tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61398370401341596562024-03-14T11:52:14.253-05:00Stories from Storage Lockers...We buy storage lockers at public auction and sell the contents. These are the stories of our day-to-day fun with that! You'll find general information on how storage units get repossessed (and sold), stories from auction, pictures and stories of our digs (when we open up the contents of the unit), actual letters found in storage units and so so much more! Watch out Storage Wars & Auction Hunters... there are new storage heroes in town!Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-90743451946099959132016-06-01T14:10:00.000-05:002016-06-01T14:10:16.031-05:00How is buying auctions in real life different from buying on TV? We've been promoting our FREE storage unit auction class for a few weeks now, and we've had a couple dozen people go through the class, and they all keep asking the same question, one we've been asked for years:<br />
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Is it actually like it is on TV?<br />
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Five years ago if you asked us that question, we would have only been able to tell you what we had experienced in real life at storage unit auction. It's part of the reason we started writing this blog, to answer the questions that people always had, and to really dive into the interesting stories and the emotional stories and the really and truly unique things you can find.<br />
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Five years later, we can say that we've worked with some of the stars of Storage Wars, we've been on the Storage Treasures Pro Series with many of them, we've done an episode of Auction Hunters, we've known people that were in other episodes of Auction Hunters & Storage Hunters, and I've spent probably 50,000 hours working in the film industry, so yes, we definitely have a handle now on what's real versus what's reality TV.<br />
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1. Are items planted?<br />
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It depends on the show. Storage Hunters planted all of their items and sourced them locally from well known stores & shops, when they were in New Orleans. Auction Hunters uses a mixture, I think- I've seen them finding a crazy unrealistic amount of guns and vehicles, which are (depending on the state) usually items that are seized by an auctioneer before the bidding even begins, so it's hard for me to say that they don't plant. It's also very convenient that that's what they're finding when they have slow-motion cameras ready to show the bullet piercing the watermelon or the jet ski doing a spin. Storage Wars tends to use mostly real items, I say mostly because I know there are situations when they have to "greek" or hide an item's logo because it either hasn't been cleared by their legal team or it's someone who hasn't paid to advertise on their show. That's no different than any other TV show in the history of time, ever, though.<br />
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Another quick point here is that these are real tenants. People that owed real money and are presumably at least partially in debt because they were unable to pay their storage unit bill. Don't you think that if someone saw their unit on TV and items were planted they'd be calling TMZ immediately? <br />
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2. Are the bidders real?<br />
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Again, it depends. Storage Hunters used paid actors and changed their names and stories, so that was 100% fake. It wasn't a real auction and wasn't real items. Auction Hunters used a mixture of real bidders (me) and some paid actors, they also paid me as if I was an actor, so again, it's kind of a half and half deal. It was a PODs facility, so I can't even tell you whether they were real units, although I do know they use real storage facilities as well, however at the show I was at it was not advertised and was not open to the public. While Storage Wars pays their principals and their featured bidder, all of those auctions are listed on the American Auctioneers website and are all open to the public. I'm sure they don't pay all of those people, although I'm sure they probably have them sign some sort of disclaimer that they can be seen on TV before they are allowed to enter the public auction. <br />
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3. Why don't they film at real facilities and real auctions all over America?<br />
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The very short answer for this is that most storage facilities do NOT want cameras anywhere near their auctions. A lot of auction buyers are technology resistant, and do not feel comfortable being on camera. Storage facilities also don't want to give the impression that they auction off all of their customers stuff, so they don't like to do it because they feel like it detracts paying customers. I can't even begin to tell you how many shows wanted to follow me around and how many storage facilities said no. Storage Wars has gotten around this by partnering with the auctioneer, so Dan and Laura are obviously not going to say no as they are series regulars, and many of the storage facility owners are producers on the show. Many of these shows would be thrilled to travel around if only they could find the facilities to allow it. Storage Wars has recently had similar success (as in California) with Texas, Florida, New York, and Canadian markets.<br />
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4. Are these shows scripted? How come no one else ever wins units?<br />
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It's really hard to script any kind of reality show but there are certain story lines that they are going for. In the case of Storage Wars they just play up certain personalities. "Hey, Dave, you have kind of a jerk personality, let's make sure you really give it to Jarrod today!" When I was featured they asked me often to play up that I was from New Orleans or that I wear dresses and heels, etc. <br />
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The bidding is all real and other people besides the featured players win auctions, you just don't see In the case of Auction Hunters, they know Alan and Ton are going to win every unit. Storage Wars has real people bidding on units and they win often, they just don't televise those particular units. Keep in mind that for every 100 units they tape they probably air 10 of them. They edit out so much footage it's unreal. They also do go back and reshoot (with the same bids) so that they can get camera angles on people that they didn't expect bids from the first time around.<br />
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5. Are these auctions really profitable? I can try to buy but I'm not going to get $3000 for a vase!<br />
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Okay, that's partially true. And not because that 17th Century Chinese vase was a plant, it's just that it doesn't happen very often. I've found Purple Hearts in units, $3000 of gift cards in a unit, $60,000 of records in a unit, multiples safes, hidden cash, engagement rings, super rare antiques, it ALL happens. It just doesn't happen very often. So your level of success at finding the super rare items is totally correlational to how many units you buy, or your level of psychic ability. The more units you buy, the better your chances of finding a really cool find. It DOES happen. You make money on almost every unit. Sometimes it's $10, sometimes it's $50, it's usually around $300 for me. Money is money.<br />
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If you're wondering why they're able to sell a bike for $500 when you thought you could only get $50 for it, that's partially because they are experienced auction bidders and know what they can get and have a network of buyers for their items in advance. It's partially because the cost of living in California is pretty much higher than it is anywhere else, and it's also partially the TV camera effect. If you're a wholesaler and you run a shop and someone comes in with an item that's worth $500, you'll probably offer $100 for it to make your money. But when a TV camera is present you will offer more like $450 because you want to seem like a generous person.<br />
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There is still money to be made! You just have to know what you're doing, have a network, and be creative with how and who you sell to. And I PERSONALLY know people who have made 6 figures on a SINGLE. STORAGE. UNIT. More than 1 person. More than 5, actually.<br />
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I had a friend a few years ago who was just a regular bidder (who was pretty new to the game) who bought a unit that contained several thousand dollars worth of antiques and collectibles. And jewelry. Oh, it also had a 3.14 carat single stone, Old European cut, 1926-1932, set in 5.70 grams of 14k gold. It was since appraised for over $25,000. That friend ended up on a storage unit buying TV show. Folks, it can happen, and it can happen to YOU!<br />
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-24897167863483331152016-06-01T11:21:00.006-05:002016-06-01T11:21:52.321-05:00Lots of things happening!Hey y'all!<br />
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Some super exciting news on the horizon, but for now there's just regular exciting news:<br />
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1. Our new website is up and running! Check it out at <a href="http://www.storage-heroes.com/">http://www.storage-heroes.com</a>. And let us know what you think!<br />
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2. Our new products are being added to the for sale website every day! You can find them at <a href="http://auctionheroes.blogspot.com/">http://auctionheroes.blogspot.com</a> - or link off of our webpage (above).<br />
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3. Our new book on How to Have the Best Yard Sale Ever is out and getting great reviews! For $19.99 you can learn how to make HUNDREDS more at your garage sale! De-clutter your home, make more money. Win win win. You can grab the book here: <a href="http://www.gum.co/bestyardsal">http://www.gum.co/bestyardsal</a>e - or again, it's also available on our website.<br />
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Finally, (I told you there was a lot happening)! 4. Our FREE class on how to buy storage units has been a huge hit! You can still sign up at <a href="http://www.storage-heroes.com/class-.html">http://www.storage-heroes.com/class-.html</a> -- there's also a link on our website.<br />
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Later Gators!<br />
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We put the fun in auction,<br />
Rebecca<br />
<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-19131461521400475292016-04-22T10:22:00.001-05:002016-04-22T10:24:24.989-05:00OUR FIRST BOOK IS OUT! How to Have the Best Yard Sale Ever!Hey y'all!<br />
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It's been a long time coming with this, but my new book, How To Have The Best Yard Sale Ever, is out!<br />
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It's comprised of every tip and trick I've learned over the past 5 years (and over 600 garage sales), and has a ton of questions answered, many from the readers of this blog.<br />
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It also compiles all of our other garage sale posts (especially our 3 most popular ones) in an easy to read and concise manner. It's even got a chart on pricing your items!<br />
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If you'd like to check it out, you can click on the following link: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gum.co/bestyardsale">http://www.gum.co/bestyardsale</a><!-- m --><br />
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It's $19.95 but I promise if you use the tips & tricks provided you'll definitely increase your yard sale revenue by at least $20-- so it pays for itself in one use!<br />
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Let me know what you think, and if you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to let me know!<br />
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-Rebecca<br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-54473657051000953132016-04-15T10:52:00.004-05:002016-04-15T10:52:49.001-05:00Discount<br />
If you're reading this page you probably found us at the Indoor Garage Sale at Elmwood Self Storage. Garage sales & Storage units are both kind of our thing, so that was definitely a good place to meet us.<br />
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We buy storage units & estates & often just collections throughout the year and make the items available to the general public at a discount. You can find our wares online in the following ways:<br />
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Our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/storageheroes">Facebook page</a> (albums are updated often)<br />
Our<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=70123-3234&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_fss=1&_fsradio=%26LH_SpecificSeller%3D1&_saslop=1&_sasl=storage-heroes&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50"> eBay store</a><br />
Our <a href="http://www.storage-heroes.com/">website</a> (It's under construction in Spring 2016 so if you get an error message just try again)<br />
OR you can check out our separate sale <a href="http://auctionheroes.blogspot.com/">blog</a> that has photos & descriptions of our items for sale.<br />
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For your next purchase, you'll receive 20% off, if you reference this post. If you order online, you can use the code word "ELMWOOD".<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Storage Heroes<br />
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PS - If you like a good story, check out our blog (the most popular entries are below) for stories on what's really behind the stuff you find in storage units!<br />
<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-59678045307694083602016-03-07T10:06:00.001-06:002016-03-07T10:06:05.803-06:00How to Have the Best Yard Sale Ever! Hey Y'all!<br />
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We're back & better than ever!<br />
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Our new book, "How to have the Best Yard Sale Ever" is coming out pretty soon!<br />
You can pre-order by commenting below with your e-mail address, or sending an e-mail to storageheroes@gmail.com<br />
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One lucky pre-orderer will win a FREE AUTOGRAPHED COPY!<br />
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-- Storage HeroesStorage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-77257214484337697892014-05-06T02:50:00.001-05:002014-05-06T02:50:08.520-05:00I'm baaaaack!Hey y'all, Rebecca here!<br />
It's been almost a year, but I've been busy selling storage unit items all fancy and new at Fox It Up! check out http://www.foxitup.net or www.facebook.com/foxitup1 for more information.<br />
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It's been a privilege to continue to buy units & estates, and even more fun helping others learn to craft & get cheap items to repurpose (as well as an endless supply of gift bags, paint, brushes, wrapping paper and bows), but I miss writing, and I think that's really the one thing I've always done better than everything else. Back to basics.<br />
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Storage Heroes is going through a restructuring process where there will be lots more people helping, in different cities, with different things (auction buying, estate buying, garage sale liquidation, organization, and blogging/writing). With the extra help I'll be able to focus on the things you love most (photographs & books & blogs) and I'll still be able to get material for all of the things mentioned above without feeling like I'm going crazy. If you feel like you'd like to work for Storage Heroes as a buyer or seller or driver or mover, feel free to e-mail storageheroes at gmail.com for more information. You can also contact me via the Facebook page.<br />
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There will be more blogs and letters coming soon, but just know that I'm back around and they will be coming more frequently.<br />
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That's it for now but I do want to leave you with this story because it's amusing to me:<br />
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The other day I was calling estate sale liquidators in Baton Rouge to help with an estate that we took on several months ago but have been having problems (issues with transportation, warehouse space, company restructuring, the estate being over 80 miles away, etc) getting it liquidated as easily as the client needed, so I was making some phone calls to some local companies to see if someone else was more capable of handling it. I spoke to lots nice people, many who recognized me from auctions, or the blog, or garage sales, as well as a few new contacts that I'll be happy to add to my rolodex. And then I got to this one particular woman who from the very beginning seemed, a little off.<br />
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Here's a SNIPPET of our phone conversation:<br />
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Her: HELLLLOO????<br />
Me: Hi is this _____ with ____ company?<br />
Her: YES!<br />
Me: Okay, my name is Rebecca with Storage Heroes, and I'm calling because I..<br />
.Her: You are WHO with WHAT?!<br />
Me: Rebecca, with Storage Heroes, and I<br />
Her: WHAT???<br />
Me: Is there a bad connection?<br />
Her: No.<br />
Me: Can you hear me?"<br />
Her: Yes.<br />
Me: Okay, well I don't understand the problem, but my name is Rebecca with Storage Heroes and I...<br />
Her: WHO????? WHAT???<br />
Me: Sigh. Do you buy estates?<br />
Her: YES!<br />
Me: I have a company that buys estates like you do in New Orleans and I have an estate in Baton Rouge that I'd like liquidated. Do you do that?<br />
Her: WELL, I can have a sale there next weekend!!!!<br />
Me: No, we've already exceeded the number of sales allowed by permit, plus the house is going to closing so we really just need the estate liquidated. If you don't do that, I can call some other people.<br />
Her: I do everything (or something ridiculous like that).<br />
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Anyway, it went back and forth like that for several unproductive minutes, with her telling me how wide open her schedule was for May (although she was trying to make it sound important by saying how many clients she had), and at one point she actually had the audacity to try to explain to me what an ESTATE SALE is.<br />
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Her: You see... an ESTATE SALE is when you sell items from a person who has PASSED, in their HOME.<br />
Me: I know what an estate sale is. I told you I was an estate sale company, like you. Plus, I do that. I'm really seeking someone to move the contents of this home somewhere else to resell.<br />
Her: I don't DO THAT. Let me explain to you what an ESTATE SALE is.<br />
Me: That's not necessary, thank you for your time, I have a few other people to call...<br />
Her: WAIT. I want to help you. I wish I can help you.<br />
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She somehow manages to waste another 10 minutes of my time, and is still showing off with how busy and well known she is, and how once she was on a reality TV show casting call but didn't make it but was so close and she is so famous, and I just lost it and really wanted to get off the phone so I told her briefly who we were and how we've done a few TV shows and have met Dan & Laura and the Storage Wars gang, and used to write for StorageTreasures, and how we've done the mini series, etc etc, and she instantly starts trying to one up me, one up me, one up me.<br />
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Me: I'm sure you're great, but I really need to go...<br />
Her: WAIT-- (by the grace of God, the call disconnects. I guess it was a bad connection).<br />
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I briefly don't want to be seen as unprofessional, and think that I should call her back and issue a proper goodbye.... and then I wait a minute and decide against it. But I'm a Christian woman, and I would want someone to end the conversation with me, so I call her back. She answers, and I guess didn't realize she had answered?? Because I hear her having the following conversation with some other person... I THINK a man, but I can't be sure.<br />
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Woman: That girl.... she said she was someone FAMOUS? What nerve. I've never even heard of her before. What did she say her name was?? Super heroes trash?? <br />
Other person: Storage Heroes?<br />
Woman: She clearly doesn't know who I am. I don't know who she thinks she is. Thinking she can lie to me about how cool she is. We were almost on TV! (inserts name) will show HER!!<br />
Other person: What did she say?<br />
Woman: All this crap about how she's done TV and blogs and reality shows and books and 300 garage sales, that's not even possible, I haven't even done that many. She probably doesn't even have a website.<br />
Woman: (still going on) Google that shit. Storage Heroes. Google it right now on your smart phone device.<br />
Other person: Storage Heroes.<br />
Woman: Give me that.... Let me.. OH.<br />
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Silence.<br />
Other person asks to see.... I hear something like "COOL!" and "Is that Dan Dotson in her profile picture?" and then I clicked off the phone, completely satisfied. It was a good day. By the way, I didn't even bother calling her back.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
Storage Heroes<br />
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-87783533369650357062013-05-17T23:34:00.003-05:002013-05-17T23:34:56.730-05:00Bed, Bath, and Beyond (the $1 unit)It's been awhile, and we have lots to write about, but it's just been super busy.<br />
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Yesterday we went to a caravan auction and there were a couple of units that were decent for $200-300, but that was too much for a unit that wasn't "Great" that we didn't have good feelings about. There were a few $35-45 units that were okay, but they needed a lot of work, and it's not that we're lazy, just that we currently have about 3-4 units that we haven't even opened/dug yet, not to mention lots of friends that are moving that need us to sell all of their stuff. So, there's no need for more small, non-exciting inventory.<br />
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Which is exactly why when this door rolled open, we decided we were not interested. 2 SUPER FUNKY mattresses (you can see the mold and mildew in the pictures), and a couple of little things. I saw some purses that seemed in good shape, so that was a good sign, but everything was just thrown all around. Had it not been for the mattresses I would have maybe considered it but did we mention the mildew? So we moved away from this, the very last unit of the day. Only everyone else did too. The auctioneer was having us sign a no bid (witnesses are required to sign that no one bid on the unit), and it was then that we remembered that we have a friend with a dumpster very nearby.... SO, we went ahead and bid $1 on the unit and that was that.<br />
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It's been forever since we've gotten a $1 unit, I can't even remember how long, and I was kind of surprised because there was this bottom feeder guy there (he buys EVERYTHING under $20 and has a particular affliction for old mattresses) and a couple of newbies and none of them were interested. Their loss, our gain. At $1 I figure even if we sell the 2-3 purses we have tripled our money, so we're in good shape.<br />
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Here's what the unit looked like when the doors rolled open:<br />
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Notice all of the stuff thrown on the floor behind the mattresses:<br />
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This is a new one! A peanut butter jar filled with.... pieces of mold and mildew? Not sure if this was sheetrock, or paper... remnants of a peanut butter sandwich? Or maybe it's proof for an insurance company of Katrina damage? Whatever the case, it was pretty gross. There was lots of trash and old food in this unit.<br />
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A bag of Mardi Gras beads is a staple in New Orleans. It's either a sign of someone who rides in parades themselves, or someone who is not a lifelong resident of NOLA (ie, they are new to the city and want a souvenir) :)<br />
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Lots of duffle bags filled with clothing. The men's pants are all pretty nice.<br />
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Boxes and bags filled with clothes.<br />
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A few suitcases filled with clothes too! There were also a lot of bath mats, towels, curtains, that sort of thing.<br />
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Laundry baskets and laundry hampers filled with more clothes,<br />
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And in one of the little boy's lunchboxes I found a camo swamp boat! Yes! #louisianalove. Plus, we LOVE Duck Dynasty so this was a cool little find.<br />
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There are the purses we saw! Some of them are really nice... so at least that triples our money just right there.<br />
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I almost impaled myself while bending over picking up clothes on this long metal rod. Took forever to figure out what it was.... the BOTTOM of a salon style barber chair. A shame we didn't have the whole chair- they are expensive and a very easy sell here, so sadly we had to throw the bottom away.<br />
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While I was moving around one of the duffle bags filled with clothes there was a loud thud at the bottom when the bag hit the ground. That's always a sure sign that you have something besides clothes in the bag, and we sure did. I took all of the clothes out (Brian was getting rid of the mattresses during all of this, btw, credit where credit is due!) -- and I found a glasses case, and a few toys, including this Ken-ish-GI-Joe-ish kind of man doll. I swear he was looking creepily at me. So, I threw everything back in the bag to try to consolidate (we were in the car and not the van), and I SWEAR TO YOU , this is how the doll NATURALLY landed in the bag. I noticed it when I was moving. Couldn't have done it any better if I had tried to do it that way!<br />
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Look at that little creeper checking out his surroundings!<br />
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He's still trying to stare at me!<br />
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Okay Ken-Joe, you win, you can have a kiss.<br />
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There was also an AWFUL lot of bedding. Probably over 20 blankets, 10-15 pillows, and some stuffed animals. Took us awhile to figure out why (maybe that was just the easiest thing to leave or the cheapest thing in the locker, or because they were so dirty they need to be abandoned, whatever). We did find a card for Children's Hospital and evidence that the family had lived hours away in Mobile, Alabama. I know hundreds of children travel from very far away to go to Children's Hospital, and this storage facility is very near the hospital, so I'm guessing that's what happened here.<br />
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Our thoughts and prayers with this family- we hope everything is okay for them!<br />
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On a lighter note, this fuzzy headband wobbled as I was walking through the pitch dark unit and "ran" across my leg and it scared the bejeezus out of me!<br />
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To read about the rest of my Wheel of Fortune experience, you can click the following links:<br />
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<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/10/rebeccas-wheel-of-fortune-blog-part-2.html">Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/10/rebeccas-wheel-of-fortune-blog-part-3.html">Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/10/rebeccas-wheel-of-fortune-blog-part-4.html">Part 4</a><br />
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And to read about some of our wildest, craziest, and just plain funniest storage units, you can follow these links. Please note where it says adult content, and choose wisely! We don't want to offend anyone if we can help it.<br />
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<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-50th-unit-preview.html">Our 50th Unit</a> - with lots of videos of us digging<br />
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<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/09/cigars-booze-art-step-by-step.html">An awesome unit with cigars, liquor, and a great art collection</a><br />
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<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2012/12/record-keeping.html">The records unit</a><br />
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RebeccaStorage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-54053210926025555782013-03-23T23:13:00.003-05:002013-03-23T23:13:56.917-05:005 Things About Today's Garage Sale: Heels, Watches, Toys, Toilet Paper, and Pee!<br />
Hey y'all! Rebecca here. My mind is kind of a scrambled, jumbled mess, but I've been up working hard since 6am this morning so you'll have to forgive me. Garage sales are hard!<br />
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Even though sales are grueling, today's was so comical I wanted to share these few moments with you, even if they are just going to be listed out and not in a true blog format.<br />
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A little background: We are working the estate of a 77 year old man who passed away suddenly last December. He has a huge house filled with lots of nice things. Vintage electronics, tools, and German (his wife was German) items, to name a few-- very cool and interesting stuff. We've opened the whole house up for these sales and we have people wandering around looking at all of the treasures. Here are just a few pictures for reference:<br />
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We also had a camera crew at today's sale, nothing uncommon for us as we've done several pilots and sizzle reels for various TV projects and things, as well as the instructional videos for StorageTreasures.com (by the way, they are getting ready to release some of these videos again! You can find out more about it and see some of the videos here: <a href="http://pro.storagetreasures.com/pro-training/"> http://pro.storagetreasures.com/pro-training/ </a>) So, it's nothing unusual, but it's still always kind of cool to see our sales through the perspective of a cameraperson, so that made things a lot more entertaining for sure.<br />
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1) A lady showed up in short booty shorts and five inch heels. She also spoke little English. Brian was very pleased! Aside from that, we had some return customers from yesterday who had purchased a $400 brand new in package with tags on it Croton watch for $50. They had picked out $30 worth of items and I basically gave them the $50 watch plus the other items for $60 total. Taking $20 off, right? I knew that was about the most I could get for that watch, and the guy seemed to generally like it, and it really was a fair deal. I explained the Croton brand and showed them all the paperwork, etc, etc. The guy said he liked it, they bought it, they paid. Today they show up saying basically that they "couldn't sell it" -- and I'm like, "what?", basically, piecing together that they tried to take it to a pawn shop and sell it saying it was real and the pawn shop said no thank you. 1) I said it was a real watch, not real gold. If it was real gold I wouldn't have sold a 3 ounce watch for $50. 2) There are no returns at garage sales and 3) and most importantly, do NOT try to "pick" us. You will not make a profit. We research EVERYTHING. They left, but not before they made it a point to try to steal another watch (of way lesser quality). It's a shame, because I truly liked them and really tried to give them a really good deal.<br />
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2) We had the other usual cast of nickle-and-dimers, including this obnoxious set of about 5 women who all spoke a different language that I did not recognize, only one spoke English and was translating back to the others, but everytime I'd say a price they'd all shake their heads no, so I'm wondering how much of that was an act versus how much was for real. The long and short of it was that they picked out about $10-12 worth of items, but then wanted 8, count them, 8 of our brand new with tags belts that we got from Macy's that literally are Steve Madden and Nine West and retail for $40-80 a piece, and I told them that we normally sell them on eBay and at sales for $5-15 each (truth), but because they had so many I would do $3 each (wholesale) and so it would be $24 for all, and then I'd give them the other $10-12 worth for $5. They hem-hawed about it, and what they had really wasn't that much (besides the belts), so then I was like, fine, give me $25 for everything. They still thought that was a bad deal (seriously?) so I reminded them that they were getting beyond wholesale on the belts plus everything else for free. They still kept hem-hawing, and finally I was like, look, Brian will be angry if he sees me selling these belts for that cheap, you have 5 seconds before he comes back in here and says no, you need to decide. 5..... 4..... 3..... 2.... let me just tell you, they had everything in their purses and the $25 in my hand before I got to one! They also took all 7 Diet Cokes, Sprites, and Waters that were on the counter, but I guess that's neither here nor there. Some people!<br />
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3) Our friend and wholesale customer showed up with his three small children. It's always a pleasure having him around, especially with the boys, and they made our day in more ways than one, especially in the following scenario. We had given the oldest boy (we'll call him Boy 1) a bunch of stuffed animals which he was sharing with his younger brothers. He also spotted a customer who had a child about his age, and he walked democratically up to the other boy and said "Here! Here's a toy for you." The other child (Boy 2) said nothing and ignored him. Because he was facing the other way, Boy 1 tapped Boy 2 gently on the shoulder, and said "I have this ___ name of toy___ here, you can have this one!" - At this point, Boy 2's mom (we'll call her Evanora, which you'd understand if you've seen the new Oz movie) turns and harshly says "he doesn't WANT it. We have plenty of toys at home!" For anyone to be so rude to anyone, especially a child, particularly a child who is trying to be kind to your child, is ridiculous. Just take the toy and throw it away later or hide it, for pete's sake. I expected Boy 1 to cry, pout, or run for his Daddy, after all he's only about 5, but he very calmly and politely looked up at the woman, and said very matter of factly, "That's nice, I have plenty of toys at home too!" - I couldn't have been prouder of the kid, and he's not even mine!<br />
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4) Speaking of the boys, there was a time at another point in the day when myself and the Director/Camera Guy were walking through a hallway dealing with tons of people and all of a sudden we heard a faucet running. We turned and looked into the open bathroom, only to see one of the boys peeing, pants around the ankles, into the toilet. Hilarious! At least it was in the toilet!<br />
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"Letters from Storage Lockers" are always some of our most popular blogs- people just love reading letters or journals of other people. It's hard to explain why. Maybe it's because people can feel as if they are a part of a secret, maybe it's just a nosy characteristic that lurks deep inside of all of us, maybe it's a secret longing to identify with others or feel as if we're not really alone. Whatever the reason, we are always constantly looking out for these letters in lockers in order to share them with you, and we constantly receive feedback on how these tidbits of other people's lives have made your days infinitely better. In our search for stories we have looked for letters in storage units, thrift stores, garage sales, and estates as well-- but I wanted to share with you something that happened to me today that just reaffirmed the idea that stories are everywhere.</div>
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I found a letter today by accident, and not just any letter, but a vintage one. Super score, right? I must have found it while digging a storage unit, correct? Wrong!</div>
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You see, we live in New Orleans, home of the greatest Mardi Gras celebration anywhere, and just last year I had the ridiculously good fortune of having a friend invite me to become a founding member of the <a href="http://kreweofnyx.org/">Mystic Krewe of Nyx</a>. Named for Nyx, Goddess of the Night, Mystic Krewe of Nyx is an all female krewe of (now) almost 1,000 members. The Nyx goddesses ride through the streets of New Orleans on beautifully decorated floats, following a theme which has ranged from anything from "NOLA Reality TV Reigns" to this year's "What A Girl Wants". Here's a shot of me and Nyx sisters of mine on our float this year, "The Princess Bride." </div>
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We have a ball, throwing not only the typical Mardi Gras beads, stuffed animals, and doubloons, but also anything girly, pink, and light up. Rings, headbands, you name it... we aim to throw a lot of items and to delight the crowd. You can imagine how my storage unit finds have allowed me to really make my throws special. This year I threw everything from bookmarks to cocktail rings to beanie babies. And our signature throw, the absolute most prized throw of all, is the hand decorated purse. Members slave for hours with glitter and hot glue guns making each purse really special, and the crowd goes nuts for a coveted throw. Here's one of my purses from this year: (You can see how messy it gets as well! It's a creative process!)</div>
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I find hundreds of purses each year in Storage units, and share those with my float sisters and other Krewe members for either free or something like $1, and occasionally, they return the favor by finding purses that they think that I would like. This particular purse (below) is one that I've had for months. I honestly am not sure whether it was from a storage unit, garage sale, thrift store, from a family member, or from a Nyx sister, but I can tell you that I came back across it recently at a garage sale we had, and I actually loved the purse so much that I decided to use it for a year as a clutch and then decorate it for next year, 2014. </div>
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It's beautiful, and vintage, the interior lining dates it at LEAST 30 years if not more, and it's definitely a beautiful sight to behold. So, the other night, when I was working an Oscar Night viewing party for a friend, and needed a glitzy glamorous bag to go with my red carpet outfit, I ran and thought of this bag last minute. I threw in my lipstick, mascara, some cash and my ID, and was out the door. I opened and closed the bag all night and although I saw a small piece of paper, I thought it was just the inside of the lining, something common with bags from that date. It was yellowed just enough so that it matched the lining perfectly.<br />
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Dated 3-3-1974, this love letter reads "I, S.E. Nelson, love you, Nancy Wilhutt. I promise to marry you. Okay, lover?" It then has two other names written, H. G Sanders, and M. L . Migliore, although I"m not sure of their meaning. A friend suggested that they may have been witnesses and the drawing underneath the LA could be perceived as a seal making it "official." Either way it's one of the sweetest things I've ever read, and I wasn't even looking for it.<br />
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Would it have been better had a found a piece of gold forgotten inside, or perhaps even a diamond? Of course. Am I still thrilled by this letter?. Absolutely. A piece of jewelry may have given me a better payday but it wouldn't have had the ability to tell quite the same story. We have names, dates, and if I do a little research (which I fully plan on doing) I may be able to find out if this couple ever indeed married, if they had children, if their dreams came true-- well, his, anyway. We have no idea how she felt, we don't have her response! Considering that she saved his letter in her handbag, I'm pretty sure it was positive. ;)</div>
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The moral of the story? Keep your eyes open, stories are everywhere. Hopefully, you'll return the favor, and share them with us- but even if you don't, hopefully you'll share them with someone and keep the memories alive. Possessions are just things, we illustrate that point to our clients all of the time-- but it's the memories, and the things with the sentimental value, that are our most cherished possessions and that remind us most of the people we love.</div>
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-72920530834515066682013-01-23T17:12:00.003-06:002013-01-23T17:12:53.326-06:00Lights, Camera, Inaction???Greetings!<br />
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As many of you know, storage units are a very popular business nowadays. We get calls, e-mails, comments, Facebook messages, and letters almost weekly asking us to be interviewed for an article, or to do a few minutes of tape for some kind of segment someone is working on. We're happy to oblige, after all, it's fun, it brings more people to our blog, and it only takes a few minutes.<br />
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Sometimes though, we're asked to actually submit, or participate in, a concept for a new television show-- we'll go back and forth with producers for weeks sending interviews, talking heads, and footage of us live in the field (digging units, buying units at auction, and having garage sales, for example)-- and eventually they may even send down a bonafide camera crew to actually film us to get a higher quality video. Sometimes they'll let us send in our own tape, which is dangerous to say the least.<br />
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We always want to share this tape with you immediately but are always restricted. Sometimes the interview gives away the concept of the show which is never owned by us, so is not eligible to be released at all, ever. Sometimes we actually have to sign an agreement saying that the footage (and our likenesses, basically) are property of the network or production company for a period of 6-12 months. This is a really common practice.<br />
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We've had about 5-6 TV shows offers at this point, and have done a myriad of different clips and things. We'd like now to share with you just a selection of a few we've done throughout the last two years. Keep in mind that we're a little delirious-- Brian and I live in separate homes, don't always see each other every single day, and often times the only time we had to shoot these videos was late at night after we had already had a full day of moving furniture and emptying out units. Plus, California time is 3 hours earlier- so you might see live feeds from 12 or 1am our time!<br />
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And if you're wondering, we do have more current pending TV show offers- but it's never really a big deal for us. We've seen so many of them not pan out that we're not really expecting it to happen. And if it does, it's great, but that's not why we do what we do. We buy and sell units because we love it and it's profitable- if someone wants to pay us extra to do that on tape, well, that's just icing on the cake! We're not going to change who we are, obviously, as you can see from these hilarious videos!<br />
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<b> If you're not familiar with the drill by now what you're going to see below is basically a letter that we've found in one of our storage units. Typically we return these as we always return personal effects even when we aren't supposed to, but in this case, either the tenant declined personal effects, was unable to pick them up, or the storage facility did not want to hold on to them. So-- rather than throw them away, we let these people's memories live on, their lessons be learned from, and their lives inspire (or confuse) others, in these "Letters from Storage Lockers". We'll have a book of these out really soon!</b></span><br />
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<b>There are 15 other letters (well, 14 letters and 1 journal) up on the site, you can find them by searching for "letters" in our search box up top. And as always, the disclaimer: This is not our content. We are now the owners of this content, I guess, but we are not responsible for any of the thoughts, offensive language, foul ideas, or anything else expressed within. We do not really spell this poorly. Content may be sexual, poorly thought out, inappropriate, or otherwise something you may not want to read where your kids and boss may possibly peek over your shoulder.</b></span><br />
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<b>Background on this letter is that the author was incarcerated (we never find out why other than that it's "petty") and he spent his time writing to random women that he found online, through dating sites, or that were recommended to him from fellow prisoners. We've omitted his real name not only because we always try to do that, but because in this case he gives his rapper name-- which is very unique. It also contains a dollar sign as a letter. </b></span><br />
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Wuzzam wit ya, Sapphire? Did I spell ya name right? Well if I didn't , don't trip shawti. What happen'd to da names Diamond or Ruby? Fuck it, canary Yellow! Haha, im just playing wit ya. But shit big bruh an me be talkin an what not since he got here. I been here since Nov, 4 on some petty shit. His folk come in like a week for him or maybe da same time. I cant tell, I dont pay no body no attention in here. If it wasn't for meetin da big homie, i'd probably be in my room writ in mo tracks or some'n. Thats what i do, I rap. On account of some other thongs. How bout you? What you do, what you into? I aint sayin you scared, but i know alotta girls scared to keep it g. I aint here to judge ya, I cant. Who am i? Big bruh was tellin how down their yawl gutter an what not. What you a dope-girl? Shit, I need one of those. Most of these girls scary down here. Don't know what to do wit themselves. Get round a nigga like me, don't know how to act. But god'am enough of me an tom bout this bullshit. Tell me bout you. Wuz ya' real name fa'starters? My name <b><span style="color: blue;">(omitted, rapper name)</span></b>, you can call me Mike, but I may have warrants. Ha ha, naw im jokin. But thats my real name. Even though not one person i know besides my grandma call me that. They either holla'n <b><span style="color: blue;">(rapper name)</span></b>, Prince, or Man. Aight. Im done talkin for da time bein. I don't know if I said too much or not enough. But shawti believes me when I say this. I don't een talk this much. Yeah, if you gone write back, ya can send it wit da homie's girl letter. Or directly to me. Either way, at least someone writin me. Info an da back though. You be ez lil shawti. Holla at ya when a g hear from ya.<br />
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Ya dig.<br />
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Ya Folk,<br />
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You can write a g at ----> <b> <span style="color: blue;"> (and the name, prisoner number, and prison address)</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Now, we looked him up and can tell you that he is now out of prison and actively making rap songs. Mostly as collaborations with other artists, but at least he's making them. And I have to admit, they are actually PRETTY GOOD! We will try to contact him and see if we can share his music with you-- we just don't want to give people a way to potentially figure out his identity until we clear it with him, obviously. We want to wish him well and tell him we enjoy his music, and we hope he doesn't go back to jail. We also want to find out whatever happened with Sapphire!</span></b><br />
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<b>Until next time,</b></span><br />
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<b>We put the AIL in MAIL, </b></span><br />
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<b>Storage Heroes</b></span><br />
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Disclaimer: We bought this unit a LONG time ago. Over a year ago. I found the pictures the other night when I was going through old pictures and remembered we hadn't blogged it. I also found something else that I still have in my house that you'll see at the very end. Despite the 100-something blogs we've put up here, believe it or not, just like Storage Wars, we don't show you EVERYTHING- there's just too many units some times. So we have a couple of them saved up! Expect to see more of these in the future. The good news is, you're getting to read it now. The bad news is that I remember very little about the price of this unit, etc. Sorry! You want to follow us along to auctions with a notepad, pencil, and digital camera, feel free! Maybe you can bring a Bongo too. "I'm Sheldon Cooper and I'm playing the bongos.... "<br />
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We can say (because we remember) that we attended a caravan auction at facilities we rarely ever go to (they rarely ever have auctions and when they do it's just 1 or 2 units and it's usually during another auction we'd rather go to), but we love it because it's literally RIGHT NEXT DOOR to our warehouse, so it's super convenient. In fact, 8 out of 10 people who come to our warehouse for the first time believe that because we "do storage units" we must live at (or be housed at) the storage facility. So we've had to go down there multiple times to re-direct people to where we actually are. We've actually even had people show up to our garage sales believing that we were selling off actual units, not contents of units. Like a regular storage auction. And a few people actually think we are selling the UNITS "what's your best monthly price on a 10X10?" -- but I digress. On this day, we went to the location right next to us, and didn't find anything we liked, but we then went to the second location (not right next door to us but not too terribly far away either) and saw this unit that we weren't crazy about, but we did spot the antique dresser. Our competitors didn't take us too high (I remember it being under $200) so we were happy with the unit. The competitor who dropped out is notorious for never carrying more than like $200 with him, so we're unsure if he dropped out because he couldn't afford it or not.<br />
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Here's a view of the contents after they were loaded into the van. I believe we made 2 trips, at least 1 1/2.<br />
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You'll notice the dresser, some clothes, a bucket, and some random boxes and bins.<br />
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Another view:<br />
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Another view including the bins:<br />
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We would have gotten pictures of the actual unit, except for a couple of things. One- they were out of carts, so we were frantically trying to find one, because Two, it was trying to rain. Three, as soon as we get the dresser out it starts raining, so we confirm the antique marks, know exactly what it is and what it sells for, and no sooner get it back into the unit (until we can find a cart because we don't want to leave it out in the rain if we're not going to move it), when the broke jerk who didn't bid against us comes sauntering up. Now, just to put it into proper perspective, this is the same guy who complained to the auctioneer that we were taking unwanted pictures of him at auction (false) and asked for us to be kicked out and banned from attending future auctions. (We later learned this is because he has a worker's comp or insurance claim and does not want to be photographed lifting heavy furniture.) This is ALSO the same guy who GAVE our information to a former tenant that he knows to be a constant rule-breaker (putting it nicely) just because he could. GRR. But again, we digress. We'll call him Big Dummy, and here's how the conversation went:<br />
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Big Dummy: How'd you guys do?<br />
Us: Fine! (in unison)<br />
Big Dummy: Even with the crapper dresser?<br />
Us: It's Antique! (again in unison)<br />
Big Dummy: No it ain't, it's particle board, and the drawers are crooked, and it's factory stamped, Big Lots or something, and I bought one last week for 20 bucks.<br />
Rebecca: It's actually a Saltman dresser--<br />
Brian: And it's from the 40s or 50s, maybe earlier--<br />
Rebecca: and it's stamped on the back, but also signed--<br />
Brian: And the serial number (which is only 3 digits) indicates that it's exactly what we say it is,<br />
Us: And it's worth $200 plus!!! (in unison again).<br />
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He just literally turned around and walked away. I DO remember that much. And he mumbled the entire way out.<br />
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Anyway, I don't remember much else about the unit, other than the letters, but we'll get to that in a bit.<br />
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Back to the dig:<br />
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First thing out of the van was a lamp, and an ORECK vacuum cleaner. Don't know if Oreck is big where you live, but the guy who invented it lives here in New Orleans and they are a very good, well trusted, well loved vacuum cleaner. You could probably cover it in your own poop and still manage to sell one. We can usually get at least $40-50 for a used one, and sometimes even more. We were satisfied with this!<br />
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Gas canisters are always useful. Especially in South Louisiana, where Hurricanes are a common occurrence. We sold these for $5 each, easily. I think we may have had them for 5 minutes tops.<br />
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Assorted military duffel bags, cleaning buckets, and cleaning supplies. You may have remembered the military duffel bags from the '<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2011/09/dont-ever-come-back-here-again.html">Don't Ever Come Back Here Again!</a>" post- where someone tried to shoplift it and Brian busted her. We performed a very special parody of the occasion on that blog.<br />
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Our bounty so far:<br />
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There were also some tools, car equipment (funnel, jack), random gardening equipment, men's shoes. An iron. This locker was still very haphazard and we couldn't really figure out what kind of tenant this was yet. When things are packed THIS haphazardly, it usually means one of three things. 1) Our tenant was a drug / alcohol addict, 2) Our tenant was on the run, or going to jail, and packed in a hurry, or 3) Our tenant was a younger male (no offense, men!) -- in this case, all 3 were also possible!<br />
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A graduation tassel ? Made into an earring?<br />
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A cane? For walking? Beating people? Who knows. We still have NO IDEA who our tenant is, which is odd at this point, usually we know man/woman/age/whatever.<br />
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Clothing / Laundry- Men's and Women's, Medium sizes. We're getting somewhere, now. None of the clothing is special, none of it is even slightly remarkable. I think the best brand may have been from Target. Seriously. But it should bring at least $20-$30 at a garage sale, so we'll take that any day.<br />
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A bunch of electronic gadgets, cds, video games, technical manuals, and paperwork. FINALLY! Paperwork. Now we're getting somewhere. Not in terms of money but in terms of Rebecca's peace of mind.<br />
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How sweet! A card to our tenant from his Maw Maw (Grandma in South Louisiana). If you didn't read it, she asks him how he's doing, thanks him for calling her, and hopes he's attending a nice church. She sounds like everyone's grandmother, and like a really sweet lady. Here are a few samples of her advice, if you couldn't read the handwriting:<br />
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* I will call you sometime, you won't know when, to see if you've found your way to a nice church.<br />
* I really hope you will use your gift in music to praise the Lord<br />
* To have a friend, you have to be a friend<br />
* Work hard, do your best always, and remember, I love you dearly.<br />
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I *REALLY* want to find a way to meet this lady. She sounds incredible. She lives in Shreveport, which is about 5 hours away from here (and probably where he's from), otherwise I'm pretty sure she would have visited him as much as she could have.<br />
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Back to the dig: Some really stained shorts. We really hope that's paint, although it really looks like bird poop, right?<br />
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At least there are some nice church-shirts in there as well. Maybe this is what he wore to visit Grandma?<br />
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Lots of first aid supplies, and toiletries, which we love (if they are unopened!) I think this first aid kit is STILL sitting in my bathroom closet, although it's almost empty at this point. It served me well though.<br />
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Some cables, wires, and toiletries mixed together.<br />
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I don't think we'll be keeping THOSE vitamins<br />
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Yep, this first aid kit is definitely 70% less full than it was then!<br />
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Its' funny how this unit has suddenly resurfaced, because this is over a year old but this shirt is sitting on my living room table as we speak. We're gifting it to our friend Mickey for Christmas!<br />
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So now we have "Clothes 4 Madison and Angslie" - now I'm really confused because I thought we were dealing with a single guy with the occasional sleep over girlfriend, but now we have two daughters as well?<br />
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Lots of kids clothes, but lots of cute adult girl clothes as well. And even though they were all cheap, some of them were really cute. I remember getting a few work tees out of this unit. LIke this one,<br />
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And this one<br />
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This is actually the stack that I took for myself:<br />
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While I'm removing items from the van, I'm sorting as I go. We're having a sale the very next day, and the weather promised to be good over night (a CONSTANT thing for us is checking the doppler and weather forecasts), so we had a genius thought- Brian would set up tables and move stuff from inside the warehouse outside, to prepare for the sale, and as I dug the unit out of the van, I could just place each item on the table on which it belonged. Piece of cake! Made everything super easy and we didn't have to do things over and over again.<br />
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I decided to wear one of my new shirts!<br />
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Kitchen ware set:<br />
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It's almost time for the dresser, but first I've got to get all of the stuff out from it's drawers!<br />
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And by the way, the drawer wasn't broken, it was just in wrong- someone packed in a hurry and put all the drawers back in in the wrong places.<br />
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We find SO MANY empty electronic boxes. Everyone saves the box (no idea why) and never keeps the frequently used electronic devices in the box. If you see a laptop, camera, cell phone box in a unit- the stuff is never ever inside. We always say this, yet we still get people bidding against us for MacBook Pro boxes.<br />
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Cleaning products! ALMOST as good as gold. A cleaning product in the hand is worth one we didn't have to buy from Wal-Mart.<br />
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Why do people keep phone books? Why do people even still make phone books? Isn't that what the internet is for? I get that there are 50 grandma's out there who still use them, so just make 50 and let those people subscribe, like the newspaper. Shoot, you could SAVE the newspaper if you stopped printing phone books. But I digress.<br />
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And please, don't STORE your phone books. Do you really think when you go back to your storage unit, you'll need a phone book? You'll have one at your new house, one at your old house, one in the driveway that just got delivered, and probably one that someone gives to you because they hate you.<br />
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More miscellaneous weapons. I don't even know what this one does. A file?<br />
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Ooh, bags for the Oreck. Our vacuum stock just went up!<br />
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We see automotive manuals all the time. WHY not keep them in your car? Hrm?<br />
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At least the phone book gives us a clue. Funny how just a single piece of paper in a book can give you a big clue about a person (car was wrecked) -- I guess that explains the manual being out of the car!<br />
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We found a pawn receipt for a REALLY REALLY nice Gibson Les Paul - not sure if the tenant ever got it back or not. We were excited for a split second that it might be in the locker but it wasn't. More evidence of a possible drug problem. </div>
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Apparently our tenant, in addition to being a budding guitarist, was also studying Massage Therapy. I could seriously use a massage right about now!<br />
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Converse box looks promising...<br />
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Until we open it. Dominoes! At least we managed to play a game of Dominoes.<br />
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He also WORKED at Domino's. Coincidence? It's getting real, now...<br />
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One of my favorite games, what's in the bag?<br />
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Glittery stuff! Elastic-y ribbon and such. Score! Also something with CARS on it! Vroom! (Yes, I'm 5. I'm aware of this.)<br />
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This bag was boring, it had Christmas decorations (which if you haven't noticed by now we find in EVERY SINGLE UNIT) and some other crap. I mean stuff. Nice stuff. Would you like to buy it?<br />
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A box that was painted.... by someone... using nail polish:<br />
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Containing hair products. Not special but we did manage to sell them to some salons and spas and random other people who like their hair glossy and smooth. I think we made around $40.<br />
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Elvis, Elvis, let me be... keep that pelvis far from me--- is something you don't have to say EVER, once you have these amazing JAILHOUSE ROCK BOXERS! I asked Brian if he wanted these and he said no. Actually, I think it was more like HELL NO. Sad.<br />
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Papers, taxes, and more letters from Grandma. I really hope he read the letters from Grandma.<br />
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Kid was about the same age as me in elementary school. Err.. (yeah, like he was 81 in elementary school, while I was a mere 5). I MEAN that we're about the same age NOW, although we obviously went to different schools because I've never heard of this one.<br />
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What does this even mean? Who is Ian? Why does he need to autograph your taxes? Is this a smart way to get someone named Ian to pay the bill?<br />
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More massage books. We sold them all but have more from a different unit if anyone wants to buy some.<br />
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More tools! It even has a pill organizer for when you're hammering? I guess it holds screws. But doesn't it look like a pill organizer?<br />
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I should write more blogs at 2am, yes? Comic gold. At least I'M giggling.<br />
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Hands that heal!<br />
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That course ain't THAT short!<br />
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This thing was wrapped up SO much. It was like Fort Knox trying to get into it. I had to peel off like 12 layers to get to the point where I could even tell how big and long it was. NO DIRTY JOKES!<br />
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It's a city of New Orleans official... something. Name Badge? Door badge? and no, I don't feel like turning it around. Please don't arrest us, we didn't steal it.<br />
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Binoculars! Great for Saints games.<br />
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More tools. Or workout tools? What does this do, strengthen your hand muscles? For giving good massages? I thought the above mentioned books helped you do that?<br />
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GROWING UP WITH SCIENCE! A science supplement! It's like, science vitamins!<br />
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A tub full of more clothes, more Domino's shirts, more work pants.<br />
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A cool glass that looks like a high ball glass but only holds a shot. Shenanigans! In the best possible way! Now all the chicks will think you're big stuff when you're only drinking a little bit! We'll sell this to you for $1000.<br />
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He actually had quite the shot glass / trick shot glass / Hard Rock cafe shot glass / Coke bottle collection. We still have a few of those coke bottles for sale.<br />
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The Hard Rock shot glass collection.<br />
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As I watch from the bushes, I now notice that the creature is doing something it NEVER does in it's natural habitat.... it is DIGGING! A unit! Voluntarily! I guess it / he got bored. I took a picture to commemorate the occasion.<br />
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Make that two pictures! And I just realized the DVD is labelled "WAR!"<br />
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Oh, I do have to give props where props are do. Brian did also find the single greatest thing to come out of this locker, and perhaps one of the greatest things to come out of any locker, period. It needs no words or description:<br />
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Yep. Here's the back of the postcard:<br />
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More clothes!<br />
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And more clothes!<br />
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Okay, at this point, I've now found about 100 letters from Grandma. Only I've not found any letters TO Grandma. Which, don't get me wrong, we don't usually get letters FROM the tenant, because they've usually been sent off, to someone, who doesn't live at their address-- makes sense that they only have one side of the conversation, it's not like e-mail or texting, after all. However, almost EVERY letter from Grandma starts off with "Please don't forget to write me back like you did last time..." It's so sad. At one point she even sends him $1 so he can buy some stamps.<br />
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More clothes, we did get some nice leather and suede jackets, we retailed them for just under $100 for all of them.<br />
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More tools! There were 2 of these... I think Brian MAY still have them. A, because we don't like to sell weapons, and B, because for some reason Brian wanted them. No idea what he'd do with them.... I guess he thinks he's all bad and stuff, even without the Elvis boxers. Oookay....<br />
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This is what it looks like unfurled.<br />
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More sweaters!<br />
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More jackets!<br />
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Including this one that's like Leonard Hofstedter meets the Foo Fighters. Yes, I know I have lots of Big Bang Theory references tonight. Shrug. But we do well with grungy-alternative-rock-types of clothing, there's always some kind of thrift or consignment store that wants them. We sold this for around $30.<br />
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Folding chairs are like gold in Louisiana. After all, we have Mardi Gras and Crawfish boils.<br />
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Brian DEFINITELY agreed to wear this!<br />
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Dear Eric, we appreciated that you labeled this box although we're sure you didn't label it for us. Either way, the contents you list are NOT EVEN CLOSE to what's actually inside the box. Learn to label. Love, Storage Heroes.<br />
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Then I found the saddest thing I have ever seen, in any storage unit. Keep in mind we've seen death certificates, divorce certificates, baby teeth, baby shoes, purple hearts, diaries of prostitutes and those who have slept with prostitutes to feel love-- nothing really though as sad as this, I don't think. It's the thing I still had in my house to this day.</div>
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A shoebox, filled with the envelopes, that Grandma had sent. Not just one or two, but HUNDREDS. Notecard envelopes, white envelopes, legal sized envelopes, even the larger brown envelopes she mentioned in the note that had 2 and 3 stamps. And every single one was stamped! Pre-stamped and PRE ADDRESSED! No excuse for someone not to send a quick note in an envelope like that, right? There were even packets of extra stamps, in case he needed more. And that, you see, is why I still have this box in my house, because not a single one had been used.</div>
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I literally cried for about 15 minutes while Brian looked at me like I was a nutcase. How sad to have someone love you so much, and to not even write them, not even one time, when they've given you everything you need? Life does terrible, cruel things to people, but none suffer as much as those who love them. I really hope that this lady got at least a few letters back, and I really hope that he turned things around and found a better life. I wish he would have written her back sooner, but I definitely hope that somewhere along the way he realized that Grandma is much wiser than him and that he listened to her advice. Because it was really good advice, and she is a really good Grandma. I was tempted to write her on that day, but I didn't want to cause her more heartache and pain by letting her know that the unit was auctioned off-- I also didn't want to incite fear with questions that I couldn't answer. I do think about her (and him) often, and wonder if I should write to her to see what happened-- but just like doctors and lawyers, I think even storage heroes should keep their boundaries. </div>
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We're not going to sit here and trash Dave and throw around YUUUUPS and jokes about his dogs or his girlfriend, or whatever, there's enough of that going on already, but what we WILL do is point out a few things you may not know and then offer a solid, simple, opinion at the very end.<br />
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1. <b>Hester has a myriad of partners and ex-partners that he has pissed off throughout the years </b>- They include Steve Cox, of Suburban Pickers, and even his own BROTHER (Dave's not Steve's). We don't have total details on all of the breakups, but what we will point out to you is that if you're one of those people pointing out that EVERYONE ELSE is stupid, it's usually you that has the problem. We have spent a great deal of time working with Steve Cox, and we can tell you he's a straight shooter, but totally reasonable and very kind. He's super patient with his young son and takes him to auctions and flea markets with him-- I can't imagine Steve ever being a douche to anyone. And how on earth is it possible to make your own BROTHER not want to do business with you? We've heard time and time again that Dave needs an attitude check, but as you are already here, you already watch the show, and you probably already know that- so, moving on...<br />
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2. <b>Hester has a myriad of failed businesses, most of which failed because he tried to expand them too quickly (read, he's a greedy bastard) </b>-<br />
He started out with Newport Consignment Gallery. When he noticed his other auction rivals having thrift stores he changed half of it to be called Rags to Riches Thrift Store. He put both stores up for sale to have "going out of business sales" (for a SUPER LONG amount of time) and then started Dave Hester Auctions (you may have seen the big obnoxious logo on the big, obnoxious trucks), which failed, because, we're not really sure why, but we imagine that he was trying to compete with many others (some of whom are even co-stars on Storage Wars) in a field he knew little about. Dave Hester Auctions has now become Dave Hester Entertainment (see #3). We can tell you that both Newport Consignment and Rags to Riches were super overpriced and had Storage Wars memorabilia everywhere (we'll get to that). You can also read lots of unfavorable reviews here: <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/newport-consignment-gallery-costa-mesa">http://www.yelp.com/biz/newport-consignment-gallery-costa-mesa</a><br />
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Here are pictures of us at Newport Consignment Gallery / Rags to Riches Thrift taken in September 2011. You'll notice how he has A&E Storage Wars all over EVERYTHING!<br />
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3. <b>He has his own ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.</b> -- Who the hell does he think he is, Oprah? What the hell kind of entertainer is he? Forget singing, dancing, dialects, or method acting- on HIS resume, special skills are listed as : arguing, screaming loudly, wearing all black, and putting his name on EVERYTHING. If you don't believe us, you can link here: <a href="http://davehesterentertainment.com/">http://davehesterentertainment.com </a> If you choose not even to give him another cent by clicking, we understand too. Oh, and he also owns <a href="http://www.yuuuup.com./">http://www.yuuuup.com.</a> Smart business man, maybe. Greedy little shit, absolutely. And what would he be without Storage Wars? Why focus 90% of your business on something that just came 2 years ago, as opposed to focusing on your tried and true green, the core of your business for decades?<br />
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4. <b> He has a DUI</b> - Okay, so everyone makes mistakes, and can be forgiven, yadda yadda, but we find it useful as illustrating that he often has poor judgement. After all, most people with DUI's have driven drunk at least a couple of times before, right? Not to mention, it's helpful to include that THAT is how he got into the consignment business to begin with-- he had to do community service as a Goodwill in 2005 and it changed his entire business plan. At least he's turning pain into gain? And Hester is an expert at THAT, that's for sure.<br />
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5. <b>Hester has been disputing his pay (and the way he's been "treated") with the A&E executives since the beginning of 2012. </b> Here's a TMZ video of him bitching when he wasn't invited to the company Christmas party last year: <a href="http://www.insideselfstorage.com/news/2012/01/storage-wars-star-debates-leaving-show-over-contract-dispute.aspx">http://www.insideselfstorage.com/news/2012/01/storage-wars-star-debates-leaving-show-over-contract-dispute.aspx</a> He's also been upset about his pay for a long time. At some point the issue would have had to have been resolved. No idea whether he was crying wolf, looking for attention, or just being Hester- but the money problems are NOT new. Not even a little bit.<br />
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ALL reality TV shows have some amount of scripting. You just can't have a super entertaining, well put together piece (with a concise script) otherwise. We've done a lot of pilots and sizzle reels and things like that and we can say that basically what they do is interview you about who you are and what you do, ask you where they see your story going, make a few suggestions, and then let you go on with it. They may say things like "please remember to mention that you are from New Orleans because we have a great shot of the French Quarter we'd like to show" or "please highlight the fact that you buy estates because that's a topic we'd like to hit in a future episode." Some of the more unscrupulous producers may ask you to EXAGGERATE "we know you wear dresses and heels to auction but can you let your boobs hang out and wear booty shorts instead? We're trying to sell to a network that's 100% men" -- for example.... but A&E is NOT one of those networks. The television show Storage Hunters, on TruTV, is 100% fake, and we have proof of that, down to them paying extras to be auction buyers, using facilities that aren't real, and using made up names. Auction Hunters is 50% fake-- Allen and Ton do actually do what they do, but they weren't necessarily doing it before the show. They both worked in TV, not necessarily in auction buying. They film episodes NEAR large cities and pass them off as being IN the city (McComb, MS instead of New Orleans, LA for example), and worst of all, they highlight their high-speed cameras EVERY SINGLE EPISODE by finding both a type of firearm and/or knife AND a vehicle/boat/RV. In EVERY SINGLE UNIT. We could go on and on about how Allen was pissed when a bunch of "lower class rednecks" (his words, not ours) had the audacity to show up at an auction that "shouldn't have been advertised" -- but we'll leave it at that. Storage Wars, on the other hand, has buyers that were doing this before hand (with the exception of Barry who bought items but not necessarily from storage auctions), uses real facilities (that we have met the owners and employees of), uses American Auctioneers for all of their auctions who are licensed and totally legit (we have met their lead lock cutter John and seen him do lock cuts in person) and advertises all of their auctions to the public, as per California state laws.<br />
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Here are two more things to consider. Storage Wars, unlike the other television shows, feature real-life professionals who display items they buy IN THEIR REAL LIFE STORES. You are welcome to look at Mark Balelo's online auctions, walk into Brandy and Jarrod's store or look at their eBay page, visit Nabila at the swap meets, and look at whatever mess Hester has on whatever store/site he has at the time. How many other reality TV auction stars can you say that about? Do Allen and Ton sell to anyone other than their character-like weapons experts? Would anyone give Storage Hunters a bad appraisal with 5 cameras (and a Dog the Bounty Hunter looking dude) in their faces? We think not. When Brandy and Jarrod bought a unit that had thousands of Hot Wheels, had those items been planted, you'd think they'd be returned to Mattel the very next day, right? Instead they sell them on eBay, autograph them, and get a premium price for them. That's using the show to your advantage, and there is nothing wrong with that. Hester just always takes it to overkill.<br />
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Here are the ways we have witnessed and will admit that Storage Wars manipulates things:<br />
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1) <b>They have camera men and even cameras in odd places. </b> We've seen camera men on the roof and cameras on dashboards of cars and inside units, for example. But they do NOT interfere with what is happening normally/ordinarily.<br />
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2) <b>They edit out TONS of footage </b>- These bidders attend THOUSANDS of auctions a year. They don't have time in a single season to show you that. They'll pick 8-12 good auctions a year and show you the best 3 or 4 units at each location. Otherwise you'd NEVER get to see them dig the units and sell the items.<br />
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3) <b> Bidding is re-shot several times</b> - Think about it. Bidding is open to the general public, people are usually so crammed in there you NEED the guy on the roof to get the entire line. Since everyone is allowed to bid, and there are limited #s of cameras and microphones, they may not always be able to catch someone's bid, expression, vocalization, whatever. They often reshoot the bidding but just say "okay, you remember what bids you made and make them again at the exact same moment". We've done this and participated in it. You'll reshoot the bidding a couple of times and then you'll do some generic bidding just so they can make sure they have all of your expressions and mannerisms with the appropriate lighting and angles. It's a professional show for Christ sake, you don't want it to look like a 7 year old filmed it with a handy cam.<br />
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4) <b> Bidders are reintroduced to the audience, taken away, and reintroduced to try to drive ratings. </b> It's a reason why Jeff Jarred, Nabila Hanniss, and Mark Balelo will pop into episodes and then pop right out for a few episodes. It's something the producers can't really make up their minds on and we know (firsthand) that it causes all three of them a great deal of frustration. But there's nothing staged or wrong about that!<br />
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<b>As far as the Elvis Newspapers being fake and items being added to lockers-- </b> we can neither confirm nor deny that because we don't know. We can tell you we are lucky enough to have a few copies of the newspapers autographed by the cast of Storage Wars that were given to us as gifts but we can also tell you that for a time, Hester SOLD those newspapers (autographed by him or non-autographed) at premium prices. For someone who is outraged and appalled by a planted item, he sure as hell planted it right in a glass display case. And here's something else to consider- don't you think we would have heard from a prior tenant looking to make money selling their story to TMZ if items had been added to their storage units?<br />
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Here is an actual photo of the actual newspaper found in the units. We have a few copies and have a way to get more... let me know if you'd like to buy one! storageheroes@gmail.com<br />
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<b>Our final thoughts: </b> Hester is a greedy little monkey and it is finally catching up to him. He gets paid THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to do what he was already doing anyway, he uses it to his advantage every step of the way in marketing and by selling autographs and Storage Wars memorabilia to make thousands more, and it's still not good enough for him. If you were a dentist and someone offered you $5000 extra for each tooth you pulled from now on, would you decline politely and hold out for $10000? Um, no. <br />
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Dave Hester, be outraged and offended by "reality TV" and it's evil ways and "planted items" OR continue to profit off of it and shut the hell up. And why is your outrage JUST coming out AFTER you've asked for more money for a year? Those staged units have allegedly been happening since day 1. You can't be outraged AND greedy. One or the other, please.<br />
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A&E, if you're looking for new stars, you know where to find us. We've been saying there should be Storage Wars New Orleans for forever. Just think of the food your crews can be eating!<br />
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And meanwhile, maybe someone out there should buy www.NOOOPE.com. Just in case.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">* Disclaimer- we are in NO way affiliated to any of the shows described above. We have worked for StorageTreasures.com who are affiliated with Dan and Laura Dotson of American Auctioneers and Storage Wars but we have no affiliation with Storage Wars directly. StorageTreasures.com or Storage Wars or A&E or Dan and Laura Dotson (or anyone else mentioned here) had NO idea we were writing this and nothing to do with it.</span><br />
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PS - Here's a little lagniappe: <a href="http://www.davehesterfraud.com/"> http://www.davehesterfraud.com</a><br />
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We put the POSE in EXPOSÉ,<br />
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Who could pass up all of those records? We've had a great deal of success in the past with records, both at our garage sales and with a few very good record stores and wholesalers in the area so we jumped on it. I (Rebecca) immediately wanted to open with a $200 bid, Brian wanted to start low at $50 and I think we both bid at the same time (first time that's ever happened, I think) so we ended up somewhere in the middle. It went well over $200 though (I knew it would) and things were slowing down around $300 when one of our competitors decided he would take it all the way up to $400.<br />
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We had previously agreed that $400-600 was going to be our stopping point, and I felt confident that we could get it for $400-500, so we were totally okay with going to $425 and that's where the bidding stopped.<br />
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Even if we sell each record at 25 cents a piece, we'll make our money back-- there are well over 1500 records, perhaps even as many as 2500. That's yet to be determined. There were about 5 large boxes, 6 medium boxes, 7 small boxes, as well as approximately 7 sterilite tubs (the long ones).<br />
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There's really no digging to be done on this unit, but we will tell you that a lot of the albums are older, many are shrink-wrapped, and a lot of of Louisiana bands (many are promo copies from before they were famous) so that's pretty interesting and a good sign. So far, no rock, just jazz and classical, but we've got plenty to go through. The owner was a dedicated collector, so they are all in alphabetical order by genre. The boxes are even labelled for us!<br />
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It's not as good of a buy as it would have been at $200, and there PROBABLY aren't any rare Beatles or Elvis, but it's definitely still a great buy and we're excited we have it! We'll keep you updated.<br />
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-Storage HeroesStorage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-74237138273369477602012-11-09T23:41:00.002-06:002012-11-09T23:41:18.150-06:00You're not the only one who wants to shoot something!<span style="color: blue;">Just to warn you, this blog will have cursing. Maybe not adult photographs or things like that- but definitely cursing. Be warned. Oh, and special thanks to the people at the Apple Store, who took my dying laptop, made it process it's last processes, sadly, but then replaced it with a brand spanking new one. So man, not only are we back, but we're BACK! It's nice to have a laptop that actually types at the speed you're typing and not 5 minutes later when it feels like filling in the characters. Makes blogging difficult. Back to the story:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Let me tell you guys about the biggest asshole ever. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We bought a storage unit awhile back that had a Tasco World Class Rifle Scope box in it, with what appeared to be a scope inside and another piece as well. According to the box it was a pair of binoculars, free with purchase. So you're getting like a $75-100 scope, with a bonus pair of binoculars. Sounds like a pretty good deal, right? All the pieces were there and it looked like it was in pretty good shape so we had someone we knew looked at it who confirmed it was in pretty good shape and we put it up on eBay.</span><br />
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Dear storagehero,</strong><br /><br />Hey there, recieved the scope HMMMMMMM, not unused like your discription and there are no binoculars,what to do? this thing has deffenit wear on it .not cool<br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">
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<span style="color: blue;">First of all, learn to spell you MORON.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Second of all - does my DISCRIPTION really say it's unused? DEFFENITLY? Good Grief.</span></div>
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Actually, the very first line of the ad said that we got it at an auction and were unsure about whether it was used or not... So it's really unfair to say that we advertised it a unused. </div>
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Secondly, I realize now that there was not binoculars but two scopes but only because several people have contacted us and told us that it was clear from the pictures. One guy even offered $75 buy it now but I declined as your bid was already in place. </div>
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Even though I advertise no returns in this case I will be happy to. You can send the item back to 1005 Central Avenue #B Metairie LA 70001 and I will refund you promptly. </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We thought everything was taken care of, until the asshole filed a buyer complaint. In his complaint to eBay he indicated his item was "not received" as opposed to "not as described" which is completely different. It basically means that the seller has to refund immediately, as opposed to refunding after they receive the item - which obviously the buyer can't return if they never received it. He obviously knows this ( he has 41 or so feedback) so was trying to get past the system. He also tried to escalate it to customer care by lying and saying that he had "never heard from us" and that we had not returned his complaint even though, as you see above, we did- within 12 hours of his original message.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear storagehero,</strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hey look ,,the one scope is a Bushnell not a Tesco world class anybody can see that by just reading whats on the scope there both broke ,,the crosshairs in them are doubled,plus no binoculars,,list things right next time Srry storages hero's but that's bad business where I come from,if you dont know what a scope is supposed to look like then maybe you shouldn't be selling them.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"> I wanted to immediately go off on him here... as he is such an idiot and obviously just does not get the point, and I KNOW that Brian would have gone off on him had I let him respond, but I was still remembering that you get more flies with honey than you do vinegar and really trying to protect our Feedback rating. I never forget how that one C in school ruined my 4.0 average- once that happens, you can never, ever, ever get a 4.0 again, and that's how it is with 100%. It only takes one to never be able to get it again. I can't tell you how many times I have completely eaten my pride to try to save our feedback and usually it works. Here's the nice, tactful response:</span></div>
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<strong>Dear legshootidiot,</strong><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I've already told you that once you send the item back I will issue you a full refund. No need to be derogatory or rude.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><div style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<strong style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear storagehero,</strong><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="font-weight: normal;" /></span></span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's on the way ,,Srry wasn't trying to be rude you guys have very good reviews this is a hiccup for both of US.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<strong>Dear legshootidiot,</strong><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">No problem! We buy estates and storage units, so a lot of times we come across items that aren't in our area of expertise. You can read all about our adventures at http://storageheroes.blogspot.com if you're interested. Thanks for the info on the scopes.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><div style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"> See how nice that was? I thanked him, plugged our company-- maybe he will like us even better, and slightly even almost apologized. Even though I was full of crap I also made him feel like he gave me information I didn't know on the scopes! I was going above and beyond, or so I thought. Then I get a notification, a few hours later ( 6am this morning, actually) - that he's left us negative feedback. Here's the screenshot, you're going to LOVE what the feedback says:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"> My Dad? WTF are you smoking, kid? You best not be getting high while you're waiting for that deer, because you might accidentally shoot the mailman or something instead. He also goes out of his way to be a jerk, throwing in words like "junk" "lied" "joke is on you" "crap" and so forth and so on. He tells me I'm not getting the items back, and that he confused our ad with another one. Frustration. And yet I'm HARASSING HIM?? You haven't SEEN harassment yet, boy. I used to be a skip tracer. I can find your address, phone number, mama's phone number, work address, and naked pictures of your girlfriend online. That's a fact. I'm a nice girl and I won't use them... unless I have to. Do NOT get on my bad side, especially when I'm trying so hard to be nice to you. ESPECIALLY when you want a REFUND! MORON! </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"> Time to be more forceful... a language he understands:</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Dear legshootidiot,</strong><br /><br />You need to change the feedback. You said in the feedback that we advertised it like new and it wasn't. That is a total lie. Do you realize that even if I make 500000 perfect transactions, I will never ever ever be at 100% again? Please tell me what I did wrong. I told you I would refund the money and without even giving me a chance to do that you leave negative feedback ruining my perfect score ? I have no idea what you're talking about referencing my dad. It's just me and I am a young single girl and her business partner. Maybe you have me confused with someone else again? Please change the feedback, send me back the item, and I'll give you a full refund. I have already offered this to you...<br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">
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<strong>Dear storagehero,</strong><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">your ad not dad Srry here is the deal when im refunded I will grant your wish a change the feedback,because I have integrity,and good Korea's thats the deal , im hunting and my hands are cold Srry for the dad typo. Is this making you happy????? im not a jerk just give it to people straight!!!!!!</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><div style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"> And this guy gets to carry a WEAPON? I'm ALL for the right to bear arms, but maybe not in his case? Good Lord. I'm so happy I don't live anywhere near New Jersey. Oh wait, here's a clarification. Guess Bambi doesn't come out for assholes, and he has some more free time:</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Dear legshootidiot,</strong><br /><br />You are being a jerk. I made a mistake, I didn't know what the item was. I admitted that from the start, offered you a refund and an apology as soon as you informed me of the problem, and you opened a case against me. We worked it out again, where you said you weren't trying to be rude and you could see I had great feedback and were trying to work with you, and then less than 24 hours later you leave me negative feedback. Then I ask what is going on because it was such a 180 from the previous conversation and you imply that I'm threatening you. <br /><br />Rather than waiting to leave me feedback until after the return was completed you left it without even giving me a chance to make things right. Everyone is viewing it right now and it's a total untruth. I'm not happy about this at all. I don't enjoy being up at 6 am on my day off to deal with you. I am just trying to start a new business and you are not helping or being the slightest bit cooperative<br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">
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<strong>Dear storagehero,</strong><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The feedback was left before any of our conversation,,,and I dont care what time it is at your house ,,you sent me a message this morning,,, sooooo I guess the feedback stays what you dont know is you suck as a buissiness person and I will get all my friends to buy stuff from you all day and give you sucky feedback so keep it up and you will be drowned in nothing but bad feedback Plus I just forwarded all your messages to the complaint department plus what I have sent you. PS check out my 100% feedback sweet aunt it. your a real trip by the way. take care storage zero's.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><div style="font-size: 10pt;">
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Rebecca here! Awhile back we flew to California and spent a few days there because we were working on a "project" -- we didn't say much or share much because we didn't want to blow the surprise, but we can now say that we were working on a series of training videos for StorageTreasures.com that is going to be out of this world amazing. And we're not just saying that because we're in it! There were a lot of great people involved (including a few Storage Wars cast members) and even WE learned something, and we're pros-- so we know the training video will be helpful to absolutely everyone who watches it, regardless of their level of expertise. We're super excited and the video should come out in just a few days-- <b>(Update: They've now been up now since October 1st)</b> so we can now share with you just a few of the behind-the-scenes details.<br />
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First of all, for the rest of our California trip pictures, you can read THIS blog: <a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2012/07/californ-i-a.html">http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2012/07/californ-i-a.html</a></div>
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Now, onto the shoot. The very first thing I had to do was stop at El Pollo Loco-- who can blame me, that place rocks? Brian was nice enough to be patient enough while I ordered every single thing on the menu.</div>
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Finally getting to meet Quart Doodle was quite the experience! I had heard so much about him-- he's a lot bigger in person than I expected! Perhaps he really IS more than a quarter "real dog".<br />
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Brian and Quart got along famously, but it might have something to do with the fact that Brian always had a sandwich in his hand.<br />
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"No, Quart... I eat 82 sandwiches a day-- I need every one of them-- you cannot have this one."<br />
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Thanks to StorageTreasures.com I know where to find auctions! This sign totally confirms that!<br />
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I also <3 Storage Outlet Fullerton - and I don't need a reason why.<br />
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That is a very good looking mascot though! Almost as cute as Quart.<br />
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Now for a hilarious story-- Quart ADORES his Mommy Leslie-- so when she's around, he will do absolutely ANYTHING to be near her. If she's not around, he will pine for her for a period of time and then eventually settle on his next favorite place-- inside a storage unit! You'd figure this pup would be sick of storage units, but nope-- he loves sniffing them out! We actually had to interrupt shooting a few times because Quart wanted in!<br />
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Notice the drool puddles on the ground!<br />
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During breaks we went around Southern California visiting some very important places, like Brandi and Jarrod's store:</div>
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Back on set, and Uh OH--- Quart the Paper Shredder (as he is affectionately called, for good reason) has spotted something that I have:</div>
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Oh! It's a Storage Heroes business card! Here is the after. Haha... THANKS, Quart! At least it gets us a shout out :)<br />
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One of the pieces from the storage unit was so amazing I just had to take a picture! You'll hear all about it later and how much it sold for. I really wanted to take it home for myself.<br />
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Nabila was so sweet--- I loved her shirt, and she ended up sending me one just like it! <br />
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The talent is just indescribable- you have Nabila Hannis, Suburban Pickers, The Redneck Picker, American Auctioneers, and Storage Heroes all within just a few feet of each other. Could you imagine the resource we could have put together if we combined all of our knowledge? Oh wait, we did!<br />
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One of our favorite guys-- he is so down to earth, which is funny because the way he "always keeps his head on a swivel" you would think he'd be super high strung. So laid back, so cool, so hilarious. We love The Redneck Picker!<br />
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Hanging out with a Redneck Picker AND a Suburban Picker-- it's like being in some sort of movie where the city mouse goes to the country, or something.<br />
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So I decided he needed to do some PR for us at sport a Storage Heroes shirt-- and believe it or not that is MY shirt and it fits HIM perfectly. Should I be upset about that?<br />
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Like one big happy... storage family? This can be our first company picture when we finally get Quart to join us :)</div>
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-61710269879480903632012-10-23T01:47:00.003-05:002012-10-23T01:47:34.519-05:00Santa, Baby!!!Okay, there were probably a million other titles for this one, but I'm tired. It's late... and here we go. This is the unit you'll hear us refer to as "the bar unit" because it contains part of what used to be a bar. Alcoholic drinks type of bar, not any other type of bar. Dirty minds! And, it's a little R. Not NC-17 this time, but at least a little R rated. Consider yourself warned.<br />
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We bought this one in July about 2 days before we went to California. Because of that reason, we've never opened it... until now! We knew what the big stuff was, obviously, and had a pretty good idea of the valuables in the unit (we pulled the bone ivory out, for example)-- but we had zero idea of what was in the miscellaneous boxes. Until now.<br />
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We should also mention that we hadn't been to auction for about a month before this, because we were doing an estate, so when we showed up our friends squealed with delight and our enemies groaned, and everyone was really caught off guard and didn't bid against us, so we think that's why we were really able to get this one for super cheap. It was also the day before July 4th so while usually holidays are bad for us because of lots more looky loos than normal, this one I guess worked out because no one wanted to work that day! We bought this unit and one other that belonged to a former tenant, and it was a mess. You can read about THAT at StorageTreasures.com.<br />
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Anyways, back to this blog. For starters, here's what the unit looked like when the doors rolled open:<br />
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We liked the medical equipment-- medical equipment usually screams "estate" -- so we were banking on that. We bought the unit for $50, so with the bed and the chairs, we figured it was only up from there.<br />
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There's a twin mattress, a Queen bed, and 3 dining room chairs. See how old the suitcase is? Another sign of an estate. We still have the chairs and mattress (no idea why a twin mattress but a Queen sized bed, go figure)-- but we managed to sell the bed, which was in really nice shape, for $150. Here's another picture of the rails of the bed:<br />
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And another angle of the unit:</div>
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The box of ivory excited us, and while it's BONE ivory, which is a lesser desired type of ivory, it's still ivory. We have it on display in a retail setting for around $200-$250. Let's assume for the sake of adding things up that we'll get at least $50 for it. There was also a TON of costume jewelry. And some keys to a safe deposit box. Pity that that one didn't work out!<br />
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Lots and lots of Christmas decorations, but we'll get to that... it seemed to be a combination of toiletries / beauty products / and Christmas decorations. It was an elderly woman who passed away and the woman she lived with who was either her daughter or granddaughter. She was a business professional but had an alcohol problem and also a marriage problem. But she loved Santa, baby!<br />
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Tons of medical equipment-- oxygen tanks, which are VERY sought after from not only patients but also from handymen and people who do welding. There was also an invacare wheelchair, which is one of the top lines of wheelchair. </div>
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We sold the 8 oxygen tanks for $8 a piece, and the concentrator (pictured below) for $50. We have not yet sold the wheelchair but have an asking price of $125 on it.<br />
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There were three small TVs, which we will sell for $5 each, and a few blankets:<br />
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We ended up donating the blankets, as well as some of the medical equipment including the shower chair to an 84 year old man in Kenner, Louisiana who recently lost his home to a fire. He was asleep in the bedroom when a candle started burning his bedroom down, and he is disabled so barely was dragged out in time alive. The one thing he was able to grab and salvage out of his bedroom was his wife's urn. Poor guy. Here's a picture of his son and grandson accepting our donations:</div>
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We love being able to help! There's a reason we call ourselves HEROES. Back to the unit-- I was VERY excited to learn that they had lots of really really nice clothing, in my size! Tons of cocktail dresses, business suits, and other fancy attire. These dresses actually ended up being sold for around $15 to a friend but I did keep quite a lot of the stuff.<br />
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This little gem is currently in my closet! Too cute!<br />
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Another shot of the bed frame, once we got it out into the hallway.<br />
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There's a picture of the headboard (what the clothes are hanging off of)-- you can also see a better view of the chairs:<br />
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Again, the chairs-- they are nicely covered. A little dirty, but easily cleanable-- in good wooden shape, despite there being 3 of them. We will be able to sell as vanity chairs or to people who refinish furniture.<br />
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Closeup of the design on the seat:<br />
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A better picture of the concentrator:<br />
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We take a lot of these photographs as we're getting things out of the unit because it helps us to get the item on Craigslist straight away.<br />
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This printer was AMAZING. It was an HP LaserJet M1319f MFP and retailed new for over $600. It had printer, scanner, fax, everything-- and had never, ever been opened. I realized this when I tried to open it and started ripping off the letters on the cardboard with the tape. Factory sealed. I wanted to keep it but Brian convinced me we should sell it... and we did, to a lovely man, who is a teacher and a scientist, for $175. He's now an estate client and a reader of the blog!<br />
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Another one of the printer:<br />
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See, you thought I was joking about the tape?<br />
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That concluded our digging at the facility.... we then moved everything and opened it up, well, today. (well, 1 month ago... I write sometimes pieces at a time!)<br />
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Lots of unopened, unused products. WIN WIN WIN. Don't sell these for $1, if it's something you use and will save you $3 or $4 later on, KEEP IT! The Sharpie is in our eBay packaging bag, the mascara and toothbrush are currently in my makeup bag, and the benadryl and aspirin are in Brian's glove box. <br />
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Sad to say that neither of us uses glo by J.Lo -- but I'm sure we will find a buyer on eBay! :)<br />
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We also found TONS of cosmetics. This lady has nice things and most of them were barely used. We found at least 3 - 4 bags of clinique cosmetics, that we are currently in the process of selling:<br />
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And one bag of skin care that made an excellent pre-wedding present for my cousin Beth:<br />
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Our girl loved getting all dolled up, in fact, that we were starting to run out of places to put the clothes and shoes!<br />
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There were also, in addition to Christmas decorations, Halloween decorations... a ton of them! unopened!<br />
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Be careful when digging through units, always. Do you see the glass in this box? Look carefully...<br />
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Do you see it now? Yeah, that almost got me REALLY good.<br />
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Oh joy... in one of the accessory bags, was... well... an ACCESSORY! We find them in almost every locker!<br />
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And here.. is a nice little novelty gift item called "Prisoner of Love" -- I had never seen this before and was quite confused by it.<br />
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Doesn't it look like something you'd use to tie something down in your truck?<br />
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Here's a video of me with the Prisoner of Love:<br />
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At this point I found an unlabeled home video tape- you better believe I am watching this the next time we get a VCR! It might be super unproductive and a waste of time, but I love watching people's videos and looking at their pictures on their phones and cameras. I just do. You obviously do too, because you're here. If Picklescoop ever lets us on his Podcast show again, we may bring some of these and do a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 with them, or something. Fun times.<br />
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Who cares about the plans for the month when you are GABBY?<br />
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This entire box is filled with brand new, never opened or used, tag still on them, Christmas items. We see this ALL THE TIME. Why buy stuff if you're never even going to use it? Just leave it in the store!<br />
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A close up of all of the items that were in the box.<br />
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We see this too, from people who hoard a specific type of thing-- that they'll even go to Goodwill to buy them, thinking they are cheap and worth it, and then never use it. It's only 95 cents but it's still 95 cents you wasted. They didn't even take the tag off!<br />
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What's this, another box? Marked Christmas? There's a surprise!<br />
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More stuff brand new, including some Christmas cards, stockings, and hats:<br />
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This one doesn't look like Christmas stuff, as it's in a fashion store bag...<br />
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WRONG AGAIN! Hey, SANTA, BABY!!!!! Not one, but TWO sexy Santa outfits. I mean, what girl DOESN"T need 2 of these?<br />
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Here's a box of books. They are all well kept in great condition.<br />
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You can learn a LOT about people judging from their book titles!<br />
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I always go through books to look through all of the paper / bookmarks / rabbit ears, etc. Sometimes you find cash, sometimes you find gift cards, sometimes it's just an ad or coupon like this one, but you still want to check!<br />
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More books that show us a little about our tenant.<br />
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We found over 20 books about either divorce, marriage counseling, or alcohol addiction. There were also quite a few about God, church, and born again Christianity. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the tenant-- we hope she found her way.<br />
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Se definitely was starting to make some projects -- maybe goal sheets or posters with cut outs from magazines:<br />
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More books. This one could SO be taken the wrong way:<br />
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And here are the divorce papers...<br />
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Apparently she was in sales as well:<br />
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SHOCKER! More Christmas stuff! I wonder if our tenant was Mrs. Clause? Or the former Mrs. Clause? :)<br />
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There's also some medical stuff in this box, which not only sells well, comes in handy because we get cut a lot. Did you not notice the gigantic shard of glass in the pictures above?<br />
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We'll definitely be keeping the gause, tape, medical scissors, and probably a few other things, and we'll sell the rest. Except the tubing we'll throw away because too many people use it to make drugs.<br />
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If you ever find medical equipment and cannot sell it, you can always look at the tags to see if you can return it to the place it was purchased/rented from-- there may be a deposit you can recover or a website where you can see what the stuff sells for. They may also hook you up with a customer who wants to buy used things for cheap.<br />
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Don't worry, we threw away the unknown lotions (after they got all over my fingers... eww)<br />
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Here's our cabinet in the warehouse that's loaded with things like tape guns, scissors, batteries, lightbulbs, and a whole first aid kit-- everything in here was from a storage unit.<br />
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ooh... this will DEFINITELY come in handy!<br />
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More thrift store stuff and brand new stuff with tags<br />
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Tags- even though it's clearance at Target, if you're never going to use it DONT BUY IT.<br />
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And don't photocopy your social security card and leave it in your storage unit! Although there were several of these so I'm kind of wondering who they all belonged to. We returned them, of course.<br />
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Every single box had some kind of alcohol advertisement on it-- I think at some point someone either worked for, or owned a bar. We also got some bar equipment, napkin holders, dart boards, light up signs, etc. Pretty cool.<br />
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This whole box contained tights, stockings, still in the packaging. All very fancy and either Victoria's secret or Frederick's of Hollywood. All different styles and colors. I will definitely be keeping most of these! (The less scandalous ones... and the others will do quite well selling them!) You can always use cute tights, especially with Fall here!<br />
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MORE CHRISTMAS!<br />
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FRAGILE --- anyone else picture a leg lamp here? We have tights to put on that bad boy all ready!<br />
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Oh, and this box is fragile, apparently because everything in it is also brand spanking new.<br />
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Another thing with hoarders is that they buy and buy and buy and end up doing it so much that they leave receipts and change in the bags, all the time. I'm wondering if our tenant saved this change and didn't buy half of this stuff, would she have kept her unit?<br />
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More brand new stuff.. and HMM... I JUST saw this on Brian's Facebook page today. THIEF!<br />
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Proof of his thievery: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516980688314857&set=a.297838746895720.83780.100000087909397&type=1&theater" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516980688314857&set=a.297838746895720.83780.100000087909397&type=1&theater </a> -- it's a good thing I have a photographic memory!<br />
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Here's some more brand new, never used stuff...( maybe Brian will take this for himself next! ) including some photo frames and some tiki bar signs :)<br />
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For the person who has everything and just needs more... its' a DVD that you can play... on your TV... to FEEL like you have a FIRE. I wish I was making this up.<br />
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And you get this... at the Dollar Store!<br />
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Time to play "What's in the Bag?"<br />
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Broken Glass:<br />
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Ooh, chocolates? From Santa?<br />
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Nailpolish! We sold most of this at yard sales:<br />
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PURSES!<br />
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Here's a video entitled: Purses and Booze, oh yeah!<br />
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Electronics... in the bathroom box. Because who doesn't need wires and cords and video games in their bathroom cabinet?<br />
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Trophies. Sigh. We find them in every unit. I have no idea why.<br />
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It's entitled ":What the crap is this trophy for, anyway?"<br />
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This leather box looked promising, but was empty.<br />
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At least we can sell it... it's a nice portable jewelry box.<br />
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Alright... Monster boxes and privacy tags! Time to party!<br />
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A lovely collection of DVDs... we sold these for about $15 on eBay</div>
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You can also learn a lot about a person through their DVDs...<br />
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This really cool hand drawn art was given to a friend as a gift:<br />
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We love finding stories and notes from little kids. I guess this tenant had a young son (and maybe a teenage son as well). I hope the little kid's not drinking Monster. HONEY BOO BOO CHILD!<br />
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Flashlights are another thing that are helpful for us to have. We'll add this to our stash!<br />
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A BOX full of office supplies. Some got wet but most is super useful or/and will be sold.<br />
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Pretty!<br />
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Looks like a box of trash, mostly is, it's basically everything that was clipped to the fridge. Found some awesome magnets though!<br />
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These are coming home with me!<br />
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OOH! Jewelry boxes are always super exciting to find!<br />
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Until they are empty. Santa Baby, can't you bring one little thing... A RING? haha.<br />
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More kitchen items. Love fun straws!<br />
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LOCKS! Many were cut in this unit, this one's still good and has 2 keys. We'll definitely be using this one! Disc locks are the hardest to break/cut.<br />
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And on THAT ending note... ONE boob implant! YAY! </div>
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So we didn't do too badly. We were pleasantly entertained, we got a lot of cool stuff, and we made a great profit. How big of a profit? Well... let's add it up, Storage Wars style:<br />
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Bed $150<br />
Ivory $50 <br />
Christmas decor $100<br />
Oxygen $64<br />
Concentrator $50<br />
Wheelchair $125<br />
TVs $15<br />
blanket and shower chair donated<br />
dresses $15<br />
other dresses - Rebecca<br />
chairs $15<br />
Printer $175<br />
unused products - Brian and Rebecca<br />
Clinique - some being sold, some as a wedding present<br />
Stockings / suits - kept<br />
Books - $63<br />
Picture frames - $9<br />
Signs $15<br />
Halloween stuff - $23<br />
Nail Polish $7<br />
DVDs $15<br />
Bottles $26 - there were boxes and boxes of wine, Patron, Jagermeister bottles, empty!<br />
office supplies - sold some for $14, kept others<br />
lock - saved us $5<br />
dartboard $10<br />
lightboard (Bar chalk board that lights up) $20<br />
Bar stuff $40<br />
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We've still got a BUNCH OF STUFF left, but so far we've sold $996 -- our unit was $50 so that's $946 in profit... almost 19 times our original investment. Not too shabby! Looks like Santa came early this year!<br />
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Until next time,<br />
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We bring the fun to storage auction,<br />
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Storage HeroesStorage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-51928332269717867382012-10-18T09:58:00.000-05:002012-10-18T09:58:21.816-05:00Pandora's raincoat!Rain is a magical force........it can conjure up images of musicians on rooftops, umbrellas rushing past each other, cats and dogs......you get the idea! But for us, rain can be magical in other ways....for instance......some of our competition would be melting..........melting..............melting!<br />
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You see....rain can be a mysterious force that causes competition to rethink just how badly they want to play the game. And as we all know.........less can equal more! <br />
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This holds true sometimes....but sometimes, when you have stiff competition....they think the same thing you think......and then you end up with umbrellas crushed against each other while 20+ people are trying to look inside Pandora's Box as they are getting pelted by unending cats and dogs!<br />
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And so I arrive at the nexus of our story. So we were at an auction in New Orleans, on the Westbank, which means East of the city, but that is another story for another time. It was a rainy day....and we thought...well now....this should bleed off the bidders.....NOPE. There must have been 25+ people there. The usual suspects and a bunch of new faces. And just as the bidding was about to begin on the first unit.....Mother Nature announced herself. And this wasn't one of those gentle spring rains.....oh no.....this was one of those heavy thick droplets carrying pianos and small farm animals! And if that wasn't enough.....then the wind kicked up.......and we hadn't even started bidding yet! Luckily, this was one of those facilities that whenever you go to the auction, it has LOTS of units available. So bidding continued...unit to unit....in the rain....and people were bidding pretty well, sometimes way too much....but I guess they figured that they were there.....and wet.....so might as well have something to show for it! <br />
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It was about at the end of the units when it happened....one of those perfect moments....when luck and weather and hope and dreams and candy canes all come together. <br />
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Now remember....we tend to get cheaper prices on units that are upstairs...especially if there isn't an elevator because people don't want to have to lug stuff up and down stairs....which we don't mind. <br />
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We go upstairs....people are starting to trail off. You can see they are tired, wet....and some people who have already bought downstairs are definitely not "digging" the upstairs....(all pun intended!). So we go for it....and score two nice units. I can't remember the exact price....but it was cheap enough...and we made at least 5 times our money easily. All because we were willing to work a little bit harder. <br />
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I was thinking about this because this morning....i woke up to rain outside...and funny how I wished it was auction day! Moral of the story....a little hard work....can pay off.....and it's good exercise too....so don't let a set of stairs put you off....it can really work to your advantage in more ways than one! And in this business, when we are opening Pandora's boxes in the rain all the time, it pays to not mind putting on Pandora's raincoat when necessary!<br />
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-67027573847345609552012-10-08T14:04:00.001-05:002012-10-08T14:04:25.912-05:00What do we have in common with Dan Dotson, Laura Dotson, Nabila Hannis, and The Redneck Picker?What do we have in common with Dan Dotson, Laura Dotson, Nabila Hannis, and The Redneck Picker? Along with Suburban Pickers (Dave Hester's old partner Steve Cox, Richard, and Preston), and Drenton Beres?<br />
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We're all featured as experts in a brand new 3-video training series sponsored by StorageTreasures.com.<br />
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Check it out here:<br />
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And wow, look who's featured in the thumbnail! Storage Hero Rebecca!<br />
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And find all 3 videos here: <a href="http://pro.storagetreasures.com/" target="_blank">Storage Treasures Insider Series</a>Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-69415249714197767342012-08-28T21:23:00.004-05:002012-08-28T21:23:35.735-05:00Brian's Magical Mystery $10 Unit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
One day, for whatever reason, Brian went to auction without me (SHAME ON HIM) -- although, truth be told, I think I might have elected to sleep late that particular day. Anyways, he went to a facility near New Orleans East that we NEVER go to, but he bought this unit for $10.</div>
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This is what the unit looked like:</div>
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It seemed as if the previous owners had pillaged through and left only what they couldn't fit in their car--- there were only a few items, and a table and chairs, as well as one or two rubbermaid containers- but even the totes along were worth $10</div>
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Here's another angle. It was a very awkward corner unit, which is probably why no one wanted to deal with it (We had to do some crazy things to that table to get it to fit through that door), so here's another angle. Notice the dollhouse hiding in the corner. </div>
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Yet another view of the inside of the unit:<br />
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Three of the chairs were in amazing shape. The wood was great, and the cushions were slightly stained but easily recovered. The fourth chair was in pieces, but at least we had all the pieces and it would glue back together easily. We kept everything.<br />
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If you look closely towards the right of the picture, you can see the broken chair:<br />
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Here's another one of the broken chair:<br />
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The dollhouse, upon further examination was in slightly rough shape, but was a Fisher Price Lovin' Family Playhouse that had ALL of the pieces with it, including all of the added on accessories. Total original retail on it was around $150. I believe we let it go at a garage-sale for in the $30 range. So that ONE item doubled or tripled our profit on the locker.<br />
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The other side / inside of the doll house: Is it dollhouse or doll house? At this point with the way the wind is howling, we're LUCKY to be INSIDE a house at all.<br />
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The totes were mainly ladies and children's clothing, but probably another $10-$20 in merchandise.<br />
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Some purses and easter baskets. Another couple of dollars.<br />
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Hello Kitty, brand new with tags, is always a good seller. I think we sold this one for $10.<br />
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So, we quadrupled our money and then some on just the little items, and then we ended up selling the table and chairs to a very nice lady on craigslist (although, admittedly, I wish I wouldn't have because I lost my own kitchen table just a week or two later) -- LONG STORY. But, I believe we sold it for about $125-- great deal for her on a solid wood table, and great deal for us.</div>
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As a follow-up, the girl we sold the table to was kind enough to send me a message with the picture of how the table looked, restored, in her house. Neither Brian or I are really big "green" people (nor are we BIG, GREEN, people!) but we have come to realize lately, especially with dealing with the Los Angeles folks, that storage units are really a great way to recycle-- otherwise stuff would end up in the garbage, and you're finding new uses for things and also letting families and younger people or people down on their luck make a good economical choice by purchasing something used for cheaper as opposed to having to break the bank to pay full retail. Win win win.</div>
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And sorry, having MAJOR technical difficulties right now and NO cell phone service, so I was forced to take a picture of my cell phone to show you this picture of the table the girl sent me. The caption says "Thanks Rebecca, I cleaned it all up!"</div>
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Great job, Brian! Now I have to find a $10 unit that's JUST as good so we can compare!</div>
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-44675853447783670962012-08-23T14:33:00.003-05:002012-08-23T14:33:24.154-05:00eBay store!Okay, so we know several months ago, we were all "%&^* eBay" but we've actually come to an agreement with them (for now), and we're building up and doing quite well (100 listings and 20 feedback y'all!) .... and it's going great! (Knock on wood).<br />
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So... we opened a store.<br />
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No! Not that kind of store! A nice, classy store. Or at least 90% classy.<br />
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Here's the link: <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/storagehero/">http://stores.ebay.com/storagehero/</a><br />
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Check back often and buy buy buy! <br />
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And we'll have a ton more up as soon as we can figure out how to be able to list more than 100 items a month!<br />
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We bring the fun to auction,<br />
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Storage HeroesStorage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-19260469449458106822012-08-14T15:46:00.002-05:002012-08-14T15:46:25.410-05:00Hotel Hell, check in time now, check out time NEVER!Hey y'all! Rebecca here. It's been awhile and we've been entirely too positive and feel-good lately, so here's a little rant:<br />
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We are NEVER having private appointments at our warehouse again. Ever, ever, ever. There have been quite a few occasions recently where we've gone out of our way to meet with people and based on whatever misunderstanding about what it is that we had or what it is that they were willing to spend-- we were screwed-- but there were just enough (2 or 3) times where we had successful meetings for tons of purchases that we were willing to overlook the tons of bad times for the few good.<br />
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NEVER AGAIN.<br />
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The other day we were having a garage sale at the home we've been having garage sales at, seemingly every weekend, because we keep getting rained out, and these two older ladies pull up at 2pm on Sunday for a sale that was supposed to only be Saturday that we moved to Sunday that was supposed to close at noon, per all advertisements. Yet they show up on Sunday at 2 and wonder why everything is picked up? That should have given us our first clue. While Brian ignored them completely and finished the last minute details of packing up (we had already been tearing down and packing up for over an hour without any customer in that time frame at all), I answered their ridiculous questions. We didn't have any of the items they were looking for in the home (mainly things for kids and random other items), but they did mention they needed fabric. We still have 12-20 boxes of fabric from the "<a href="http://storageheroes.blogspot.com/2012/03/never-had-it-sew-good.html" target="_blank">Sew Good</a>" unit, so I let her know that we had it, and that most of it was remnants and that there was a variety of different fabrics. One lady wanted fabric for children, which the remnants are PERFECT for (appliques or john johns or whatever), and the other lady mentioned that she wanted satin. I told her I have satin in all different colors, mostly remnants, but that we did have several yards of some colors and I did have a few bolts of different fabric. She asked how cheap, I told her 25-50 cents a yard, and maybe $1-$2 a yard on specialty fabrics. That's very reasonable, and she agreed.<br />
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APPOINTMENT FROM HELL.<br />
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We set an appointment for today at 11:15. She's bringing her friend, the same lady from the other day, and they're going to meet me separately. Fine. I arrive right at 11:15, so does her friend, but she's a few minutes late. I open the warehouse and turn on the lights and A/C and offer the other lady a chance to start looking but apparently she's afraid of going into the warehouse alone with me so she waits for her friend. Minutes wasted for sure.<br />
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GOOD USE OF MY TIME?<br />
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Just so you know, I had woken up super early this morning (6:30, which is a miracle for me) after having been up super late last night. I had so many things to do, so wanted to make sure I got everything done in time. I had spent the morning at Performance, helping out there, and shipping items on eBay (we're averaging about 8 shipments a day now, which I think is pretty good) and listing other items. We're not talking $1-2 items, we're talking items worth hundreds. So I was making pretty good headway on some important work. And then I realized I had to get to my appointment.<br />
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DON'T RUSH, NOW.<br />
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I should have taken my sweet time getting there, but I didn't, I arrived right on time, along with the friend (let's call her Thing 2), and Thing 1 is now there, a few minutes late. We go into the warehouse and I immediately see an upturned snotty look on both of their faces. It always cracks me up when people enter our warehouse and say things like "It's hot in here" or "there is a mosquito!" or "OMG, I got dirt on my blouse!" -- all of these things were uttered by our customers from hell, and we've heard them before. It's kind of funny, because you can always tell how much the peole are going to spend by these little remarks. It's always the ones who are the most problematic that are the ones that are willing to spend the least. The way I figure it, I don't mind putting up with a Paris Hilton type, her chihuahua, entourage, and attitude-- because at least her daddy is worth millions. Why are you acting like a Queen in your flip flops and jean capris? But I digress. The other hilarious thing about these comments, is like, dude, It's a WAREHOUSE. I did not invite you to my upscale retail store on Magazine street. I did not invite you to my Palace in Versailles. I invited you to my WAREHOUSE, that is NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC because of how friggin' special you are. Also because you told me you were bringing $100 cash and a checkbook. But moreso because of that last part.<br />
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I WOULD HAVE RATHERED PARIS-- AT LEAST I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE A PUPPY.<br />
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But no, you didn't bring a chihuahua in a little tutu, you brought me Thing 2, a sweet old lady, but bat shit crazy and borderline senile. I listened THREE times as you told her you were only looking for "WHITE SATIN" - a surprise to me, too. We'll get to that in a second. Some people have common sense, some don't. Some shouldn't be allowed on the street unsupervised. Thing 2 falls into that last category. These women are watching me lift heavy boxes alone (something I'm accustomed to in general, but definitely with the rudest of our wholesale appointments) but on top of that, Thing 2 is literally standing "all up in my kool aid", directly behind me, in the one spot of clear floor where the 50 lb. box I'm lifting is supposed to be dropped, and not only that but she's so close to me I actually have to adjust my elbows as they come down to avoid elbowing her in the face. I wouldn't stand that close to someone in general (unless I was at a rock concert mosh pit or on Bourbon Street at Mardi Gras) but DEFINITELY not when they were doing physically exerting labor. On top of that, she soon abandoned the fabric search after Thing 1 told her for the fourth time she didn't need what she was displaying to her, and began wandering around the warehouse moving things out of certain boxes into other boxes, spilling entire contents of boxes onto the floor, and generally just behaving like a little child might. Every once in awhile she'd exlaim loudly "OH MY GOD A WOODEN BOX!" or "LOOK! A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT!" -- and pull out the most ridiculous $1 item from the dollar store, while I gawked at her. THAT's what you choose to be excited about, lady? There are thousands and thousands of dollars of rarities, art, and glimpses into people's lives, but no, you want the $1 Santa from the Dollar Store. IN AUGUST. There is just no help for certain people.<br />
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Speaking of the glimpses into people's lives part, Thing 2 seemed to not be able to understand the concept of "Storage Units" -- there were SO many times where she WARNED me that there were credit cards with someone's name on it or photographs "just loose in this box!" -- she kept bringing them to me for "safe-keeping" and it's like, first of all, no one is in here but us, and you, unfortunately, and second of all-- you are totally screwing up the sanctity of my blog by moving stuff from unit to unit-- how am I supposed to know where it originally came from if you keep moving it around?<br />
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At one point, I actually had to ask her "These eight boxes here are from a unit that we've just bought and we have not opened yet. We do not even know what's inside them. Please do not open them." -- TWICE, and she still kept taking stuff out and moving it from box to box to box. Finally I stood between her and the boxes physically hoping she would get the hint, but she just violated my personal space again and kept on trucking. And for those of you who know me, it is EXTREMELY difficult to violate my personal space.<br />
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CLOSING TIME - ONE LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF IT TO GO AROUND...<br />
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Finally, Thing 1 calls Thing 2 off of my secured boxes, and decides she's ready to checkout (Thank Goodness) and before we get to the climax of this sad tale, let's backup a minute and cover the "white satin issue" -- originally, she had asked me if I had satin, and I had told her yes, we have yards and yards of it. A lot of it is remnants, some of it is a yard or two, some of it is bolts. She never once mentioned to me that she was looking for white satin -- wouldn't it have made more sense that if you wanted one fabric (and ONLY one fabric) that you have the person bring it to you, as opposed to making them open up their entire supply for you to peruse through? She's full of crap if she says she mentioned that to me before because there's no way I would have let her browse all of our fabrics. She makes pageant sashes for women who are having bridal parties and bacheleorettes and birthday parties and apparently they sponteanously burst into flames if they are made out of any other color other than white. She at one point said she'd take zebra print as well, but for whatever reason those are the only two types of fabric that could ever be needed. She's also full of crap that she told me beforehand she only wanted white, because she told me she was bringing $100 and a checkbook, so at $1-2 a yard, I mean, exactly HOW LARGE are these brides? <br />
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Another point well made by me: if you are looking for ONE type of fabric, and ONE type of fabric only, this is not something you should try to find a discount on at a garage sale / estate sale / fabric wholesaler, etc. Garage sales are for people who like to find random treasures or maybe pick from a few different categories of items. If you want ONE material only, do eBay. Buy in bulk. Use the brains God gave you. On top of that, if you're charging $24.99 or whatever it is that you're making women pay for this piece of fabric that took you 20 minutes to sew and bedazzle, then you can go spend $6.99 on a yard of satin. For real. She kept saying how much of a perfectionist she is--- honey, you cannot be a perfectionist AND this impossibly cheap. There's just no way.<br />
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PLEASE, JUST LEAVE, ALREADY!<br />
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So... we go to check out.... and Thing 1 has found a bag of paper lunch baggies, like 100 in a bag, shrink-wrapped from whatever grocery store they came from, some looseleaf paper still shrink-wrapped, a formal dress that is really nice that she plans on cutting up, and about 3-4 yards of miscellanous fabrics. I quote her $5, which is MORE than fair. I remembered texting Brian at the very beginning of our appointment, once I saw her petulant attitude, that "I would be lucky to get $5-10 between the two of them" -- so I was quoting low and hoping high, and I thought $5 was more than fair... at a garage sale I would have charged $1 for both the bags and the looseleaf, (probably $3 in the store) $2 for the dress, and about $1 each for each of the pieces of fabric... so I was giving her 3-4 items free. FIVE DOLLARS. She immediately points out that the dress is stained and that she has to use her "precious" laundry detergent to wash it (yeah, I'm pretty sure the word she used was something like that). I told her to give me a break and that $5 was a good price, she was getting the stained thing for free (why'd she even pick it if it was so terrible), and she balked at the price again. So I told her "FINE. Just give me what YOU think it's worth." At this point, I was just hoping for mercy, for at least enough to cover my gas, and to get out of there, and back to paying ventures forthwith. She looks at me and goes "I don't want to insult you by only offering you $2 or $3." I look right back at her and say "no, you WILL insult me if you DON'T offer me at LEAST $2 or $3." She makes a face, I tell her I spent at least that amount on gas driving out there, she says "I did too!" and then points out about the laundry detergent again. Realizing I'm getting absolutely no where, I"m done... I start picking up the things they left EVERYWHERE and putting them back in the proper places, righting toppled over boxes, clearing a path for us to walk, and turning off lights and air conditioners.<br />
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Thing 2 still wants to make a purchase, and she has one of those "make you sweat" exercise belts, that's virtually new, and 3 washcloths. (Once again, there is THOUSANDS of dollars of merchandise that I'm letting go for up to 75% off of full retail and you pick WASHCLOTHS?) I quote her 3 for a dollar for the washcloths (otherwise we'll use them for the warehouse), and ask Thing 1 what SHE thinks is fair for the exercise band (since obviously she's the expert on pricing)... and she says "I paid $10 for mine, so $5?" Wow... I think, that's remarkably fair. I guess you give fair pricing when it's for anyone BUT you, including your senile friend. I throw in the washcloths for free and she (I guess trying to save face now) makes a comment about how that's very fair. At this point she could have been on fire (perhaps from a flaming sash that's the wrong color satin) and I don't think I would have looked up at her. I was LIVID. I turned off the lights as fast as I could and got them out of there. They of course lingered in the parking lot chatting (because they have nothing else better to do, obviously) while I peeled out of there to get back to Performance / making money / civilization / the light. <br />
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The beauty of the entire thing is, as we were leaving, they ask me "We really enjoy estate sales... you'll let us know when the next one is, right"" I say, "SURE." through gritted teeth. If you can't afford $5 in fabric and dresses and school supplies, what on God's green acres makes me think that you're fit for an estate sale where the cheapest item is going to be 5 times that? Even if you could afford it, the sight of your face now makes me want to vomit, and I don't like vomiting.<br />
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I usually try to be kind and have grace under pressure and all of that, and I always try to watch what I write on blogs to either not offend people or hurt their feelings, but at this point, I really don't care. The level to which people can disrespect and lack empathy is so ridiculously high, I wonder how we're even surviving as a human race these days. I hope these women never ever make anyone else feel the way they made me feel today. If it were me, after making someone move heavy boxes for 30 minutes, go out of their way to meet, me, whatever, I would have made myself find something I liked just to spend a few dollars. It's the right thing to do. She HAD items she liked and she STILL wouldn't spend the money. I need to find something really good to do with that $5. <br />
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Until next time...<br />
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We put the rage in Storage...<br />
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Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-69161700615887612642012-08-01T03:04:00.000-05:002012-08-01T03:04:08.942-05:00Home is where you hang your hat?Hello again! <br />
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Rebecca here! We've wanted to blog about this one for awhile, but truth be told we were missing the original "opening the door" pictures of this unit, so we were waiting to find them. Between California and other such things, we have been unable to find them, so you'll just have to read our brilliant description and take our word for it :)<br />
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As usual, this blog has a FEW items of an adult nature-- it's probably one of the tamest we've written though that's "adult" but I figured we'd warn you anyway. It's probably rated PG-13. If you don't like your kid walking around the drugstore and asking questions, you don't need them to be reading this. That's a pretty good description.<br />
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Now... we went to an auction last minute at a storage facility that is literally a block away from my father's car repair shop-- so it's convenient, to say the least. Especially because if my Dad needs my help for a few hours, we can dig while I answer the phone, so it's a really good deal! The doors rolled open and it was a tiny unit, a 2 X 3 or 3 X 5, but stuff was PILED HIGH, all the way to the ceiling. 60% of it was in boxes, but much of it was just loose. It was a total mess. Usually the kind that we find jewelry / gold / cash / treasure in. We were immediately intrigued, but so were some newbies that happened to show up this one day only (we haven't seen them since) so they took us almost three times higher than we wanted to go. In our defense, even though we don't condone being bullies to newbies (and like for people to grow their connections and bridges instead of being jerks), sometimes if you have a newbie who is bidding uncontrollably against you it doesn't hurt to show them that you won't be bullied, either. And that's exactly what we did, we did not back down, we won the unit, and we have not seen them since.<br />
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The one thing I did see in the unit was a Coach bag, and usually where there's one of those there's another. Brian agreed with me that it looked real (Coach isn't THAT expensive so we very rarely seen knockoffs) so we went for it. It took us about an hour to move the unit, and it went really well, because even though we didn't bring the van, we realized that we were able to have me inside digging / packaging / boxing while Brian was taking 3-4 car trips 2 blocks down the street to Performance Motor Werks (my Dad's repair facility. They are great and specialize in imports, if you're in New Orleans give them a call at 504-822-2222. Shoutout!)<br />
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After we moved everything to the dealership, this is what we had (keep in mind this is about 8-10 boxes shy, that were still in the car). Gives you an idea though of what it looked like:<br />
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And even more stuff (it was a lot):<br />
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We started finding lots of different things. Like crazy things. But not crazy things. Just odd varieties of things. Let me start over. It's not odd to find clothing or shoes in a unit. But typically, you'll find 3 or 4 shoe sizes, 3 or 4 clothing sizes, and you can start ascertaining whether it was a woman and man and two kids, or four females, or a college dormitory, or whatever. Right? We had shoes in here of every size, clothing of every size, school uniforms, costumes, just all kinds of things. Nothing made any sense. It wasn't a retail store because everything wasn't pristine. Some items were but some were dirty and with smell. It took awhile for the pieces of the puzzle to start to fit. We won't spoil the surprise yet, for those of you playing along at home. <br />
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Here's a Santa Claus costume...<br />
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And I know this looks like nothing but what's so extraordinary about this is that it's a pair of pants (black jeans I think) that were so pressed or rolled over that they were completely flattened<br />
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There were actually some nice bags.. a knock off Louis Vuitton (pictured) and a few Coach bags, we will get to that in a minute. What was odd about each of the bags was their contents. Here's the contents of the knockoff Louis:<br />
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Notice the packets of sunscreen, Emergen-C, ketchup, feminine products, and an extraordinary supply of condoms. Some paperwork and bus passes, and a curling iron. Figured out who our tenant is yet? The clues are adding up...<br />
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There were a few pieces of jewelry that were either silver or what our tenant thought was silver. Many were scratched and beaten up or rolled over. Here was one such ring:<br />
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Notice lots of things were rolled over. Any guesses yet?<br />
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LOTS of food. Some of it was out of the packaging so you couldn't even tell what it was. Lots of samples of things, lots of packages of coffee -- and items you might find in hotel rooms, etc.<br />
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Interesting slogan on this shirt!<br />
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There were so many BAGS in this one, I figured we should play one of my favorite games, "What's in the Bag" -- here's Bag #1<br />
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What's inside... a TON of papers, plastic bags, bus tickets, casino cashout tickets, photos, and more!<br />
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In fact, there were a lot of purses, and while some of them seemed new, others weren't, and they were filled with all sorts of stuff. Pretty quickly on, we realized that a lot of the purses were "acquired" -- I'm not going to say they were stolen, because there's no way we have of knowing that, but let's just say at some point they obviously had lots of different owners. There were, as we said, a couple of genuine Coach bags, so that was pretty cool. They are still for sale if anyone is interested.<br />
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There were lots of pictures of our tenant getting married. It appears to have been in a hospital, although I'm not totally sure about that. Before you go feeling sorry for the tenant, though, or wondering about this ridiculously cute story-- you should also know, this marriage lasted 2 years (we have the divorce certificate) and was our tenant's 3rd or 4th marriage. </div>
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Baby clothes, infant clothes, and school uniforms. See how random this is?<br />
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There were also lots of home health care items, including this bottle of Niacin.<br />
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There were also a ton of educational pamphlets and brochures, including this one, "Caring for Someone with Bipolar I Disorder." And just so you know, Bipolar I is a disorder that runs rampant in my family-- so, no jokes please. But we WILL tell you that this is a pretty big clue to our tenant's identity. Do you know yet?<br />
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Lots of the interiors of bags were cut open so that small things the tenant deemed valuable could be hidden from other people. Bus tokens, unique coins, keys, and even things she thought were silver.<br />
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Time to play "What's in the Bag" again. Here's contestant #2:<br />
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A bunch of stuff. Mainly papers, but stuff.<br />
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Here's all the stuff spread out:<br />
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Guessed yet? You're really close. Here's a voucher resource sheet describing resources in the City of New Orleans (where we are).</div>
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Some fliers for local Churches in the area:<br />
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More Bus tickets, tokens, and route maps:<br />
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A Ha! Since this pretty much gives it away, we will go ahead and tell you. Our tenant was/is (we're not sure) homeless:<br />
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Apparently these homeless shelters offer all types of resources, including those for people who just got out of prison:<br />
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There were also several cards. The only reason I included the picture of this one is because I found it funny, we JUST wrote about the Gazebo cafe in our very last blog, about our trip to California and how it was replicated in Disneyland. And now, here we are, writing about a unit before we left, and there's a picture of a business card from the same place. Ladies and Gentlemen, it IS a small world, after all.<br />
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One thing I don't understand (or maybe I do) is how you can be homeless but have SO MANY of this cashout tickets / vouchers to Harrah's Casino. There had to be 20+ in the bags in this unit.<br />
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Another bag filled with more paperwork, more toiletries, interesting things picked up off of the road (which explains our tire tracks and street marks on a lot of items), and yes, even more condoms.<br />
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The doubloons actually were cool. For those of you from out of town, a Doubloon is something thrown at a Mardi Gras parade-- usually by members or royalty. It's sometimes made of silver or gold but 99.9% of the time is just cheap plastic or aluminum. They're basically worthless unless you can get a rare one or one of a specific krewe-- she had a pretty good assortment of ones she thought were "neat".<br />
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Guess What's in the Bag #3:<br />
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Holy Water & shower curtain hooks! I bet you didn't see that one coming!<br />
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Guess What's In The Bag Volume 4:<br />
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This one contains another bag, a sample spray perfume (one of the designer knockoffs), more holy water, a keychain, some change, and a few books. Also some random paperwork.<br />
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The book was donated by Volunteers of America:<br />
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More random coins and things found on the street or wherever. All very interesting. Some old bus tokens and pay phone tokens we need to look up.<br />
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This bag was super heavy and totally got my attention even from the unit, because it was so out of place with all of the other things:<br />
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It's filled with various pieces of glass in different shapes and patterns, I guess for doing mosaic work, or putting in your yard, or whatever. I'm told they sell for a few dollars a piece and we have a whole bag full. And they are beautiful! No idea where our tenant got these either but they are available for purchase.<br />
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It's not a purse but it's time for What's in the Bag #5 anyway:<br />
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More feminine products, toiletries, sample sized items, and soaps. Things like that. I suppose our tenant was getting them from the various shelters and stock piling them for later use / need.<br />
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More feminine products:<br />
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Surgical / safety / dust mask. Good for storage units! We kept the unused ones and threw the open ones away! :)<br />
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Another bag filled with more of the same:<br />
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There were also as we mentioned, a ton of shoes, and purses.<br />
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Of course! The suitcase is filled with more papers!<br />
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What's funny, well, not funny, but ironic, is that I took a break from Day 1 of digging and ended up having to leave the dealership and run across town for something. On my way back, this overpass (underpass?) which is NOTORIOUS for homeless people living underneath it had 5 or 6 police cars arresting people randomly, bringing them in, and trying to disperse them. That used to be something that would happen often, but lately it seems like they were being left alone by the police, at least in that area. It was ironic that this was happening AS I was going through a unit of a homeless person.<br />
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Back to Day 2 of the dig, and it's now apparent that our tenant has been married and divorced a few times, has moved around a lot, has had a ton of different odd ball jobs, but is still homeless. We have lots of random items that have been procured on the streets in whatever way, and some items were literally picked up from the middle of the street where they had been run over by cars on a daily basis. We also had a lot of sample sized toiletries, likely from homeless shelters and other such resource providing places. But how does it all fit together? I can only imagine that our person was compiling the items found into a storage unit either for her own personal use, or to sell the items to make a profit.<br />
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A ton more stuff, including chinese take out menus, and a lot more condoms.<br />
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More condoms, with directions on how to use. We found over 1000 condoms total. Finally, it occurred to me that our tenant was getting them for free from all of the hospitals and free clinics around the area. (Which also explains the instructional pamphlet provided with them).<br />
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Closeup of the instructional packet. I still can't figure out why she needs SO MANY condoms!<br />
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Then I see this. And I go "TEN CENTS! That's a really cheap price to sell a hat for.... OHHHHHH." That's right kids... she was getting her free condoms from the clinic and selling them on the street for ten cents a piece. You have to admire that sense of entrepreneurship!<br />
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Speaking of entrepreneurship, the last thing we should point out is that of all the items she had, she had this plate-- which has a copy of the cover of Offbeat magazine on the front. I'm not sure what the significance of this particular cover is. I thought maybe it was custom made for our tenant, but.. no-- this was an actual cover.<br />
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And the prices of these plates are $45 each! It's for sale if anyone wants it ;)<br />
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<br />Storage Heroeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621346355914251392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139837040134159656.post-91464720167017508622012-07-24T02:09:00.002-05:002012-07-24T02:09:35.577-05:00Lock 'N' Roll!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Greetings! Rebecca here, although I must confess that this particular blog was the inspiration of my business partner, and occasional muse, Brian. So... you're getting a double dose of genius. Or at least, we'd like to think so!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Today's topic: Locks</span></span>. Seems like a simple enough thing, and something that we don't think about particularly often, but one that's as integral and important to our business as the very things that they keep secure and protected.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Let's go on a quick journey of locks, discussing the cutting of them, the acquisition of them, and tips and tricks for a collection of locks that any auction hunter should have. We're starting to sound like some kind of Discovery Channel documentary, so before this gets any cheesier, we'll move on.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />First, the lock cut. </span>Lots of people have asked this question to us both personally and professionally, but also a ton on this website and in these forums. We know it's been answered (also in these forums) but we thought it worth repeating, at least briefly. <span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It is NOT fishy if you do not see a lock cut off of the unit at auction. </span>It is NOT peculiar if you see a lock removed from a unit up for auction with a key, or if there is a metal (wire) tag hanging on said unit. It's actually a safety precaution for you, and I'll explain quickly. Let's present a situation where we have a tenant, Joe, a facility manager, Bob, and an auctioneer, Mary. Joe defaults on the unit. Bob knows this, and has made the proper efforts to contact Joe. Bob knows Joe's unit will be going up for auction. Bob makes arrangements with the auctioneer, Mary, for the upcoming auction. Mary (or one of Mary's employees), comes to the facility and cuts off Joe's lock. With Bob, they do a quick inventory (with the eyes, not the hands) of Joe's stuff. They take pictures and sometimes even video of this process. They make a file in the office with all of this information. Bob puts a facility lock on the unit, and Mary puts an auctioneers tag on the unit. She writes the serial number of the auctioneer tag (they each have individual serial numbers and cannot be reused after broken) in the file inside the office. Mary leaves, Bob returns to business as usual.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span><br />
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<dd style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The red lock in the picture is very similar to what a facility might use to lock out a tenant.</em></dd></dl>
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<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Now, consider the checks and balances system that the law has put in place to protect EVERYONE! Joe is protected, because not one person, but several people, have been involved in the process to repossess his stuff. This is not often always true in the smaller mom and pop facilities, unfortunately, but 98% of the time, it is. He does not have to worry about paying for his unit before it goes to auction only to have his items pillaged. Bob does not have to worry about Joe showing up, taking his lock off, removing his items, and fleeing without paying the bill. Neither Bob or Mary can go into Joe's unit without the other. Mary does not have a key, and Bob cannot get in without breaking Mary's seal. If that tag has been broken, the serial number will NOT match at auction. It's genius. So, to reiterate, at auction, you should see the auctioneer break off the tag and record the number in the file. You will see the key inserted into the facility lock and it removed neatly. And you will see the doors roll open. Exactly the way it should be, to protect you. And keep in mind, also, that if for some strange twist of fate you win the bid on the unit, peek inside, get into the office and have Joe show up and pay-- he CANNOT accuse you of tampering with his unit, because his unit was photographed before you got to it. It's totally brilliant.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Enough of that. Let's get to the locks, and the tips on the locks:<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bring your own locks to auction</span> - Obviously the facility has locks, but you need to have your own locks as well. Again- <span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">BRING YOUR OWN LOCKS TO AUCTION! </span>We cannot stress, enough, how many times we have had some idiot at auction ask for a lock AFTER they purchased a unit. No one wants to lend out a lock. Not only is that one less lock for you, and one less unit you can buy, but you're helping someone who bid against you. Not a fun feeling. Not to mention that by asking someone to lend out a lock, you may be asking someone for a key that could potentially fit a lot of other locks. But we'll get to that later. That's a great deal to ask of someone you just met. It's bad form. Not having a lock is just as bad as not bringing money to auction. Equally as embarrassing. Trust me. You also don't want to have to buy a lock at a facility- they are usually in the $6.99 to $12.99 range. That might be fine for a tenant who only has to buy one or two at that rate, but it's not great for someone who may need upwards of five-ten available locks at all times.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Invest in a variety of locks, all shapes and sizes</span> - We learned this the hard way: Not every storage locker door has the same lock mechanism on it. I can remember sitting in the hallway watching Brian try to rip the rubber insulation off of a lock for 20 minutes because it wouldn't fit through the tiny hole in the door with it on. I remember how frustrating it was. Bring large locks for heavy duty doors, long locks for awkwardly placed doors (corner doors, for example), baby locks for the tiniest of openings in the door. Trust us.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><div class="inline-attachment" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Keep your keys on your key ring</span> - Sounds like a silly statement, but it's pretty useful. Lots of people tend to keep their keys to the locks somewhere else, and they can easily get lost. Not to mention, you'd be surprised how many times you return to a unit for the 3rd or 4th trip in a day, and exhausted, have forgotten your dig bag. Or perhaps you switch vehicles (going from truck to van because of rain, or to a car with a toll tag, for example)-- it's not safe to keep your lock keys in there, either. You NEVER want to forget the key to a unit, and you should always have those keys with your other keys you need, like your car key and house key. You'd notice if THOSE were missing, right?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you can, try to get your locks re-keyed or buy a few that use the same key</span> - We definitely advocate different sizes of lock, to be prepared, but the majority of your locks should be keyed with the same key, if possible. This eliminates your need to remember which key goes to which lock for more than 4 or 5 different key/lock combinations, and it also cuts down the number of keys on your keyring (see above). You can also use rings, masking tape, or permanent marker to code each lock/key combination, making it easier for you to remember for the ones that have odd keys out.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><div class="inline-attachment" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't underestimate the value of a combination lock</span> - There have been VERY few times where we've not been able to clear out a unit in just a couple of trips. Every once in awhile you get that one pesky item (usually a couch or a fridge) that's left in a unit, and occasionally rather than going back to get it you'd rather give it away to a friend, or fellow auction buyer. In this case, it's SO much easier to have that person pick the item up themselves (as long as it's okay with the facility management to have other people on property and as long you double check after the person to make sure they've done what they said they would, less you leave facility management with an unwanted gift). In this case, it's so convenient to give someone a combination, rather than one of your keys, or worse yet, have to drive with them all the way to the facility just to open a lock for them. They can use the combination and take the one item out, bringing your lock back to you at a later point. Occasionally we've also had situations where tenants needed to retrieve personal items FROM the unit (too large and heavy to move, like a 75 pound truck of nothing but photos and yearbooks), and if we trust the facility manager we can just give them the combination provided that they assure us that the tenant will take only that item. They can then re-lock the unit behind them. (Not recommended, but again, it's useful when absolutely necessary). You can also use combinations if multiple people are helping you unload the unit (workers) and you don't entrust your keyring to them. The list of possibilities goes on!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><div class="inline-attachment" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Most locks come with two or three keys. Use them. </span>- We recommend making a set for you, a set for a spouse or business partner, and a spare set in case of emergency (this you can leave at home, in your truck, etc). One day I was at a funeral 45 minutes away from home and a facility manager called me to ask me for access to a unit we purchased for housekeeping reasons (water leak, perhaps, I don't remember). By odd twist of fate the funeral was in the same city, 2 blocks away, from the storage facility. I could have had Brian drive 45 minutes and back, but I was able to (after the funeral) drive two blocks and let the manager in, because I had a spare key to that lock and because I had it with me on my keyring. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lockout Hasps are great way to double protect your goods or to go in half with another bidder</span> If you don't know what a hasp is, the picture says it all, but it's a super cheap and easy way to ensure security on a unit if you want to use more than one lock. It's also a creative way to split a unit with another buyer-- just like the auctioneer/facility checks and balances system of repossessing a unit, the other buyer cannot get into that unit without you and vice versa. Also, if you goof up and bring a lock that doesn't fit the lock hole for whatever reason, an asp will remedy the situation. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><div class="inline-attachment" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Do not underestimate the value of a free lock</span> We find locks in storage units all the time. Most are cut, but every once in awhile there's the career tenant who has moved from facility to facility and has hoarded locks on the off chance their lock will be cut another 3, 4, 8 times. There's usually a stock pile near the door, on the ground, so be sure to look there. Additionally, lots of people keep locks around their home, garage, shed- so when they pack those places, they pack the locks as well. If you find a lock without a key or a key without a lock in a unit, hold onto it until you process the whole unit. We make a shoebox full of them, and then when the dig is over, compare keys to locks and throw away the non-matches. Make SURE to throw away the non-matches, promptly, or you'll accumulate hundreds of keys and drive yourself crazy in weeks to come with "does THIS one have a match? I'm not sure!" Trust us again. Just like other supplies found in storage units (cleaning, office, etc) - you can save hundreds of dollars in locks by finding them in storage units and taking advantage of that. And you can never have too many locks!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><div class="inline-attachment" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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