Better than Garage Finds

[Dan Morris]

Associate .,.....not friend.....finally conned me...yesterday, into going to an auction on self storage units......we bought 6 for $300.Flipped a coin for which ones were who's. Holy MOG....so far. I've come up with a Makarov/Egyptian AK/nickle plated Smith 39-2 and a 3 screw Ruger 357......not to mention a old CJ5....Humongous screen Sony......also, a lot of junk....haven't sorted it all........Gawd, lord love the economy! Lot of ammo!
May just quit and do this full time!
Dan
:cool:


It's a gamble...but it's better than lottery....you ARE gonna get something for your $$$$

[skeet]

Dan I used to do that stuff when I was back east..Made out like a bandit many many times. Bought a storage unit once for 30 bucks..Mostly junk but there was a 5 gallon water jug in there with more than 800 bucks when the bank got done counting.. They did charge me 10 bucks to count and sort it though. My daughter has made out great buying those darn things..But there is a lot of junk. Most of 'em I just broke even or made a little bit . Here in Wy. they take all the stuff out and sell it individually.which is a crock.. In most states the stuff belongs to the original owner till it is sold all at one time..... BUT there is good news for me too. Bought another neat rifle today..A Weatherby(yeah I know) Mark V in that great caliber 257 Weatherby mag..with a Vari X III 3.5 x10 and 100 rounds of ammo reloading dies and the extra bullets etc the fellow had...and think I have run up on a Win 348 Lever gun.

[Dan Morris]

I'm not serious bout doing this for a livin!!!!!Luck can't last forever. Col
is a high turnover state. The bulk of newbies come here with great dreams...
most leave with the shirt on the back! They simply abandon the stuff they came with! I got lucky, all the guns were in bags in the CJ.(I haven't got guts enough to shoot the AK.......man, that thing is ratty...others were in nice shape) Makarov was a bring back...still had hard grips with the star on em.
Dan

[skeet]

Dan there really are people that do that stuff to make a living.Seriously on most you will make out as long as you don't pay too much. I really did do well on them...but if y gotta pay at the dump...it can get expensive...LOL You did great...this time.:cool: Now how much ya want for the CJ??

[popplecop]

What a good find, sure got your monies worth,

[Dan Morris]

CJ's already promised to kid I work with....

[MtnMike2]

Wow Dan, that sounds like fun. Maybe you should do it for a living.

Mike

[multibeard]

Ya can not get any deals on forclosed storages here.

The owners will bid you up!!!!!!

Besides that the one owner is a gun nut so there would not be any gun stuff left by the time they auctioned it off

[skeet]

In Md they will not allow the owner to bid on his own stuff. Once the first bid is made they have lost rights to it and the owners of the storage units don't allow them to bid anyway..unless they want to bid what they owed.. Not to say they don't have someone else bid for them..but they usually aren't there anyway. Now that being said ol Dan is making me look like a piker with his finds.. Good fer you Dan..keep it up..

[multibeard]

You have to watch some of the auctioneers as some of them will have you bidding against yourself or pulling bids against you out of the air.

This same family was having an auction of a house that had belonged to the wifes grandparents. They all of a sudden started bidding against my farmer buddy that was trying to buy the place for his son, saying they had decided they wanted to keep the place.

It ended up costing my buddy a an extra 10 grand over where the auction had stalled out.

[Dan Morris]

Here, they have to post 2 legal ads...stating that contents of XXX is going to be sold at auction on X date. Facility cannot enter it. On the X time, it's a crap shoot....let the buyer beware....only time I've ever done this and will probably quit while I'm ahead......my other units were nothing but personal stuff....pics/clothes....ratty household stuff....sad....when ya think of the dreams the people had.............that's life.
Dan