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From: LS]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:01 AM
To: glendon@urbanpackrat.com
Subject: book
Hi Glendon,

Me and my fiance love your energy and videos. We have worked with President Obama as a community organizer and with Joel Osteen. You have a gift and I belive you would do great as a motivational speaker.  We bought your book this Saturday and cant wait to see whats in store for us. If u could check at your convenice when the book may arrive it would be greatly appreciate. thanks Dave and Leann

The other large furniture item is an entertainment center, which we kept for ourselves.

Here’s a list of the stuff we’ve found.

1.  Dresser

2.  Hand Dolly (which we’re keeping…this is really why we bought the unit, because we needed one of these)

3.  Disney Princess Ariel music box (shaped like a treasure chest)

4.  Nice little Marcel Westminster Chime clock (which we’ve seen go for $40 on Craigslist).

5.  Their personal effects (wedding albums, child photos, high school yearbooks, tax records, personal mail, etc.) – We are selling this back to them for $50, which they jumped at the chance to get it back…We told them that we’d send someone to make the exchange at a Home Depot parking lot (public place, lots of cameras, etc.).  But I’m going to go personally, because they won’t know the difference.

6.  An old, large painting (most likely a repro) by Windsor Art Products – an art appraiser said those are generally mass produced, but I still don’t know how much it is worth, if anything.  It was out in the open in the unit, and pretty well weathered.

7.  A nearly brand new garbage disposal (working).

8.  A precious moments figurine.

9.  A crystal/porcelain Christmas ornament.

10.  Some electronics…a DVD/VCR combo unit which didn’t work right.  A DVD player (which we kept for ourselves).

11.  A pair of vintage Kenwood car speakers.

Anyway, that’s what I can think of at the moment.  They had a LOT of trinkets, which are pretty worthless, I think.
The biggest lesson we learned is the cost of transporting large items.  We rented a Uhaul truck and it cost us over $80 to travel two ways, including gas.  Our total investment was $183 or so. I’m hoping we can get that back, which it looks like we might.  I know we’re going to get $50 tomorrow from the peeps who want their wedding albums back.
Any advice on how to handle shipping?  We’re going to stick with Craigslist, and see if we get any bites.  Another strategy is to search Twitter feeds to see if there are any posts that are searching for particular items.

I like your plan of sticking with garbage units until we can get some cash under our belts.  Maybe someday we’ll graduate to your exalted status!!!!

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Glendon Cameron <glendon@urbanpackrat.com> wrote:

I see you popped your cherry!  Bedroom Shit! That is funny, people with small kids typically do not have good stuff because they spend all of their money on the kids, if you see a lot Wal-Mart toys, coloring books RUN the unit more than likely will be a disappointment!

Collectible cards have never done anything for me, unless they were old, really old. You said a couple piece of furniture, what was the other item?

It is tax season and there are many people who need money are out there so in a word this is the perfect storm for crowds, should slack off in the spring.

This is the deal on trashed out units; if they are gotten cheap enough they always make money. When I first started that is all I bought until I got more money for the better (cleaner units) it is a lot of work, but if that is all that you are doing it works out well. The Conyers unit was a trashed out unit I got for $1 and made 62K there was a crowd, like 45-50 people.

Glendon Cameron

Chief Creative Dude

Making Money A-Z with Storage Unit Auctions

www.urbanpackrat.com

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From: RB
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:11 PM
To: Glendon Cameron
Subject: Re: Picking your brain a bit…

Ok, so we finally purchased our first unit!

$100 and it looks like a young couple with two small kids.  Lots of throwaway items.  It was a 10×10 with a couple of pieces of heavy furniture and a couple of boxes labeled “bedroom shit”.  Everything was “something shit”…glow shit…more bedroom shit.  This is how THEY labeled their stuff.

Dude, this stuff is TRIPPIN’!

The guy has a bunch of Red Wings cards in a binder.  Not sure if they’re worth anything or not.  We may be able to get $50 for the dresser.  Looks like we lost money on this, though.  Any ideas?  There was drug paraphernalia and a small amount of kinky stuff, plus what looked like a lot of Mardi Gras type mementos.  Pretty much worthless, I think.

We were amazed that we actually got this one, because there had to be at least 50 people at the auction for 8 units.  After we won the bid, the losing dude came up to us at the next unit and asked us how much we were going to bid on it, “so we’re not wasting any time.”  Turns out, we should have pushed that one a bit, because Dumpster Diving Dude (my nickname for this guy who buys the really crappy trashed out units) beat us both for $65 for a really trashed out 5×10.  He gets those every time.  He must be making SOMETHING because he’s always there.

Anyway, this was really fun…it was nice to get our feet wet, finally.

Thanks for all your help!
God bless,

Randy

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:22 PM, RB wrote:

Hey Glendon,

Didn’t know about a webinar tonight.  What’s the link?

God bless,

Randy

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Glendon Cameron <glendon@urbanpackrat.com> wrote:

Hi Randy,

That is for the eBook- The Ultimate Guide to Storage Unit Auctions- which is a little lighter than the  Making Money A-Z with Storage Unit Auctions, are you checking out the webinar tonight?

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From: RB

Youtube Reviews

I started watching your videos a few months ago without any knowledge of these auctions even existing. I attended one auction and was amazed by the whole thing. After I establish my other business that I am getting off the floor I cant wait to delve into this… Thanks for making these videos!! Your a real great communicator and teacher.

Happy Holidays,
Ron

It’s a quick come up if you’re not afraid of the work and take the time to hone your skills at spotting gems in the rough.
My favorite of your vids is the stinky unit. Loved it.
When I get rolling, I plan to take video of the auctions. I’m nostalgic, and the stories are gonna be a trip. Peace out Glendon, kudos on the book. Get back in to the game, you know the bidding itch needs a good scratching once in a while.

JS

Man, you should be getting wayyy more views that you receive. I found your channel because I have been hitting some auctions in Riverside, CA. Its motivating to hear your stories. I will be watching whatever you put up. I checked your blog out to. You know what would be cool is if you would video some of your units upon your first inspection, it would be cool to see your natural reactions and you uncover the good and the bad. Look forward to whatever it is you have planned for the future. Thanks

AS

Thanks for your Insight man, You seem like you know what you are doing, thanks for the ADVICE… thanks..

Nick

Went to my 1st auction…

Hey Glendon… Just got back from my first auction. Surprisingly it was almost exactly how you said it would be. Everyone there knew everyone… Everyone was looking at me up and down. However… There was only about 5 or 6 people there. There were 12 units and the most expensive unit sold for 180 bucks and was stacked with BRAND NEW furniture. Shit was still wrapped in the plastic. Living room set, dining room set, bedroom set, and a washer. Plus a few boxes.
I didn’t do any bidding, Just wanted to observe… And man… I was floored. I did observe that a few guys there loved to talk… Loved to brag about the units they had gotten the other day or whatever. And every one of them “hates” furniture. Except one guy… Old grumpy bastard old man… But it was a fun time. This week I will be buying your book and getting into this shit. I have about 3k to start with and wanna get in on the right foot.
You rock man, keep the videos coming! Oh, and thanks for the video reply to my last email.

-Keith

Just bought my first unit…

Hey man I got your ebook last night and read the whole thing. Good stuff… So I went to a few more auctions today and bought a small one. It was a closet sized one with about 8 boxes and a Marlboro duffle bag. I got it for 75 bucks.
Basically there were 3 guys there and all the units before were too big and I didn’t wanna deal with it yet. So this one was small enough for me. I saw a box filled with china and I figured that big ass set alone would get me atleast 75, so I was not bidding over 75. Once I got all the shit, it turns out this lady loved to collect those china plates. There was a ton of lennox and hummel shit in there and the china was crap. But I already got an offer for 50 bucks on the china set, so its all good. It literally took me 15 minutes to load and unload. After looking up the prices for the stuff online, I’m expecting to make about 245 bucks. Some of the plates are selling @ 30-50 dollars each.

So yea, I told you I would keep you updated. Thanks for the info that you’ve been dishing out. I really appreciate it. Hopefully I can have HALF the success you claim you’ve had with the storage unit auctions. lol

Oh and one more thing, there was this big ass bus there… like a 60 or 70’s era city bus converted to an RV. NO ONE BID ON IT! haha I coulda had it for 5 dollars, but I don’t have a clue as to how to move that type of shit yet. It was a beater, but damn… 5 bucks.