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Hello Glendon. Ive taken your techinques to heart and im making money! Ive come across an issue. Im use dealing with low end items but now Ive come across a high end platinum diamond ring. Ive taken jewelry appraisers but there over to take item at exteremely low price or consign it for large percentage. I was thinking selling it on ebay or craigslist but worried be cheated by customer via false ebay complains. Also worried people on craigalist would trust buy high end jewelry or meeting with someone with something that valueable in my possession. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Huge fan, keep the good work!

i just started looking two months ago at your site on youtube. just lot my job and STILL ON workman comp and things are not pretty. i have watched and decided this is for me. i’m no stranger to hard work. i use to work on atm machines for the bank handling large sums of cash as a contractor. anyway, i tried to find some of these storage auctions on my own. THE STORAGE AUCTION LIST FOR CALIFORNIA IS HARD TO FIND. WHAT ADVISE DO YOU HAVE FOR THIS SITUATION.??. I also went to three different auctions to feel it out, watch people body language, to see what it really takes to bid, to see what tools i need and ask myself if i’m ready.. oh, i’m ready. i will start small and work my way up. oh yes, i c d games these people play and i see the big dogs. everyone seems to know them… I’m GOING TO GET YOUR BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I’ M HUNGRY AND I’M HUMBLE TOO. HOLLA AT ME, BRO…

Hi Glendon,

I’m studying as I go. I watched your videos and purchased your books.( Making money A to Z, Pimping Craigslist, and Ultimate Garage Sale) However, Getting in the Black with Ebay is not available on Amazon. Can you direct me to purchasing the book? Also, I thank you for your straight shooting. Ed

Glendon,

I got the A-Z book a couple days ago. I’m reading it faster than I read most things. LOL. I’ve done my calling and I have a handle on most of the local auctions coming up. The nearest one is next week. I’ll be there for sure. I’m just not sure if I’ll bid. I’ll observe and learn. If it looks like a decent unit is going to go really cheap, I’ll get in on the action. You gave a really good suggestion in the book about the small truck dilemma. I’m kind of embarrassed I didn’t think of it myself. hahaha. The warehousing space is something I’ll have to figure out a little later. This week I will be setting up the accounts you suggested (the ones I don’t already have, that is.) I did encounter quite a few people telling me they didn’t do auctions. For now I’ll concentrate on the ones I know are happening. My Mom is even wanting to get in on this! LOL. How cool is that? Anyway, I should easily finish the book before I hit the first auction. I have a lot of knowledge to take in this week. I hope you’re doing well.

Mike

Glendom

My name is Steve I live in Nashville Tn.about 3 years ago me and a friend were paid to clean out storage units our pay was what was in unit was ours .most was trash but had a small safe in it. we open it up and there was $60,000.00
dollars in it.we took it to a lawer he called vice metro police.they told us thay did not care.lawer put the money in bank
he said we would have to wait 90 days.vice came back and seized the money.has been in lembo for 3 years.do you
have any advice for me.

Thank You Steve

Glendon,

Your site is great. Thanks for helping folks with this business, and also opening the eyes of the wannabes that it is not a glamorous business like the television shows make it out to be. What most folks don’t seem to understand is that the television programs are showing you the “rare” finds and not all of the nasty trash and junk that most of us sift through daily looking for those rare finds. The man-hours involved in cleaning out, hauling, sorting, storing and attempting to sell. None of that is addressed on these shows, and most of the wannabes are out there spending their hard earned money on storage units, driving the price way too high in their excitement to find riches, and it is hurting those of us that do this as a full-time business. Units that we used to pay 50-100.00 for are now going for 800-1500.00 and the return on investment is shrinking fast.

What needs to be pointed out to newbies is that everything they are buying at storage auctions is a gamble. 90% of storage units will not provide anything other than yard-sale worthy junk, and 10% will return a nice profit. Once they understand that, maybe they will stop driving the bidding on units to outrageous levels.

Now, for some good news. We recently had two great finds in the same week, and that is the exception rather than the rule. We paid 75.00 for a unit that was covered in 1/4 inch of dust complete with cobwebs. The unit yielded 3 nice antique furniture pieces, and about 3000.00 worth of estate quality jewelry. The second unit we purchased for 1.00, as the only thing anyone could see were about 6 mattresses blocking the entrance, so nobody bid. Four our 1.00, we found a nice refrigerator and 4 antique furniture pieces inside the unit behind the mattresses, so it goes to show that perseverance will pay off eventually.

We buy between 20 to 30 storage units every month, and we have been in this business since the late 70′s. The only thing hurting us now is the pie-in-the-sky television programs that are leading people to believe that they can get rich with storage auctions. Unfortunately, that is the farthest thing from the truth. While rare finds are indeed possible, they are not the norm by any means.

Thanks again for a great site, and I look forward to visiting regularly.

Joel

I was just wounding if you guy have ever found a dead body when hunting.

Hi Glendon,

I have watched nearly all of your clips on you tube and attended a few auctions, bid on a few and finally won a unit a couple of weeks ago in Tennessee for $1150. As you say this unit was FULL from the Roota to tha toota!!! And it had some killer high end surround sound equipment in it from Martin Logan and the speakers were still in the factory boxes!!! There was a vintage 70′s dining room table with 6 chairs in it along with a bedroom suite made by Aspen Home with a retail of $7000!!! Not to mention a matching set of living room tables (end, coffee and sofa) with marble inlay made by Riverside with a retail of close to $3000!!! So I have an E-bay account where I have sold a few items (all under$100 except for 1 item) and I start listing the speakers. First the center channel speaker that retails at $1495 then the sub with a retail 0f $1100 and then the front channel speakers with a retail of $2100 then the CD player with a retail of $600. I listed 1 of the high dollar items per day with a few of the cheaper items. Well the center channel sold for $900 and I got paid via PayPal almost immediately and I shipped the next day, no problem. Then the sub sold for $525 and the winning bidder wanted me to hold off on billing and shipping because they were wanting the surround speakers too. The next day the CD player went for $257, billed the customer and got paid, no problem. Then the surround speakers sold for $1000 to the bidder that won the surround speakers. Sent the bill, got paid $1525 was in the process of creating my shipping labels and BOOM I get an e-mail from E-bay notifying me that my account has been suspended because I have been deemed a “security risk”. WTF!!! A security risk??!!!! Well, anyway I had already received payment via PayPal and my bidders started e-mailing wanting to know what was going on. I explained to them that I had not previously sold any high dollar items and my rating was less than 10 and I guess with the high dollar items it threw up red flags. I gave my bidders my phone number so they could call me and give me the chance to assure them that they will be getting their items. I called E-bay and they tell me that they have chosen not to do business with me and will not give me any reason other than I am a “security risk”. They also told me that I needed to refund my customers money!! BS I have talked with my customers and the money is being held in PayPal until they receive their items although I had already transferred the money from the center channel sale out of PayPal and withdrew the cash. Well now that this has happened I ordered and received your book this past Saturday in hopes of finding other outlets to sell my “wares”. I did get one sales lead from one of my bidders as far as electronics are concerned that I will use in the future. PISS ON E-BAY!!!!

ROBERT

Hi, Glendon, bought your ebook Storage Auctions A-Z. Need a copy of Getting in the Black with eBay–Amazon says it’s out of print. HELP! Thanks, Peggy

Been watching your videos for three days, mornings, driving, all evening, for real , you are doing A great thing, Congrats on your success, I’d like to share this , ck out Player Surpreme on U Tube, I belive it will speak to your social science side.

Robert