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Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!

Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2013, 09:40:36 AM »
I think the key would be if the people who bought it were made aware 'hey, I bought this unit, rummaged through it, and am now re-selling online'.

But what are the chances of that happening? Pretty good if Travis wants VSA.com to stick around for any length of time.

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Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2013, 03:24:02 PM »
Better than finding a box of poo

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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2013, 07:01:56 AM »
I bought a locker Friday.. a womans apartment..nice furniture , kitchen cookware & accessories, clothing of course ... and .. several NEW in the box adult toys ... I sold everything except the toys within 24 hours... I'm a top rated seller on ebay and have an excellent reputation.. I do NOT want to list any items that need to be placed in the "Adult" category... my question is How Do I get Rid of these 6 items?? any suggestions?

You could setup another eBay account to sell those types of items

Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2014, 03:47:03 PM »
The "BEST" (or the worst) bag I ever opened was a white plastic bag. Inside I noticed something LARGE and BLACK.  That was not so bad but the Brown smears on the  inside the bag made me vomit, just a little but sit there was vomit.   

Best part really about this was that the unit was an office.  The person called about 10 times over the next two days asking for his personal belongings.  All I found that was personal was INNNNN guess where a white plastic bag. 

Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2014, 12:33:34 PM »
Sounds like this sort of thing happens a lot?

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« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2014, 12:49:24 PM »
Sounds like this sort of thing happens a lot?

No not really. It's just that even one sounds like a lot when it's your unit.

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Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2014, 07:26:32 PM »
Sounds like this sort of thing happens a lot?

You can reasonably expect to find porn or adult toys in 10-20% of the units you buy. It's just part of this business.

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« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2014, 11:17:26 AM »
You can reasonably expect to find porn or adult toys in 10-20% of the units you buy. It's just part of this business.

I don't see that much of it. Must be a Texas thing! :)

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Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2014, 03:15:43 PM »
I don't see that much of it. Must be a Texas thing! :)

I think it's just a "human" thing and it's part of this business. We're dealing with people's personal property. Sometimes it's gets really personal. It's so common in this business, Glendon Cameron wrote a book about storage auctions titled "The Porn is Always in the DVD Player." Although it's a ridiculous title for a book, it speaks volumes about this business.

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« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2014, 08:14:11 AM »
bought my first unit of this year yesterday and got my first box of cremated human remains  ???

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« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2014, 09:48:42 AM »
got my first box of cremated human remains

I'm curious, what did you do with them?

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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2014, 05:23:08 PM »
ran em through a percolater with some coffee , had a good kick to it  :)


it was a public storage and i left it there with the pictures and papers and let the manager know hes contacting the customer to come get them

im kind of curious if the guy will show up and get them of if the manager is going to wind up disposing of her

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« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2014, 06:05:07 PM »
ran em through a percolater with some coffee , had a good kick to it

Hmm, I never thought of that. I usually bring along a carton of milk and a spoon, just in case.

Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2014, 10:51:24 AM »
Oh wow. I remember when I was younger and saw something of the sort in my mothers closet. Never went in there again. I was so grossed out. But finding a strangers... And a man's.... Oh, ouch. I would have dropped the box and ran like I saw a spider.

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Re: Opened the box and .... Awww Noooo!
« Reply #29 on: November 11, 2014, 02:55:28 PM »
Never went in there again. I was so grossed out.

I would imagine so. Welcome to the forum BTW, you're off to a great start!


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