Buying storage units?

**minet123** · 04-18-11, 12:21 AM

Looks like too much work better just to pay off the night guy and break in to the juices ones

**gregm** · 04-18-11, 12:40 AM

Tv shows glamorizing it? Links? Is this another one of the learning channels reality type shows?

I used to talk to a guy near my unit who lived in his storage unit and played with his 80's metal band at night, had to use the bathroom in a port a john though. LOL

He told me people do really well on these auctions, and, actually, this is a very good thread.

Bidding on a abandoned storage unit seems to me gambling of the highest degree. People who looked in mine might see some antiques on top, but I feel sorry for them when they get to the back, tons of scratched albums from the 70s, old bell bottoms too smelly to wear form prolonged storage, and tons of coat hangers and junk. Just junk.

**LLXC** · 04-18-11, 12:47 AM

Storage Wars, Auction Hunters, etc, etc

**Smoke** · 04-18-11, 12:47 AM

I bought a storage unit for $50 bucks and it had 10 inch dildo in it and various sex toys and I sold it to JJ for $500

Winning!!

**gregm** · 04-18-11, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by LLXC

Storage Wars, Auction Hunters, etc, etc

Thanks, I am really out of touch. There are shows for everything now.

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 04-19-11, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by gregm

Thanks, I am really out of touch. There are shows for everything now.

Yeah, there are 2-3 shows about buying storage units. They are all scipted, of course. But I am guessing that after these shows started airing, everybody and their mama are out their trying to buy units.

Probably not even worht it now because everybody is bidding the units up way too high.

**danso** · 04-19-11, 11:17 PM

Yeah, I definitely think they are being overly glamorized.. Doubt there's a real business to it

**treece** · 04-19-11, 11:21 PM

don't some people actually live in storage units?

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 04-19-11, 11:25 PM

Originally posted by treece

don't some people actually live in storage units?

Probably, but they ae not making money.

**rumple** · 04-19-11, 11:33 PM

How do you drop a duece in a storage unit if you live there?

**the_situation** · 04-19-11, 11:54 PM

haha that show is soooo good...Dave ftw...yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip

**Mthorn** · 04-20-11, 12:02 AM

I wonder how often they go to different locations.

**Arsenal** · 04-20-11, 12:10 AM

Never knew they had reality shows on storage units. They will put anything on the air nowadays.

**QuantumLeap** · 04-20-11, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDo

Anybody doing it?

Did you do it before the tv shows glamorizing it?

What do you do with all the shit you get? Garage sales? Do you own a thrift store?

Is it worth it????

Too much work?

My friends are managers of a storage facility. They say you can get some good deals on units but a lot of them just have household stuff like furniture and then clothes. Some have had coins and one had signed sports memorabilia.

**Roy Halladay** · 04-20-11, 12:23 AM

Brandi has a massive rack.

**QuantumLeap** · 04-20-11, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by rumple

How do you drop a duece in a storage unit if you live there?

My friends let a homeless woman stay in her unit because they felt sorry for her. She dropped a deuce in a plastic bag and had a place to get rid of it. She also had an office area next door that rented cubicles for $99/month. She had a friend who let her in there to take a shower.

She eventually got social security that paid her enough to live in a weekly apartment but she bought a van instead and lived in that. I guess she was more comfortable living on the street than in her own place.

**koz-man** · 04-20-11, 12:45 AM

I can't believe they made a show about this topic!?!?

**Gruntworker** · 04-20-11, 01:20 AM

wow... even if there was any money in it, it would be alot of work unless you are already used to selling things on ebay/craigslist, etc.. doubtful most people would leave anything of value inside a storage unit anyway.

**Hootie Johnson** · 04-20-11, 01:30 AM

You might get lucky once in awhile, but I can't see making a regular income from it.

**Flyers21** · 04-20-11, 05:37 AM

I've watched the show a few times and it does seem like everything is scripted. From the few episodes I watched they make it seem like you can make a lot of money doing this. Seems like every show they each character buys a unit, it looks like there is nothing in it, then out of nowhere they pull out something worth a lot of money. Reality tv sucks.

**Regul8er** · 04-20-11, 08:44 AM

Money owns this town!

**Doug** · 04-20-11, 12:15 PM

I wonder if the storage has to auction it off by law, or can they just keep the stuff themselves ?

I think you would need a big barn or something to move the stuff to and then a storefront to sell stuff or a partner with one. Also a way to dump trash cheaply.

**Dad** · 04-20-11, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by the_situation

haha that show is soooo good...Dave ftw...yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip

Dave was whining and crying like a little bitch last episode over what that kid did to his hat. That kid's bear looking father Darrell was about to stomp Dave.

Also, I would like to suck on Brandi's

.

**spartangreen** · 04-20-11, 03:13 PM

those shows are driving the prices up because everybody thinks they are going to make money. They only show the good stuff, but a majority of the time you dont make anything and you get stuck with a bunch of junk.

**OmgUrMom** · 04-20-11, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by gregm

Tv shows glamorizing it? Links? Is this another one of the learning channels reality type shows?

I used to talk to a guy near my unit who lived in his storage unit and played with his 80's metal band at night, had to use the bathroom in a port a john though. LOL

He told me people do really well on these auctions, and, actually, this is a very good thread.

Bidding on a abandoned storage unit seems to me gambling of the highest degree. People who looked in mine might see some antiques on top, but I feel sorry for them when they get to the back, tons of scratched albums from the 70s, old bell bottoms too smelly to wear form prolonged storage, and tons of coat hangers and junk. Just junk.

if its just junk why not throw it away?

**dwang0725** · 04-21-11, 08:08 AM

If you have a thrift store or a consignment shop, it makes sense. It's an easy way to replenish inventory on the cheap. Otherwise, I would stay away.

**Regul8er** · 04-21-11, 08:19 AM

I would like to attend one just to see how well the show portrays the environment.

**GettingScrilla** · 04-21-11, 08:22 AM

Im tryna do that shit...itlooks like fun!

**jennahazeplays** · 04-21-11, 08:27 AM

costs are absurd nowadays juss nto werth it

**slatter** · 04-21-11, 08:39 AM

It definitely piqued my interest after getting hooked on Storage Wars, but you'd have to think the bargains are few and far between now that the show has blown up.

**Dad** · 04-21-11, 11:47 AM

Back in the day you could buy sheds for $5-$25 each. Those days are long gone I am guessing.

**LegitBet** · 04-21-11, 11:54 AM

confuse pat swayze and dennis quaid.txt

**blackbeSSt** · 04-21-11, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by koz-man

I can't believe they made a show about this topic!?!?

i do believe you mean 'i can't believe he made a topic about that show'

and if you really think that most real life owners of the business don't rummage through the units before the auction, then i have some ocean front property in arizona i'd like to sell you

**VegasInsider** · 04-21-11, 12:17 PM

Before that show game out, I never even heard of people doing that. I can't believe there are that many people that just don't pay the storage unit fee and leave everything there. Seems kind of -EV