Reality in the Storage Auction business; Oregon

This is our area, and I know the majority of the people in that picture.  The shows are ruining the business around here because OR has some of the highest unemployment issues and everyone is trying storage auctioning.  This last week the husband and I went to a different set of auctions every day except for today, and didn't win or even bid on anything aside from the silent auctions, due to the amount of new faces spending WAY too much money without the quality.  I don't really know that I learned anything from this article, seems like just a story about the local business because it's a popular subject these days.