Storage Auctions

I personally like auctions. I never went to a storage auctions but auctions themselves I love. I just started myself going to them but never been disappointed on them. For both auctions and storage auctions you can look on auctionzip.com, type in your zip code and what radius you want to look and there is a lot of auctions pending where you are at. Most have pics or says what they are selling or part of it a few days before. Some don't know till an hour before but to me it never hurts to go look.

Originally Posted by Hemi22!

I personally like auctions. I never went to a storage auctions but auctions themselves I love. I just started myself going to them but never been disappointed on them. For both auctions and storage auctions you can look on auctionzip.com, type in your zip code and what radius you want to look and there is a lot of auctions pending where you are at. Most have pics or says what they are selling or part of it a few days before. Some don't know till an hour before but to me it never hurts to go look.

Thanks Hemi for the info. I've wondered about storage auctions but never see ads for them so i always wondered how other folks knew/heard about them. I'd love to go to one just once and get to be able to say, ''YUUUUUP!!''

That being said, unless one gets lucky and gets to bid on a unit full of computers or items with engines for example I don't think they'd be useful for scrappers.

Originally Posted by newattitude

Thanks Hemi for the info. I've wondered about storage auctions but never see ads for them so i always wondered how other folks knew/heard about them. I'd love to go to one just once and get to be able to say, ''YUUUUUP!!''

That being said, unless one gets lucky and gets to bid on a unit full of computers or items with engines for example I don't think they'd be useful for scrappers.

Storage auctions can also be found under the legal section in your paper.

[QUOTE=newattitude;24723]Thanks Hemi for the info. I've wondered about storage auctions but never see ads for them so i always wondered how other folks knew/heard about them. I'd love to go to one just once and get to be able to say, ''YUUUUUP!!'' QUOTE]

best site I know for finding auction in your area is www.auctionzip.com

You're welcome. Well, from the few I attended I picked up cpus, monitors, some Cisco power sources which weigh atleast 50lbs each, and quit a few other things I can't recall att. But generally there is everything a scrapper would love from electronics to metal. They sold an ac unit at one I attended. Electronics usually sell for cheap at one auction place I go to cause nobody knows about escrap and I went to a city surplus auction today that just sold ridiculous stuff for way cheap. You can even find food items at a good amount of auctions.

Storage auctions can be a great source of revenue and can produce some sweet finds....Before I started in e-cycling my wife and I did a lot of eBay and we attended many storage auctions. The best ones, at least for us, were in the small towns where there were few bidders. We bought one unit for $75 and right away sold the furniture inside for $150....We went on to find dozens of new in box Princess Barbie dolls ($50 each on eBay at that time) and new in box Cabbage Patch Kids ($100 each and up on eBay at that time). We made a killing. But not everyone is a homerun to be sure. Even the professional buyers will tell you that it is a fickle business to say the least.

School auctions are my favorite haunt now. They sell a lot of good stuff at very low prices.

Originally Posted by ComputerScrapper

Storage auctions can be a great source of revenue and can produce some sweet finds....Before I started in e-cycling my wife and I did a lot of eBay and we attended many storage auctions. The best ones, at least for us, were in the small towns where there were few bidders. We bought one unit for $75 and right away sold the furniture inside for $150....We went on to find dozens of new in box Princess Barbie dolls ($50 each on eBay at that time) and new in box Cabbage Patch Kids ($100 each and up on eBay at that time). We made a killing. But not everyone is a homerun to be sure. Even the professional buyers will tell you that it is a fickle business to say the least.

School auctions are my favorite haunt now. They sell a lot of good stuff at very low prices.

No such thing as a cheap storage auction anymore, even in the small town. 3 years ago you could goto a storage auction an have 5 bidders on all the units. Done in a half an hour. Now, you have 300 people looking in the units and 10 guys bidding it up.
You have to see something you like first, then start bidding. Don't forget to bring cash and your Visa.
Good luck in that venture.
Scott and Betty

In my area the school auctions are listed in the newspaper....Most of the school systems have an auction twice a year. However, you could contact the main office of the school system and ask about auctions.

I love Storage Wars!!!! I tell you what though...That Dave Hester should be smacked!