[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mini storage auctions! (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 12/13/2009 8:04:23 PM EDT
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend.
Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal!  They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too!  I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
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Would there be any legal issue with getting a gun from an auction like that? Also what if it was stolen, or used in a crime at one point? I'm guessing if it was stolen the cops would simply confiscate it once they learned where you got it. I wonder if the local PD would be willing to run the serial numbers to make sure everything is on the up and up. |
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Exactly. I used to help with bookkeeping for a couple of storage unit companies. They sold-off the contents of quite a few units by mistake and even more before the payments were late enough to allow the contents to be sold. It was pure theft.z |
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Would there be any legal issue with getting a gun from an auction like that? Also what if it was stolen, or used in a crime at one point? Legally, the property has reverted back to the owner of the storage unit. So it's a face to face deal. Class 3 of course would be different. |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
So you wouldn't be happy if you found a $100 bill lying on the ground? Did the $100 have a lock on it? |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune... He is buying it from the owner. (The storage unit company) They have gone to Court and had the property assigned to them by a Judge. It is unfortunate that the people failed to pay the bill and uphold the contract they signed but that is not 17Z's fault. |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? They might even be dead. Then again, they might not even know what is going on. I have had several close calls with storage unit places. Most recently a place was bought by new owners, and they claimed to try to get hold of me by calling a phone number I left with them from several moves ago. Many of these places are run by idiots, and if you have left town - be extra sure your monthly payments keep leaving your credit card (though even that is no guarantee they haven't claimed your shit). |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
So you wouldn't be happy if you found a $100 bill lying on the ground? Did the $100 have a lock on it? Who cares? Once the people stopped paying their rent the lock and everything under the lock became the property of the storage company and they can do whatever they want with it. |
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They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Look liberal boy, here in the real world, bills are bills. You sign a contract, you stick to the contract. Or you face the consequences. |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Calling someone a deadbeat when they fit the definition is hardly passing judgement on them. |
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The company will obviously have legal print on the contract you sign, that states after certain period of time and/or fees not paid, you forefiet any and all property in the containers to them.
If you're not willing to lose stuff, then keep it in your own house, or pay the bills 
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Look liberal boy... Hardly... |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Calling someone a deadbeat when they fit the definition is hardly passing judgement on them. A deadbeat is someone who avoids their responsibilities. Often, this applies to the management of the storage place more than anything. There are many reasons why bills might stop getting paid - up to and including death. Being dead doesn't make one a deadbeat. That property should revert to family before getting sold. How much effort due those places go through to track down renters? Let me tell you - very little. Most can't even keep track of addresses and phone numbers you gave them. |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Calling someone a deadbeat when they fit the definition is hardly passing judgement on them. A deadbeat is someone who avoids their responsibilities. Often, this applies to the management of the storage place more than anything. There are many reasons why bills might stop getting paid - up to and including death. Being dead doesn't make one a deadbeat. That property should revert to family before getting sold. How much effort due those places go through to track down renters? Let me tell you - very little. Most can't even keep track of addresses and phone numbers you gave them. I'd wager they put as much effort as they are legally and contractually obligated to before selling off the property. Don't like the terms, don't sign the contract. |
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Suppose the owner got into an accident and has been in a coma for the past three months, and he had that storage unit in secret, concealed even from his friends and family? Is it fair to sell his stuff then? I have a storage unit, a 10x24. It's my hobby machine shop now. I've got a full sized Bridgeport clone vertical milling machine in there and a good collection of precision measuring tools, too. And more, all related to the hobby. The unit owners KNOW that I'll never abandon my substantial investment! If I ever drop out of touch, they know who to contact to find out what's up. I'm on the short list of people who gets called to pre-screen abandoned storage units where my storage is located. So far it's been nothing I wanted to bid on. CJ |
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How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Even if all of those things happened they still failed to pay the bill. That = Deadbeat Absolutely! Fucking dead beats! Who the hell cares if you got your ass blown up in Iraq, spent a few months in a coma? You missed a fucking payment pal, you're a deadbeat. I saw this happen to two of my Soldiers. |
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Hardly... No, obviously. Stop crying in your cheerios about the dead beats. Here's an idea. If someone is such a faggot that they can't come up with rent, donate fucking plasma and get enough gas to clean the fucking thing out. Obviously in cases like what Bohr Adam is talking about, things are different. But if someone just turned into a bitch and didn't pay ther bills, fuck em. |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
I am going to be in the market for a late model minivan in a month or two, and I am planning on looking closely at bank repo auctions, should I feel sorry for the deadbeat who bought the Caravan with leather, navigation, and all the other bells and whistles but didn't feel like paying for it? I promise you I don't. The home I live in was a bank foreclosure, I don't feel at all sorry for the person that bought it and didn't make the payments. Assuming that there hasn't been a mistake and they are selling somebodies stuff that they aren't entitled to, I don't see any reason to have any more sympathy for the person who didn't pay for their storage. I have used storage facilities myself, and I always made sure to make my payments. The really sad thing is that the person who lost their stuff knew that they weren't going to be able to make the payment, they could have went and got their stuff out before the lock was changed (sounds like the auction that the OP went to that wasn't even an issue, the former owners lock was still on the door). |
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Suppose the owner got into an accident and has been in a coma for the past three months, and he had that storage unit in secret, concealed even from his friends and family? Is it fair to sell his stuff then? Yes. Contract. Contract. Contract. PERIOD. DOT.............. |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Calling someone a deadbeat when they fit the definition is hardly passing judgement on them. A deadbeat is someone who avoids their responsibilities. Often, this applies to the management of the storage place more than anything. There are many reasons why bills might stop getting paid - up to and including death. Being dead doesn't make one a deadbeat. That property should revert to family before getting sold. How much effort due those places go through to track down renters? Let me tell you - very little. Most can't even keep track of addresses and phone numbers you gave them. I'd wager they put as much effort as they are legally and contractually obligated to before selling off the property. Don't like the terms, don't sign the contract. For all the Dave_A bashing here, we sure have hundreds of others who love to stand behind words on paper when it suits them. Most of you who have never had to rent these things, really have no clue. |
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Suppose the owner got into an accident and has been in a coma for the past three months, and he had that storage unit in secret, concealed even from his friends and family? Is it fair to sell his stuff then? Yes. He chose to sign the contract and he chose to keep it a secret. You roll the dice, you take your chances. |
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Hardly... No, obviously. Stop crying in your cheerios about the dead beats. Here's an idea. If someone is such a faggot that they can't come up with rent, donate fucking plasma and get enough gas to clean the fucking thing out. Obviously in cases like what Bohr Adam is talking about, things are different. But if someone just turned into a bitch and didn't pay ther bills, fuck em. You need some anger management training there danny boy... |
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Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
They're fucking deadbeats. What misfortune? How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Calling someone a deadbeat when they fit the definition is hardly passing judgement on them. A deadbeat is someone who avoids their responsibilities. Often, this applies to the management of the storage place more than anything. There are many reasons why bills might stop getting paid - up to and including death. Being dead doesn't make one a deadbeat. That property should revert to family before getting sold. How much effort due those places go through to track down renters? Let me tell you - very little. Most can't even keep track of addresses and phone numbers you gave them. I'd wager they put as much effort as they are legally and contractually obligated to before selling off the property. Don't like the terms, don't sign the contract. For all the Dave_A bashing here, we sure have hundreds of others who love to stand behind words on paper when it suits them. Most of you who have never had to rent these things, really have no clue. I rented one when I was living in my car. I still managed to make the payments. |
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How do you know they didn't lose their job, death, medical bills, etc., easy to pass judgement when you don't know them. Even if all of those things happened they still failed to pay the bill. That = Deadbeat Absolutely! Fucking dead beats! Who the hell cares if you got your ass blown up in Iraq, spent a few months in a coma? You missed a fucking payment pal, you're a deadbeat. I saw this happen to two of my Soldiers. I would hazard to guess probably 2/3 or more of deployed Soldiers rent one of those things. Trying to keep your shit current is a constant struggle, even when 100% healthy. |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
I am going to be in the market for a late model minivan in a month or two, and I am planning on looking closely at bank repo auctions, should I feel sorry for the deadbeat who bought the Caravan with leather, navigation, and all the other bells and whistles but didn't feel like paying for it? I promise you I don't. The home I live in was a bank foreclosure, I don't feel at all sorry for the person that bought it and didn't make the payments. Assuming that there hasn't been a mistake and they are selling somebodies stuff that they aren't entitled to, I don't see any reason to have any more sympathy for the person who didn't pay for their storage. I have used storage facilities myself, and I always made sure to make my payments. The really sad thing is that the person who lost their stuff knew that they weren't going to be able to make the payment, they could have went and got their stuff out before the lock was changed(sounds like the auction that the OP went to that wasn't even an issue, the former owners lock was still on the door). This. If you can't pay the rent on your storage you always have the option of getting your shit out. |
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For all the Dave_A bashing here, we sure have hundreds of others who love to stand behind words on paper when it suits them. Most of you who have never had to rent these things, really have no clue. While I don't know why he got brought into this, it's not that the most people bashing dave a have a problem with his rule of law stuff, it's usually one of two things, one, his interpretation of the law, or, his personal opinions. Not that he is a big rule of law guy. |
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Hardly... No, obviously. Stop crying in your cheerios about the dead beats. Here's an idea. If someone is such a faggot that they can't come up with rent, donate fucking plasma and get enough gas to clean the fucking thing out. Obviously in cases like what Bohr Adam is talking about, things are different. But if someone just turned into a bitch and didn't pay ther bills, fuck em. You need some anger management training there danny boy... Hardly. I'm the polar opposite of you. I go by facts, reasoning, and logic. You obviously go by emotions. |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
I am going to be in the market for a late model minivan in a month or two, and I am planning on looking closely at bank repo auctions, should I feel sorry for the deadbeat who bought the Caravan with leather, navigation, and all the other bells and whistles but didn't feel like paying for it? I promise you I don't. The home I live in was a bank foreclosure, I don't feel at all sorry for the person that bought it and didn't make the payments. Assuming that there hasn't been a mistake and they are selling somebodies stuff that they aren't entitled to, I don't see any reason to have any more sympathy for the person who didn't pay for their storage. I have used storage facilities myself, and I always made sure to make my payments. The really sad thing is that the person who lost their stuff knew that they weren't going to be able to make the payment, they could have went and got their stuff out before the lock was changed(sounds like the auction that the OP went to that wasn't even an issue, the former owners lock was still on the door). This. If you can't pay the rent on your storage you always have the option of getting your shit out. So shouldn't the fact that valuable stuff is left in there make you question whether the owner of the stuff is even aware of the situation? Sheesh, buy a clue. |
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Hardly... No, obviously. Stop crying in your cheerios about the dead beats. Here's an idea. If someone is such a faggot that they can't come up with rent, donate fucking plasma and get enough gas to clean the fucking thing out. Obviously in cases like what Bohr Adam is talking about, things are different. But if someone just turned into a bitch and didn't pay ther bills, fuck em. You need some anger management training there danny boy... Hardly. I'm the polar opposite of you. I go by facts, reasoning, and logic. You obviously go by emotions. Shhhhhh.... your head is going to explode... |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
Pay your rent or somebody will buy your shit. It's how the owners make up for lost revenue from people not paying their fees but using their space. Sounds fair to me. The former owners signed a rental agreement informing them of the penalties non payment. If they knew they would be unable to pay next months rent they had time to remove their things. |
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[/quote] So let's say, you had a rental home and the people had skipped out on 3 months worth of rent and left all their crap in it and took off without notice, you wouldn't get rid of it by selling it? You would hold their precious possensions taking up more of your space because they didn't pay you and ran off? You must be a bouscout with tons of dispossible cash to save the world.
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So shouldn't the fact that valuable stuff is left in there make you question whether the owner of the stuff is even aware of the situation? Sheesh, buy a clue. Legally, at least at home, for the owner of the unit to take possesion of it, there must be a certain number of attempts made to notify. Should this fail, and the person not attempt to make arrangements for the storage room they knew they had, there must be a 30 day legal, public, notice of auction. During which time the renter is able to get current and keep his stuff. So once they're up for auction, it's a perfectly safe (legally) assumption that they know. |
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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7164411
ALVIN, TX (KTRK) –– A US soldier, fresh from a tour of duty overseas, comes home to find his personal belongings gone, not stolen, but auctioned off. That soldier had stored his property in a local storage unit while serving our country. When he returned, he got some heartbreaking news. It's a good reminder to keep tabs on your stuff, no matter where in the world you are. Sgt. Robert Andrews paid $35 a month to keep his belongings safe at a storage unit while he was deployed. But when he came back this week, he learned it was all gone. "Twenty-two years of military service, gone," said Sgt. Andrews. "What do you do about that?" Sgt. Andrews left for a tour of duty in 2006. Forced to leave behind his belongings, he packed them away at Affordable Storage in Alvin. He said, "My card had been constantly billed up until September of this year." In September, Sgt. Andrews' credit card was declined. He says Wells Fargo froze his account due to a fraud alert. Days later, Sgt. Andrews says his account was back up and charges went through –– charges except for perhaps the most important one. "We don't get rid of their stuff just to get rid of it," said storage manager Richard Gonzalez. Gonzalez says tenants sign a lease agreeing to pay and update changes of address or phone number. There is specific mention of military tenants. When they got no response from Sgt. Andrews after sending a certified letter, they sold his priceless treasures all for $35. Gonzalez said, "As long as I can reach him, and I can talk to him, we make arrangements." "I would say (it was) at least $10,000 worth of stuff, easy," estimated Sgt. Andrews. The storage unit manager says he holds auctions about three times a year. He says in this case there is no way for Sgt. Andrews to get his stuff back or to be compensated for it. |
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I went to an abandoned self storage sale yesterday at the urging of a bargain hunting friend. Was hardly anybody bidding, and really not more than maybe 7 or 8 potential bidders and a couple gawkers showed up to the auction. Sort of an odd deal! They use a bolt cutter or grinder to cut the lock off the unit...you get a few minutes to look inside.....but you can't open any boxs or sacks....can't really inspect the goods unless it's right out in the open. You stare at other peoples boxed up personal shit and obsolete appliances, and bid(or not). Then you have 3 days to clean out the storage or forfiet the stuff(I guess to auction off again).
Yesterday, the mini storage owner sold off the contents of 7 small storage units and 2 larger units. Most of the bidders showed up to plunder the big storage units. My friend bought a pair of Sea-Doo's on a trailer, some expensive hand tools, and a bunch of pure junk for $300. This the contents of one of the two large units auctioned. I bought the contents of two of the small units for the starting bid of $25(each).....Most of the other small units sold for from $25-$50, the auctioneer about begging for bids! I hauled off half my loot yesterday, and cleaned out the other storage unit today. My haul appears to be good too...along with a bunch of shit that may take days to inspect and probably dispose of. The good stuff....a brandnew, still in the box dorm room refrigerator, and a set of nice looking china from yesterdays unit. The unit today included a Thompson Center .50 cal Hawkin rifle and a New Haven 283 .410 bolt action shotgun, both in nice guncases, guns appearing decent too! I have literally dozens of boxes of shit to dig through ...could be anything in all this shit still!
Glad you're happy at cashing in on someone elses misfortune...
I am going to be in the market for a late model minivan in a month or two, and I am planning on looking closely at bank repo auctions, should I feel sorry for the deadbeat who bought the Caravan with leather, navigation, and all the other bells and whistles but didn't feel like paying for it? I promise you I don't. The home I live in was a bank foreclosure, I don't feel at all sorry for the person that bought it and didn't make the payments. Assuming that there hasn't been a mistake and they are selling somebodies stuff that they aren't entitled to, I don't see any reason to have any more sympathy for the person who didn't pay for their storage. I have used storage facilities myself, and I always made sure to make my payments. The really sad thing is that the person who lost their stuff knew that they weren't going to be able to make the payment, they could have went and got their stuff out before the lock was changed(sounds like the auction that the OP went to that wasn't even an issue, the former owners lock was still on the door). This. If you can't pay the rent on your storage you always have the option of getting your shit out. So shouldn't the fact that valuable stuff is left in there make you question whether the owner of the stuff is even aware of the situation? Sheesh, buy a clue. If they're dead, they don't need it. If they didn't put it in their will, they either didn't have a family or they hated them. If they're in a coma and didn't tell anyone about it, same deal. Why can't people plan ahead? When it gets to the point that you're bidding on someone else's stuff, it's not your responsibility. |