Went to two auctions today 15 miles apart. Same management company.
Facility #1:
Two lockers. First a 10 x 15 showing a double door fridge, a two layer (big) Craftsman tool box set. Three drawers were partially open and empty. Flip top was open (why?) and showed some content. Other than that maybe 6 boxes, not much else.
Only 8 of us there with 5 being regulars. A regular got it for $750....said he wanted fridge for his daughter.
Other unit was a 10 x 5...junk. Went for $40. Later the regular buyer told me it was all crap. Blowmolded toolboxes empty.
Facility #2:
One and half hours later, 15 miles away. 3 lkrs and a motorhome. Lkr 1 the best: clean with maybe 8 boxes showing and well labled, 6 boxes broken down flat (would like to have had what WAS in them in the past), a small couch, not much more. This 10 x 10 the regulars would have paid $250 to $300 and it went for $425.
Second lkr I can't even remember. Third looked familiar and when talking to one of the other regulars we agreed it belonged to a sometime flea market seller. It was a 10 x 30 and only full along the walls with a wide aisle down the middle. Not really ANYTHING of value showing. I had seen this one before as the owner and I are somewhat friendly. He had this lkr here when I got the Safe locker here last November.
Anyway, I walked to the shade and THERE HE WAS ! Talked to him for a minute and he said he owed $825 on it. I would have helped him reclaim it if it was in the $400 area, but not going to risk my $800 on this guy, especially since I saw nothing I wanted. I told him I thought it would go for $500 but some newbie REALLY LIKED IT and paid $725.
So, no overage coming to the frm owner (too bad) and he was out his stuff and whatever he had paid on it before defaulting.
Motorhome story in next post.