anything and didn't come with a truck anyway.

All of these showings were on seperate days. Since I only got about 15 minutes in the building per visit.
All of these showings were a waste of my time.

Okay take a breath.

I got brave, joined this forum for advice and decided move 30 pieces at a time to my house and sell it off for $20 per piece for non cherry wood and $40 for cherry wood pieces. Please understand that these pieces easilly retail for $250 and up per piece but because I had 250 pieces to move it fast I made the pieces really low so I could do another pick up of 30 pieces.

I hired a mover for $80 on craigslist. Moved the first batch to my house and they sold in about a week. Cherry pieces sold in a few hours. (I sold them through craigslist.)

Second batch went fine.

Third batch I fould a person that wanted the remaining 120+ pieces. GREAT

but.........Because I suppose to have removed the furniture in 10 days and was still moving it 6 weeks later and
Because the guy who opens the building no longer wanted to open the building just for me and Because no matter how many time I asked they were not willing to charge me the $10 per day storage fee for every day that I did not remove the furniture THEY TOOK THE FURNITURE BACK

I sold half

Furniture Lessons learned:

Do be afraid on it
You will need a box truck or a trailer to move it alond with at least two hand trucks and dollies.
Some pieces will get chipped and scratched in the move but for a low price people will not care.
White people love cherry wood.
Place in in a storage facility at offers a deep discount for a month.
Try to get warehouse space just for a weekend

When I sold the items from my house my living room and kitchen was covered with book shelves. I looked crazy but the money was good. Have yourself a furniture yard sale.

Try finding a auctioneer with a warehouse that can store and auction off your items.

So anyway I paid $50 for 250 pieces of Executive Office Furniture. I sold half. Had half taken away. Learned a lot.

Would I do it again. Yes   ;D

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: August 02, 2011, 10:58:33 AM »
I deleted the larger picture post so I could repost it at the top of the list this morning. It's there but in a different spot. I do that all day to get back on the first page.                                                  I have two people viewing it tomorrow I think they will buy. They say that they have their own trucks so they will come back another day to actually move the items.  This furniture business is a slow process if you don't have your own trucks.  Once I move this lot I will get a used truck on offer deliveries myself. I will also more about 50 items to my house and sell them individually on t weekends

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: What to do Office Furniture?
« on: August 02, 2011, 07:29:29 AM »
Thanks Movieman I did look at your like that's where I got the idea to contact office liquidators. I got one office liduidator interested but he can't deal with it before I have to move it out. I got people who want to buy less than twenty items each even though I advertised for people to buy 20 items or more. It's not in a location where I can have people in and out of there a lot. I contacted a mover to assist people yesterday he never showed. Without him people didn't buy anything because they were relying on him to move it. I lost almost a grand in sales yesterday. Frustrated.

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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: first auction need advice please
« on: July 31, 2011, 06:14:11 PM »
My first unit was a unit completely filled with trash bags. At the auction the manager said looks like this person was evicted. After hearing that no one wanted that unit. I got the unit for $90. Only one person bid against me. There had to be at least 100 large lawn trash bags.

Inside over 30 pairs of new sneakers, over 50 bottles of brand new body wash, over $500 in school supplies, the women's wedding ring, her purse, many many new men's coats and hoodies, over 200 pieces of small boys cars and trucks, over 1,000 ink pens(why), batteries, new appliances, and so on. I Ebayed half for over a $1,000. Held onto a lot. Gave away a lot. Don't know what to do with a lot.

You just never know. Don't be afraid to walk away with nothing. Don't be afraid of trash bags either.

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