Auction Hunters Fall Season, 2011

The boys are in reruns, tons of reruns, but the new season starts.....

October 25, 2011 on Spike.

Still waiting for the film footage of a dump run or to see them make less than 10x the money on a $500 purchase !

Ya that show is rediculous.

Minnnnniiiiiiiboooooaaaat!

It's funny, when I tell people that I buy storage units they always ask two questions in some form "Is it just like the shows" and " What good stuff have you found". It's almost like deflating a balloon when I tell them that you can find valuable items but you have to be able to make your money selling common household goods. The most I've sold a single item for is 100.00, yet I have been very profitable. Selling hundreds of clothes at 50 cents isn't as sexy as a hovercraft but I'll do it. When the boys find one of the retired space shuttles in a unit I'm not watching anymore.

It's almost like deflating a balloon when I tell them that you can find valuable items but you have to be able to make your money selling common household goods.

Now if we could just deflate about 4.5 million balloons of the people watching the shows !  One balloon at a time I guess.


I've had a brand new, in the box, hand kitchen mixer that won't even sell for $3....I think they're $10 or so new in the store, maybe less.

  I've had a brand new, in the box, hand kitchen mixer that won't even sell for $3....I think they're $10 or so new in the store, maybe less.
   MM
  Sounds about the right selling price  for those of us on"  The Other Coast " too .
Bandit

Tonight's the night and I have to say I beat these guys to the punch this time.....

I remember very well the day I got that 1964 Mustang in a lkr I paid $300 for ! NOT !

Will recap it later...no surprises in one way though....THEY ALWAYS DO WELL !

They never fail to disappoint....

a rare pistol worth $10K.....so rare I could hardly find a price for it on the internet.

battle bots.....well, I got a book on how to build them once....sold it for $5.

  I wonder if they will find a locker with one of these
        http://www.flickr.com/photos/kptyson/231473998/
Or These  ( after they buy it on Fee Bay )
        http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1970_Lamborghini_Espada_Series_1_V12_Barn_Find_For_Sale_Front_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bringatrailer.com/2011/01/25/non-countach-1983-lamborghini-jalpa/&usg=__TmmQfgJQRvV6luRXVRdpMamnkxA=&h=360&w=480&sz=95&hl=en&start=21&zoom=1&tbnid=KX5M7308qVaw-M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&ei=-nunTvuSBqrt0gGg1PmCDg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvintage%2Blamborghini%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

  Nothing , with this show surprises Me anymore
Bandit

Bandit....

They actually found BOTH those at ONE facility !  The first was under a canvas which had mattresses piled on top and a particle board chest in front of it.

The second was in another lkr (owned by a different tenant) and was way at the back and pretty much concealed by 50 boxes of old newspapers formerly used in kitty litter boxes...what a stink!

Unfortunately after the 10 day mandatory waiting period, the two owners had paid the back dmv fees and the boys lost the goodies...but they got the mattresses, kitty papers, etc !  

  On the Show ?
I must of missed that episode , , was probably watching My ( Ex. ) Next Door Neighbors find TWO  New Harley's or  a locker full of Loaded Guns  .    

OK, a pool table....but a nice one.  After you watch this episode, check out this link.

mustangpooltable.com/

AND......

fun in the sand and profit to boot !

These two reach new heights of unbelievability with each passing week. 

11/8/2011

I missed the "buying" part of tonight's show, but it's ending now and they made
$3600 profit.

I actually got a pitching machine a couple of years ago....it was the big brand (don't remember now), but all the wiring was cut at the base. I put it on eBay and if I recall correctly the sale took place outside eBay....sold it to a guy in Texas who made all the transport arrangements. Did I get $4500 like the tv guys? No; I think I got $375.

The jaws of life on tonight's show was fun to watch in action, but have ANY of you guys ever got one in a lkr? No? I didn't think so.

The show goes on...as fake as ever.

11/08/2011

LAME!  Really LAME.  These guys are Storage Wars Wana=-bee's.  Though the show is an absolute joke/farce...the least the producers could do  to make it entertaining  is manage to work some character  into the script by having a possible buyer/collector Refuse to buy their item.  That old start high, start low and meet in the middle is really lame.  These guys don't even pay an appraisal fee! Come on dude.  They ask a collector what it's worth...then they they turn around and get the collector to give them half of his appraisal.  A collector that knows what he's buying is not going to give out his data for free.  Come on dude.  Watch a real show with real people like Storage Wars.  These guys in Auction Hunters are the only people buying/bidding.  The real kick is that every unit always has something mysteriously hidden alongside the  rest of the junk...for a grand total profit for the day of $9,895.95 !  Come on! Lame as they come.!

Im done with this show.  They bought two units and scored a dune buggy and a mustang pool table?  I call bulls**t.

I liked how the guy looking at the dune buggy asked "does it run" and Allen saying he had no clue.  RIIIIIGHT.  The VERY FIRST thing I would do is see if it ran.  Then again, I doubt I will find a dune buggy in a locker.  

one thing can be said about auction hunters, they got there jump the shark moment out of the way quickly in the very first episode.