Im having a lot of trouble selling on CL. My pops keeps telling me to be patient and in due time tjings will sell in a month or so. I just keep telling him if I dont sell the items fast I cant get another locker and all im doing is losing money. What should I do to get items moving faster. I just lowered,the price on most everything by about 40%-50%. Anything else I can do. I already made my money back on the unit also? Should I lower it more and lose more profit just so I can get money to buy another lkr or what should I do. Any help would be great thanks.

well i just got my first unit friday. it was a silent auction which i figured i would bid to low on and not get a unit. well i bid 160 and i won the unit. going through it it had a craftsman toolbox full of tools a fluke multimeter 2 electric kid cars bedroom set nice shape, 2 credit card swipers one manual one electronic parts for a ditch digger brand new car parts still in box with tags a safety harness with the lanyard. all together theres about 1400 dollars worth of items so we will see how fast they sell and what the total profit is. but i am no longer a locker virgin hehe

i was talking to my dad a bit ago and he said he was thinking about getting into these as a way to make a little money? now since he has had 6 back surgeries and i have a small amount of money to work with imo it would be beneficial for both of us to work together since i can lift and i know the ropes for the most part and i also know what to look for thanks to all my beautiful research and talking to people. i figured with me doing most of the work and bidding and him just supplying a little extra money and posting items to sell online and knowing more people that would want items that we would split the profits down the middle.

would this be a good idea to get into a partnership or would it be a bad idea and cause more trouble?

theres also things we are both looking for and that we could both use thanks to the economy and all and we know what each other wants to keep and all.

any ideas or any kind of advice would be helpful...

ive been reading on some posts about how having a proper clientel and such is important. now i know to move items you can post them on CL, amazon, ebay and flea markets. but as for other items i guess more of less speciality items or more valuable items if one does come across them. how would you move them fast to make room for other lkrs?
also just out of curiousity around where i live furniture does not sell well as people dont have much money and arent buying. how would i move furniture fast or other large items that i might get that would be useless to be leaving around?

Well i attended my first storage auction this morning or at least part of one. when i got there i saw a hole crap load of trailers with stuff packed about 10 ft high on them and things outside the units. i went up and talked to the lady in the trailer where you get your number and all and asked her about everything. she said that they took everything out of every unit and either stacked them on the trailers or put them in from of the units. i asked aboutt he valuable things and she said that the owners and people that worked there and the people that helped unload the units get to pick what they want and so on. everything else is auctioned off. well i was walking around and  noticing that people bidders were just rummaging through boxes and sitting on the furniture that were to be auctioned off. well after walking around for a bit and seeing all this i got upset as there was nothing of value the furniture was old and junky there was nothing worth anything there cept some construction equipment that was to big for me to haul by myself. and to top this all off i tried calling the storage facility about 10 times this morning on my way there and could never get anyone to answer to find anything out before i got there so i wasted my time and my gas to go there when i could have gone to another place that was a climate controlled facility.
    has anyone else had experiences like this or is this just a place to stay away from? any advice or stories would be great.

Just another new guy from michigan. i got out of the military and went to college at wyotech but with the economy down and no jobs i saw an episode of auction hunters (which i know makes yall auction vets cringe) i figured why not give this a try and make a business for myself. I know this is nothing like the tv series as i have done my homework but any advice for a beginner/novice would be much appreciated as my first auction is saturday.