For some reason, I've been on a streak of finding food in my lockers.. Sugar, flour, coffee, rice..

I got a surplus of old magazines which I cut the ads out of and listed some of them (50 or so) on Ebay as a buy it now option. Always listed 30 days. I do auctions as well for most of my other items, which are mainly collectibles. if I start the auction on a Monday or Tuesday, I list for 5 days so that it ends on Sat./Sun. If I list on Sat./Sun. I run for 7 days..

I always list auction with buy it now option when they give away those 7 bazillion listings free for 3 days.

Those big hits are getting harder and harder to find as people are more cautious about what they're putting into storage and potentially losing.. The majority of the success in this business is through elbow grease both before and after the purchase.

I don't flaunt it, but I don't go out of my way to hide it either.

I haven't used IE in 5 years. IE is such a drag on the computer. I switched to Firefox and now I'm using Chrome without any issues.

I've noticed that the whales are staying away from the auctionzip advertised sales. I don't mind auctionzip sales because the newbies spend their money so fast just to get a locker under their belt. Just bide my time and wait for a good one to come up later in the auction and pop for a really good price, just as you did.

I like scouting out moving sales. These people are on their way out and either can't fit their stuff in the truck or just plain don't want to take it. Good opportunity to buy cheap AND give my card to clean out after the sale. I always buy some stuff to put my best foot forward. Typically, if I don't buy anything, they don't call me back to pick up.