re: How many idiots do you think got into storage unit buying

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I am a G.M. at a storage facility right now.

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Do yall go through the lockers before the auction?

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I am a G.M. at a storage facility right now. The answer is a lot. Most of them have found out how hard it is to really make it work doing that and have quit though. People aren't storing gold bars in these things and letting them go to auction. The shows are horse shite. There are some good units, but you have to have an outlet for the stuff like a thrift shop or something and even then used blue jeans aren't worth 40 bucks a pop.

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What I absolutely hate about the show is how they value stuff and the money it shows them making of the unit goes up and up and up.

"O here's a brand new never used VCR. That's $50 bucks right there."

"Here's some womens clothing, that's an easy $300 right there."

Really? Every single show I'm like o give me a freaking break there's no way anybody would pay that for what you just claimed.

Jarrod and Brandy paid like $10,000 for a unit with three four wheelers. I buy and sell four wheelers for a living while I'm in college. Bought and sold 12 in the past year just doin it part time. They take these quads to a "four wheeler expert." I know exactly what they bought. Two 2005 Yamaha Warriors 350's and one 06 Yamaha Blaster 200. They don't make any of those bikes anymore. The guys like "Well on these two, your looking at about 4 grand a piece. And on this blaster right here you're looking at an easy 5-6 grand." Really dude? They would be lucky to get two grand for any of them. On the high side. They easily lost $6,000 on that purchase but according to the show they came off with a $5000 profit.

All of them overpay for every unit.

its an honest living for people who own a thrift store or have a tent at the local swap meet every weekend.

its buy sell, buy sell all day every day. mostly furniture and tools. the hidden treasure angle I'm sure is far and few between.

and I also agree that the writers put odd nick nacks in them to create story lines.

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your looking at about 4 grand a piece. And on this blaster right here you're looking at an easy 5-6 grand." Really dude? They would be lucky to get two grand for any of them. On the high side. They easily lost $6,000 on that purchase but according to the show they came off with a $5000 profit.

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That does sound crazy. I haven't seen the show. What kinds of things do they show the buyers finding in them. I always thought the storage facility owners I used to deal with would have TV's, computers, stereos and furniture in them.

I didn't know they were paying $10K for the units. That does sound like BS. It's been years since I dealt with those customers but I don't think they were getting that much from them.

The way these storage units are done seems more fair than the way evictions are handled. In really bad neighborhoods neighbors steal most of the evicted people's belongings if they aren't there when the eviction takes place. I used to have one South Dallas apartment complex that had a bus stop out front. The managers had the workers put everything right next to the bus stop. If the people who lived there weren't there to guard the stuff, people would get off the bus, go through it and take what they wanted.

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What kinds of things do they show the buyers finding in them.

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Anything really. No joke there will be a unit with an old matress in it and one of the guys see's something shiny in the corner so he and another guy go at it for some reason and he pays like $400 for a unit that literally has nothing in it. It ended up being a nice construction hard hat worth like a hundred bucks. The one of the four regulars on the Storage Wars show buys every single unit that goes for sale. There are like 50 people standing around like "wtf are they doing?" These guys will go at it back and forth over a grand for some crap filled unit every single time. Its rediculous and it pisses me off, mainly becasue I buy and sell to pay my way through college and they pay like $3000 for a unit that would go for $250 at an average joe auction.

Not that this makes up for all of it, but most of those storage wars episodes take place in CA, where most things easily cost double what they do here.

Yeah im sure that does make a difference.

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I used to have one South Dallas apartment complex

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people would get off the bus, go through it and take what they wanted.

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No way that happened in S. Dallas

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I actually watched part of three episodes. I saw the one where the guy got jewelry and a safe with money & nother guy got Tahitian prints.

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I saw this last night. The cash in that safe was probably the most staged thing Ive ever seen on this show, which is saying a lot.