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That has to be the worst show I have ever watched well watched 15mins of it and turned the channel back and forth. The show is to be about buying units! Where and why would the make a show with Q and A's. You go to an auction you bid and hopefully win you load and unload and sell! Why make a one hour show on meet the people. VERY STUPID.

Actually, I think they did a good thing there, because any of the 'get rich quick' folks who watched it are going to realize (those with more than three functioning brain cells, anyway)that if you want to get rich quick, this is NOT the way to do it. 
   Yes, there are lockers out there that are worth some serious cash, but those are like finding hen's teeth. 
   This is a job for those of us who just like to dig through peoples stuff and see what is what.  It's gambling for people that suck at cards and dice.
   When Darryl made it clear that they buy thirty or more units a month, and the show only shows the big hits and misses, it should make it clear you better be willing to throw a lot of money and effort into this to make a buck.
   Barry was the only one who said he doesn't have an issue with the show and his schedule.  The rest all said they have to alter their schedules to film, because they all do this for a living, Barry doesn't.
   

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: got a biggie today.
« on: September 01, 2011, 10:29:30 AM »
Haven't seen a big locker yet go for under $1,400 up here, and truthfully, on over half of those I couldn't see what was worth that amount.  Units looked okay, but over a grand on one?  Not one showed that kind of potential.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 31, 2011, 08:40:13 PM »
who said the forums weren't good for anything!! ha

Hey Drew, I'm going to see if you're interested in a few big items.  Got a fridge, works in decent condition, white.  Also have a like new gas range and built in microwave and the fridge, all black, that I bought as a set two years ago.  They've been sitting in my garage ever since. (Fridge has been used, but it is in good condition.  Range and Microwave have less than sixty days of usage.)

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The Lounge / Re: Who has a Facebook??
« on: August 31, 2011, 08:34:00 PM »

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: got a biggie today.
« on: August 31, 2011, 07:49:58 PM »
Looks good. What kind of Golf Clubs are those? 

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Son bought 3 lockers this morning
« on: August 31, 2011, 04:20:28 PM »
Well that would set me up for a possesion/sale of stolen property the way the law reads in WA not worth it I will just give it back. have returned a lot of UHAUL stuff in the past like carts and blankets normally new looking that says right on it not for sale.

I'd at least steam clean the carpet first if you need to.  ROFL.  But I agree, it builds good will with the store and the manager.
   Not worth the potential liability to turn it for $100 or whatever. 

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 31, 2011, 04:18:38 PM »
Hell keep us all advised :)

Beanie Babies are like sports cards.  If you don't know a collector that will buy them at a discount, you have to sit on the damn things and watch the market.  When your 'Babies' get worth something, then you have to be ready to stick it on the market.
   Most aren't worth much.  But some can be worth some jack, so I am willing to take the risk, and sit on them if needed, until they do go up in value.
   Last unit I bought I got about 5,000 sports cards from the eighties and early nineties.  It ain't gonna be a quick sell, because I can sit on them and sell them out bit by bit to get max value, seeing as I only paid $200 for the unit.
   Personally, I understand the 'quick turn' market, but when it comes to little items like Beanies and cards?  I'll sit on them if needed, as they don't take up much room.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 31, 2011, 01:00:22 PM »
Benluby....

I see you are still online here at 10:55 am my Pacific time. I am leaving in 5 minutes for the lkr as per my post above. I will go ahead and do what I said and hope to see a reply from you when I get back.



Gotta take a chance at times, right Movieman?  You have a deal.  Shoot me a PM when you get back, and I'll have the money to you tomorrow morning via paypal, as I have the money clearing the bank tonight.  Let me know how much shipping and handling will be. 
   I'll even keep you advised of my luck with the Beanie Babies if you like.

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Can I get some clarification?  You state that the auction was cancelled, but they were filming there.  Strange.  Are they simply buying all the units up, cancelling the public auction, so they can film with their cast and extras instead, and if so, is that even legal to do?
  If it's supposed to be a public storage unit auction, one would think they'd have to leave it open to the general public.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 31, 2011, 12:30:04 PM »
Remember one thing about those Beanie Babies, Movie.  Some of them are actually rare and can run up some bucks.  If you aren't interested in going through all the headaches, I will seriously make an offer of $75.00 right now, and I'll pay shipping and handling for every one of them.  I know that some can be worth some money, but realistically, those are rare and hard to find, but I happen to be one of the weird guys that will buy them and sit on them for a while.  Let me know if you're interested in selling them.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Lookey Loos Part 8.....August, 2011
« on: August 30, 2011, 04:12:48 PM »
I guess you and I have different definitions of newb/noob then.  I sometimes get the feeling that anyone who isn't in the pre 2010 cliche is a noob/newb to them and is seen as poison, although that just my view.

You want to spend your time taking offense over piddly ass ****, that's your business.  If they ain't personally directing the comment at me, then it ain't at me.  I don't have time to get a chip on my shoulder.
   Biting cold weather?  You don't understand a lot of these people.  About the only way you can keep the real unit buyers away is to have the freaking roads closed, and some of them will still try to make it.
   You ain't the only cowboy that has heard that they now sell water in bottles.  Some of even have these fancy things called coolers!!  Work like a champ.  Winter?  We buy coats.  And since I grew up off the Great Lakes, I can take a damn good bit of cold.  I'm not going to think I'm the only one out there who can handle extremes in temperature.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Lookey Loos Part 8.....August, 2011
« on: August 30, 2011, 02:53:14 PM »
acman, you need to learn a bit of terminology. Noob/Newb is a term used to describe a clueless individual who goes into something they are unfamiliar with, and have no clue about what they are doing.  They can screw up a wet dream in short order.
   New People, which I've seen the term on here, are people who are new to the storage auctions, but have at least a basic concept/grasp of what they are doing, and, while competing for the units, aren't retarded noob's that show up with a wad of cash and piss it away on everything that shines.
   I'm new to it as well, and I'm not stupid enough to want to piss off people that have ten, twenty or thirty years in this business because I think I'm just that damn smart.  You can smart yourself right into stupid, and I have no interest in doing that.
   As my dad always said, 'everybody pisses in the fan once in a while.  The retard does it while shouting about how he's making it rain'.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Hello everyone
« on: August 30, 2011, 02:47:42 PM »
See what the wife offers in 'trade'.  Maybe you two can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement.  She gets that chest, you get hers.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 30, 2011, 10:18:11 AM »
I sort of thought that would be your answer.  I tend to be a master of the obvious at times.  Don't worry, I piss everyone off at least once with that attitude.
   I really don't know if I'd have let her have a damn thing out of it, but based on you saying all the good valuables were out?  I'd make damn sure that she knows her getting the other stuff is contingent upon cash in hand, and THEY clean the unit out completely, not 'cherry pick' the items she wants and leaves the rest for you. (Of course, if you've already turned a nice profit, a little bit of clean up won't be a big issue, I'm sure.)

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 30, 2011, 09:54:56 AM »
I might have let her have any family photo's/papers I found, but as for the rest?  Nah.  Especially not on a payment plan from someone who had already defaulted at least once.
   Of course, if she does come back with her 'help', if you take a check you may be asking for it.  Tell her if you don't see Benjamin's, you don't sell. 

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