Auction Scene #2...February, 2012

I did win 2 units, 1 was for $10, and the other $80.

Nice job - congratulations!!

Took a day off to hit three auctions on Wednesday, 2/15/12 - but didn't go due a few "issues" -1)  90% chance of rain - and they were right!!
2)  Total units as of Tuesday evening - six!  (Two with only one unit, and one with four units) The one with four lockers started out with over 30 two weeks ago, then went down to 15 last week, and 8 on Tuesday night.  Then four at auction time.......
3)  The biggest deterrant - our local ABC TV station was going to the facility with four lockers to shoot a local "Storage Wars" segment.  Oh goody - elbow-to-elbow with 200 people all waving at the camera!!  No thanks....

Switched days off - now going on Thursday to two places - one with 37 UNITS (as of Noon Wed.) and one with 15....so I'll keep my fingers crossed.    

Wish I could find a gun cabinet even if there were no weapons in it.  Would go for more then $80 that is for sure.  You had a steal there IMO.

I went to a auction today that I didn't think would make.  So I didn't even bring my auction wallet with me to work.  Didn't make the 10am (4 units) but did skip lunch to make the 1pm (13 unit) auction.  I was flat amazed.  There wasn't really a crowd.  The 10am auction had 9 people from talking with a few of the regulars.  Nice slate pool table and unit sold for $225.

Anyways - we start this auction.  You can tell they don't hold them often and everything was VERY laid back.  We had less then 20 people.  One new black lady that has never been to one.  No idea how she stumbled onto this auction.  Everyone else were regulars, or new faces to me but the old timers knew them.  Prices were LOW.  Highest unit was $195.

I purchased bid on 5 units and won 3.

Unit 1 - 6 georgia luggage bags (aka trash bags cloths) - $20
Unit 2 - 10x10 that had been tossed, beat up fridge - $5
Unit 3 - 5x10 - about 6 boxes of items in back.  Is a gamble - $40

I missed out on another gamble unit that had bags in it, pump pellet rifle, and looked like a amp.  I stopped at $40 since it didn't really grab me.  Other small unit with 6 milk crates, boxes, other odds and ends I got outbid on also.  I prob should of kept going but $50 is my max on small unit gambles.

Wish I could find a gun cabinet even if there were no weapons in it.  Would go for more then $80 that is for sure.  You had a steal there IMO.

I went to a auction today that I didn't think would make.  So I didn't even bring my auction wallet with me to work.  Didn't make the 10am (4 units) but did skip lunch to make the 1pm (13 unit) auction.  I was flat amazed.  There wasn't really a crowd.  The 10am auction had 9 people from talking with a few of the regulars.  Nice slate pool table and unit sold for $225.

Anyways - we start this auction.  You can tell they don't hold them often and everything was VERY laid back.  We had less then 20 people.  One new black lady that has never been to one.  No idea how she stumbled onto this auction.  Everyone else were regulars, or new faces to me but the old timers knew them.  Prices were LOW.  Highest unit was $195.

I purchased bid on 5 units and won 3.

Unit 1 - 6 georgia luggage bags (aka trash bags cloths) - $20
Unit 2 - 10x10 that had been tossed, beat up fridge - $5
Unit 3 - 5x10 - about 6 boxes of items in back.  Is a gamble - $40

I missed out on another gamble unit that had bags in it, pump pellet rifle, and looked like a amp.  I stopped at $40 since it didn't really grab me.  Other small unit with 6 milk crates, boxes, other odds and ends I got outbid on also.  I prob should of kept going but $50 is my max on small unit gambles.

You WON 3 units at ONE location!! Why you gotta be soo greedy!! Could'nt let somebody else get em', had to throw all that  BIG money around didn'tcha! 

As Hester would say.....  YUUUUPP - was only 5 of us that bought any units.  Think only 7 or 8 of us that even bid.  I would of bought all 5 I bid on if had been willing to go over $50 bid.  I was just in shock that we didn't have 50+ people there.  Even my normally small (under 20) locations last month had over 50 people at the place.  Heck - dad said there were 40 people at one location for 1 locker.

So must be some good porn..  LOL

Just kidding. 

Glad you got two.

lol NO!   Some was Playgirl, and my siss said "look through them some could be collectible"  DON"T THINK SO I PASS,  she can look through them LOL

OK~well I broke my toe last night (why oh why did the door not stay either open or closed??) so......Don did a circuit today that took him to 5 facilities with the final being about 75 miles away.  Relatively small crowds, but prices were semi-high.  He bid on a couple, but nothing that jazzed him.  The outta town was a small crowd (about 20) with only two from Tucson.  The regulars were determined that the 'foreigners' were not going to get a unit and overpaid on all 3 units and the car. 

Wasted day......for Don~

I however just won my first online auction.  It was up for bid last month and I lost out at the last second (danged snipers).  Well for whatever reason.....the unit came back up and this time.....I sniped.  It's a 10X30, but only about a quarter full.  Some interesting items, but until I can get down there and dig.....I won't know.  Don did stop by and talk with the manager and come 9:30 tomorrow morning I'll be loading up (broken toe be damned!).

I'll let ya know how it goes~
Hey....at least it's a unit~and like I told Don.....that unit with our crowds during a live auction would have ended well over $100.  I picked it up for $70~under $85 after fees~

we'll see~

lol NO!   Some was Playgirl, and my siss said "look through them some could be collectible"  DON"T THINK SO I PASS,  she can look through them LOL

 LOL  Husband agrees with you, let her look though it.

Rockin slow down and that door want hit you.  Sounds like you did good.

Craiglst  Glad you got 3 and sounds like good prices too.

No auctions until Friday but calling for rain for Friday and Saturday, so with current supply and possible only one day to sell may skip it.  .

Rockin - you are starting to remind me of Rebecca (member here and she has a blog also I read).  Glad you not letting a toe stop ya from shopping

UGA - Athens must be pretty slow it sounds like which surprises me.  Hope you keep doing well.

Cheesehead - All I can say is ouch, I would hate for the news here to do a story.  Crowds are bad enough w/o advertising it on the 6 o'clock news.  Good luck to ya.

Money - you may want to hit auction anyways.  May be surprised and find cheap lockers like I did yesterday.  I went on a whim (didn't even have my auction wallet with me).  I'm doing an auction Saturday instead of selling since they calling for 80% chance of rain.  If rain holds off I'll hit the dump and maybe scrap yard also.

Already made some of my money back on the 3 units.  Found a $5 target card, and 13 forever stamps.  So only $55 in the red for this buy.  Did find some 9.5 Air Jordan shoes, Rubber boots, and some scrap.  My $40 locker turned out to be mostly books (boo).  Did get some costume jewelry and a fake Coach bag.  Truck full of black trash bags to search still but figure those are mostly Goodwill donations.

Got a call recently from a friend who has pretty much stopped going to the auctions almost altogether due to the prices the units are commanding.

"What happened to you yesterday?"   Seems I had missed a set of 3 auctions by the same outfit. Somehow slipped through the cracks, but as we talked it turned out I had missed nothing really. Each place had started with 10 or so units and ended up with 2 or 3 and they were "nothing".

Continues the trend that apparently more people are paying up  (due to tv shows) and those seem to be the better lockers. Sure, there are still some good ones coming to the auctions, but not as many (IMO, IMA [in my area]).

MEANWHILE....

Picking is working for me. Good returns (some high) on hand-picked items. Fills the void between getting lkrs...any lkrs, average or great.

My friend has gone almost exclusively to picking and one other fellow has just started it too. We try to "outrun" each other at fleas (when shopping) and will take different rows if we think the other hasn't already been there.

Keep on changing with the market !

Yesterdays lockers were crazy with some big crowds.  Today is off to a slow start.  The first auction had 7 lkr's  all paid up.  The next one is at 11 and they have 12 lkrs as of now.

At Craiglst I know we should plus we have never been to these facilities. Find quite a few of those at this time of year.  But with current inventory running short on Dry space. Looks like rain all weekend.
We need the rain desperately, but wished it would come during the week.

MEANWHILE....

Picking is working for me. Good returns (some high) on hand-picked items. Fills the void between getting lkrs...any lkrs, average or great.

My friend has gone almost exclusively to picking and one other fellow has just started it too. We try to "outrun" each other at fleas (when shopping) and will take different rows if we think the other hasn't already been there.

Would like to see that, picturing it in my head hysterical. ~~0~~0 ~~~0 rolling. (coyote and road runner)
Beep Beep.

 We too are picking (not like you) box lots, and free stuff. Our Box lot find looks like it will pay off well. May turn and burn some and sit on the the other for higher returns. 

Rockin - you are starting to remind me of Rebecca (member here and she has a blog also I read).  Glad you not letting a toe stop ya from shopping

UGA - Athens must be pretty slow it sounds like which surprises me.  Hope you keep doing well.

Cheesehead - All I can say is ouch, I would hate for the news here to do a story.  Crowds are bad enough w/o advertising it on the 6 o'clock news.  Good luck to ya.

Money - you may want to hit auction anyways.  May be surprised and find cheap lockers like I did yesterday.  I went on a whim (didn't even have my auction wallet with me).  I'm doing an auction Saturday instead of selling since they calling for 80% chance of rain.  If rain holds off I'll hit the dump and maybe scrap yard also.

Already made some of my money back on the 3 units.  Found a $5 target card, and 13 forever stamps.  So only $55 in the red for this buy.  Did find some 9.5 Air Jordan shoes, Rubber boots, and some scrap.  My $40 locker turned out to be mostly books (boo).  Did get some costume jewelry and a fake Coach bag.  Truck full of black trash bags to search still but figure those are mostly Goodwill donations.

I'm A UGA Fan, I watch a lot of college football, but i'm not from there, it's actually a couple of hours from me, I live in Rome, GA    which is in the northwest corner of Georgia.

2-16-12:  Here's a shot of the crowd at today's auction.  About 50 people and 20 bidders. 
I bid on five or six of the 34 units that were available, but each time the price went over my limit.  Winning prices weren't terribly high, it's just the lower cost units were complete junk. 

Good ending to the day though.  I made contact with two folks who own Thrift Stores.  They also told me they would be interested in buying (at a fair price) any large furniture/mattress/etc that I won in a locker (since I am not in the furniture moving business).  This will obviously help in hauling/storing/selling in the future.

Just to give you and idea of prices in the Mid-South ---->

Photo #1 = $40.00
Photo #2 = $385.00
Photo #3 = $130.00 (TV screen was cracked)