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Some people here regularly go to public storage auctions and bid on the
contents of storage units
QUESTION:In California they aution off the contents of units the renters don't
pay rent on. On a grimmer note. An auction bidder got the successful
bid on a unit and when he started opening a crate, it stunk. He called
the police. A dead body. It had been stored a fairly long time. Big
headlines over a year ago hear in Southern California.
Some people here regularly go to public storage auctions and bid on the
contents of storage units, then sell them at swapmeets and garage sales.
A chancy thing, but som doe well.
ANSWER: Q: In California they aution off the contents of units the renters don't
pay rent on.
A: Happens in most places. There are usually several in the legal ads on
any given day.
Q: On a grimmer note. An auction bidder got the successful
bid on a unit and when he started opening a crate, it stunk. He called
the police. A dead body. It had been stored a fairly long time. Big
headlines over a year ago hear in Southern California.
A: Oh, somebody out there bought one and found several bodies--it'd been
previously rented by a mortuary. I recall a manager of a storage place
somewhere moving a refrigerator, the door popping open, and finding the
body of the renters' missing wife.
Q: Some people here regularly go to public storage auctions and bid on the
contents of storage units, then sell them at swapmeets and garage sales.
A chancy thing, but som doe well.
A: Yes. I've been to a few--bought a mahogany secretary (slope-front desk)
at one for $335. Found out later it was made in 1839, and was worth
arouhd $3000-$5000. Still have it.
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