Went to my forst storage facility auction yesterday

[Star_Cards]

Kind of interesting to go through the process even though I didn't buy anything. My friend bought two so I helped him empty them after we went to all of the auctions. Definitely some characters at these and a lot of people showed up because of the TV shows on about these sort of auctions. The regulars said up until about a month ago there would be only about 15-20 people. The first place we went to yesterday had over 100 people easy.

[duane1969]

Kind of interesting to go through the process even though I didn't buy anything. My friend bought two so I helped him empty them after we went to all of the auctions. Definitely some characters at these and a lot of people showed up because of the TV shows on about these sort of auctions. The regulars said up until about a month ago there would be only about 15-20 people. The first place we went to yesterday had over 100 people easy.

Ya gotta love the power of television and the hope of getting rich quick.

[dherm360]

How did your friend do, anything interesting?

[Jaded]

you guys find anything special in the lot you friend won?

[Star_Cards]

nothing really special. it was actually very well organized. There was a lawn mower and two kids bikes and that's why he bid on it. There was a matress and box springs that we didn't see until we went back to pick up the goods. that was a pain to have to try to stuff in his minivan so we could take it to the dumpster.

[jdawg]

nothing really special. it was actually very well organized. There was a lawn mower and two kids bikes and that's why he bid on it. There was a matress and box springs that we didn't see until we went back to pick up the goods. that was a pain to have to try to stuff in his minivan so we could take it to the dumpster.

should of taken to the goodwill or place like that donate it and get a tax deduction reciept lol i ben doing this with old clothes shoes tvs and such for years...my buddy even hits garbage clean up days and takes tons of stuff from the curb to the tax deduction list haha

[bouncer]

should of taken to the goodwill or place like that donate it and get a tax deduction reciept lol i ben doing this with old clothes shoes tvs and such for years...my buddy even hits garbage clean up days and takes tons of stuff from the curb to the tax deduction list haha

Nothing wrong with this at all...a deduction is a deduction. To bad I think the IRS changed it where you can only write off up to $500 unless you have a picture of the item.

[Star_Cards]

I don't think Goodwill takes mattresses, but yes the rest of the stuff he'll put in his annual garage sale then probably goodwill from there.

yes $500 if the limit before you have to itemize it and do a lot of extra paper work.

[pr0phet]

Hey Mark, do you think the lots were valued at a fair price? Or do you think they were actually sold below normal cost!

[Star_Cards]

I'd guess they were pretty fairly priced. Most of them went in the $150-$250 range. I'm not sure if the TV show has caused them to go for higher amounts.