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That’s a good idea….. thanks alot…. i’ll look into it Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I didn’t see any listings for Georgia. While you may have removed them because there are none current, I would have initially guessed that it wasn’t covered and deleted the link. Maybe you could list all of the states you cover and add a symbol to indicate that there are no current listings. — Robert The mark of genius is not perfection but originality. Thanks for getting back with me…. I really hated leaving it on that level. I do understand your point and have had several of those days myself. Never really gave the link issue a second thought, but you are right. Sometimes when we look at the big picture, we miss the little things. I’ll get that cleared up today Thanks again for the insight (that’s what makes the web go ’round) Mark I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. Actually yes, two things happened, 1-you hit me at a time when I was feeling nasty, and I occasionally have these ‘outbreaks’ of keyboard violence.. (regulars in the NG have seen them) usually (in my mind) they are valid, sometimes they aren’t.. in your case, I got a little excessive at the second reply. 2-The #1 thing that ticks me off is website promoters making untrue/inaccurate claims. you did, in fact, make one such statement in your initial post "In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. " as pointed out, the effort required to find them via other methods, is not all that great However, I do see your site as a useful resource, even if it is not complete for each state it covers It would especially appeal to me, if I were the type of person who does roadtrips, where I might have time to kill, and cargo capacity on such trips. (i.e., I could look up out of state listings) I would fix the no-link page if I were you EVERY page on the site should have at minimum, a link to the main "home" page.
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Looking for stuff to sell on eBay ? Or some great bargains for yourself? Look into self storage auctions! <snip Mark
The site looks good and helpful to me. I’ve never been to a self storage auction, but several were listed in my area, and I think I’ll check them out this weekend. Good luck. Jackie
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I didn’t see any listings for Georgia. While you may have removed them because there are none current, I would have initially guessed that it wasn’t covered and deleted the link. Maybe you could list all of the states you cover and add a symbol to indicate that there are no current listings. — Robert The mark of genius is not perfection but originality.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks for getting back with me…. I really hated leaving it on that level. I do understand your point and have had several of those days myself. Never really gave the link issue a second thought, but you are right. Sometimes when we look at the big picture, we miss the little things. I’ll get that cleared up today Thanks again for the insight (that’s what makes the web go ’round) Mark I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. Actually yes, two things happened, 1-you hit me at a time when I was feeling nasty, and I occasionally have these ‘outbreaks’ of keyboard violence.. (regulars in the NG have seen them) usually (in my mind) they are valid, sometimes they aren’t.. in your case, I got a little excessive at the second reply. 2-The #1 thing that ticks me off is website promoters making untrue/inaccurate claims. you did, in fact, make one such statement in your initial post "In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. " as pointed out, the effort required to find them via other methods, is not all that great However, I do see your site as a useful resource, even if it is not complete for each state it covers It would especially appeal to me, if I were the type of person who does roadtrips, where I might have time to kill, and cargo capacity on such trips. (i.e., I could look up out of state listings) I would fix the no-link page if I were you EVERY page on the site should have at minimum, a link to the main "home" page.
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I haven’t explored the whole site, but the informational page was helpful. I haven’t ever done a storage auction, but I might. In addition, we like to look for auctions when we travel. The page was obviously written by somebody who has done it a few times, and is willing to share a few trade secrets. That saves me from having to make a few beginners mistakes. (allowing me to move right into the next level of mistakes!) I’m bookmarking the site under my "Auctions" category, and wish you luck with your internet endeavor. Angie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks Rick….. Enjoy the site! Thanks for posting the great info on public storage auctions on your link. It didn’t take very much to figure out that the rest of your site was available by deleting the tail end of your posted url. http://www.2announce.com/ The auction locator link there makes it very simple to find auctions in an state
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Hi Ted, Thanks alot! Actually, we had a few in the Vegas and Reno area earlier this month, but once the sale is over, we remove them from the list. I expect we will see some more here in the next few weeks once they get scheduled. We have set it up so if there is not a listing, the state will not show up on the Search Page (http://www.2announce.com/search.htm). Felt it was sorta unnecessary to put a state name up there if there weren’t any current sales listed for that state. That would be a waste of time for the bidder. Take care, and let me know if I can be of any assistance Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Richard….. Auctioneers list on our site too, being as they are doing storage auctions. But this list is by no means complete…. 2announce is new and getting started, but it does contain information about dates and times as well as other info. <snip Again (sigh) I reiterate – it is a place for people to go and find listings of these sales. And it costs nothing to go to our search page (http://www.2announce.com/search.htm) and see what listings we have in the area. Useful site, fast, Good. Best of luck with it. I see Vegas is too lazy to list here, but as you say, it will catch on.
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Thanks for getting back with me…. I really hated leaving it on that level. I do understand your point and have had several of those days myself. Never really gave the link issue a second thought, but you are right. Sometimes when we look at the big picture, we miss the little things. I’ll get that cleared up today Thanks again for the insight (that’s what makes the web go ’round) Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. Actually yes, two things happened, 1-you hit me at a time when I was feeling nasty, and I occasionally have these ‘outbreaks’ of keyboard violence.. (regulars in the NG have seen them) usually (in my mind) they are valid, sometimes they aren’t.. in your case, I got a little excessive at the second reply. 2-The #1 thing that ticks me off is website promoters making untrue/inaccurate claims. you did, in fact, make one such statement in your initial post "In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. " as pointed out, the effort required to find them via other methods, is not all that great However, I do see your site as a useful resource, even if it is not complete for each state it covers It would especially appeal to me, if I were the type of person who does roadtrips, where I might have time to kill, and cargo capacity on such trips. (i.e., I could look up out of state listings) I would fix the no-link page if I were you EVERY page on the site should have at minimum, a link to the main "home" page.
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Hi Richard….. Auctioneers list on our site too, being as they are doing storage auctions. But this list is by no means complete…. 2announce is new and getting started, but it does contain information about dates and times as well as other info.
<snip Again (sigh) I reiterate – it is a place for people to go and find listings of these sales. And it costs nothing to go to our search page (http://www.2announce.com/search.htm) and see what listings we have in the area.
Useful site, fast, Good. Best of luck with it. I see Vegas is too lazy to list here, but as you say, it will catch on.
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I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales.
Actually yes, two things happened, 1-you hit me at a time when I was feeling nasty, and I occasionally have these ‘outbreaks’ of keyboard violence.. (regulars in the NG have seen them) usually (in my mind) they are valid, sometimes they aren’t.. in your case, I got a little excessive at the second reply. 2-The #1 thing that ticks me off is website promoters making untrue/inaccurate claims. you did, in fact, make one such statement in your initial post "In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. " as pointed out, the effort required to find them via other methods, is not all that great However, I do see your site as a useful resource, even if it is not complete for each state it covers It would especially appeal to me, if I were the type of person who does roadtrips, where I might have time to kill, and cargo capacity on such trips. (i.e., I could look up out of state listings) I would fix the no-link page if I were you EVERY page on the site should have at minimum, a link to the main "home" page.
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hahahahaha no, that would not be nit-picky….. thanks for pointing that out. And yes, you are right, we do rely on the facilities and auctioneers to put the listing up there. A few of them fax the listings to us, but primarily, they do the inputting. As I said in a recent post, we are rather new. On January 15th, we turned this on, and we are pleased with the results so far. As this thing gets some age, we will be getting more and more states and facilities online. After all, it’s our goal to be able to provide the bidders with a BIG list of facilities, and I am positive that we will get there. Thanks for the comments (and I promise I will never spell Massachusetts wrong again) :?) Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Again (sigh) I reiterate – it is a place for people to go and find listings of these sales. And it costs nothing to go to our search page Actually, your site looks pretty good and I hope it catches on (right now I only found 3 listings for Connecticut for May, but I know that there are more storage bay auctions going on than that.) I take it you rely on the sellers to list with you. Would I be nit-picking if I pointed out that you spelled "Massachusetts" wrong in your pick list? 
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Again (sigh) I reiterate – it is a place for people to go and find listings of these sales. And it costs nothing to go to our search page
Actually, your site looks pretty good and I hope it catches on (right now I only found 3 listings for Connecticut for May, but I know that there are more storage bay auctions going on than that.) I take it you rely on the sellers to list with you. Would I be nit-picking if I pointed out that you spelled "Massachusetts" wrong in your pick list?
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Hi Richard….. Not exactly sure what happened when you did the search, but in Texas, there are currently 52 listings from the Dallas/Fort Worth Area as well as several outlying areas for the second half of the month of May. And if I may, Texas started out with 96 listings at the beginning of the month. San Antonio and Austin are also in the listings. And when I checked it a few seconds ago (thinking there may be a problem), they were all there. So I don’t know why you only saw 4. (the list was verified from 3 seperate computers) Auctioneers list on our site too, being as they are doing storage auctions. But this list is by no means complete…. 2announce is new and getting started, but it does contain information about dates and times as well as other info. 2announce does not list EVERY sale in EVERY state, but we are working on it. We don’t go out and copy listings from newsletters and the sort…. these are put up by the facilities and auctioneers themselves. And when you have an auctioneer that wants to list all of his sales for the month, you WILL see his name more than once. Again (sigh) I reiterate – it is a place for people to go and find listings of these sales. And it costs nothing to go to our search page (http://www.2announce.com/search.htm) and see what listings we have in the area. The items that can be bought at these auctions CAN and ARE BEING SOLD on eBay. All I am doing is letting everyone know this information is available. Other people love it and use it all the time. And as time goes on, we will be getting more and more facilities to list with us. I am sorry if 2announce doesn’t fit your needs. And if you can’t benefit from it, don’t use it. I won’t be offended. Best regards, Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tried your way, only came up with 4 in the state of Texas, for the month of May, two already over, and two coming up in the next two days. All were from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Interesting, most of these places have sales every couple of months, there are at least a hundred of them in the Dallas-Fort Worth area alone, and you only have four sales, and none at all from two of the three largest population centers in the state, Houston and San Antonio. Of the four sales you did mention, three are being conducted by the same auctioneer. I know one auctioneer who handles auctions for one of the self storage companies, he does a couple every month, and none of his are listed. Makes you wonder a bit, doesn’t it. Richard Ward OK, for those that just insist on thinking they are right…. http://www.2announce.com (this was the link in the original email) Read the whole line of that text again – "I welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more information on how to do it and be successful". Here’s your 3! Go to the Home Page 1. Click Search Listings 2. Click the state you are looking for (the current month has already been selected) (this is the page that MOST people would bookmark) 3. Click SEARCH (viola – LISTINGS) gee, that looks like 3 doesn’t it? I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. For God’s sake, chill out….. if ya don’t like it, don’t look at it……. get a grip!! Mark Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. -snip- welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more hmm.. lets see– when I want to look up the legals in the classifieds I go to the bookmark for my local newspaper via the web click classifieds, click legal scroll down list. I’ll try your url 1-click http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html -click what? I can’t find anything to click (ooh- NO links on this page, NOT ONE-small suggestion,make a link to home on this page-if you are going to reference it in public forums, I can’t (if I’m inept) go anywhere else on your site from this page) ok, I’ll Erase the tellmemore.html and see if I get your index-notice, I have to type to do this, at per keystroke, that’s like 12 clicks right there, or by clicks, I have to select the tellmemore.html and delete it,then hit enter so that’s two more) 3 or 13 clicks later-click search listings 4 or 14 clicks later, click new jersey 5 or 15 clicks later, click may 6 or 16 clicks later, click search 7 or 17 clicks later, click the ONE listing in my state (and it’s really far away) yep.. it’s much easier to do 17 clicks to find nothing than it is three to find local.. hmm. Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. Of course there’s some junk; that’s what dumpsters are for. You keep some, you sell some, and you throw away some. My personal observations are that people typically make 5+ times their money, because they DO know what to look for. I information on how to do it and be successful. Maybe if your buddy had visited the site, he would not have bought a box of medical records. As far as sealed cartons… most people don’t pack that well. You can stand at the door of a storage unit, and get a good feel for what is in there. By the way, the actual statistics on cartons is roughly 45% of an average unit’s contents, not 90%. And only about 50% of those boxes are actually sealed to where you can’t see inside of them. Bottom line is that storage auctions are an excellant way to find items that one could sell on eBay. I posted this so that the readers of this newsgroup could explore an avenue they may have not yet considered. And to give them the means to find out more in regards to these sales. Antique dealers like yourself also come to these sales for the plates, glassware, and collectibles. Mark Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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Thanks Rick….. Enjoy the site! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks for posting the great info on public storage auctions on your link. It didn’t take very much to figure out that the rest of your site was available by deleting the tail end of your posted url. http://www.2announce.com/ The auction locator link there makes it very simple to find auctions in an state
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Tried your way, only came up with 4 in the state of Texas, for the month of May, two already over, and two coming up in the next two days. All were from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Interesting, most of these places have sales every couple of months, there are at least a hundred of them in the Dallas-Fort Worth area alone, and you only have four sales, and none at all from two of the three largest population centers in the state, Houston and San Antonio. Of the four sales you did mention, three are being conducted by the same auctioneer. I know one auctioneer who handles auctions for one of the self storage companies, he does a couple every month, and none of his are listed. Makes you wonder a bit, doesn’t it. Richard Ward – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK, for those that just insist on thinking they are right…. http://www.2announce.com (this was the link in the original email) Read the whole line of that text again – "I welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more information on how to do it and be successful". Here’s your 3! Go to the Home Page 1. Click Search Listings 2. Click the state you are looking for (the current month has already been selected) (this is the page that MOST people would bookmark) 3. Click SEARCH (viola – LISTINGS) gee, that looks like 3 doesn’t it? I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. For God’s sake, chill out….. if ya don’t like it, don’t look at it……. get a grip!! Mark Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. -snip- welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more hmm.. lets see– when I want to look up the legals in the classifieds I go to the bookmark for my local newspaper via the web click classifieds, click legal scroll down list. I’ll try your url 1-click http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html -click what? I can’t find anything to click (ooh- NO links on this page, NOT ONE-small suggestion,make a link to home on this page-if you are going to reference it in public forums, I can’t (if I’m inept) go anywhere else on your site from this page) ok, I’ll Erase the tellmemore.html and see if I get your index-notice, I have to type to do this, at per keystroke, that’s like 12 clicks right there, or by clicks, I have to select the tellmemore.html and delete it,then hit enter so that’s two more) 3 or 13 clicks later-click search listings 4 or 14 clicks later, click new jersey 5 or 15 clicks later, click may 6 or 16 clicks later, click search 7 or 17 clicks later, click the ONE listing in my state (and it’s really far away) yep.. it’s much easier to do 17 clicks to find nothing than it is three to find local.. hmm. Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. Of course there’s some junk; that’s what dumpsters are for. You keep some, you sell some, and you throw away some. My personal observations are that people typically make 5+ times their money, because they DO know what to look for. I information on how to do it and be successful. Maybe if your buddy had visited the site, he would not have bought a box of medical records. As far as sealed cartons… most people don’t pack that well. You can stand at the door of a storage unit, and get a good feel for what is in there. By the way, the actual statistics on cartons is roughly 45% of an average unit’s contents, not 90%. And only about 50% of those boxes are actually sealed to where you can’t see inside of them. Bottom line is that storage auctions are an excellant way to find items that one could sell on eBay. I posted this so that the readers of this newsgroup could explore an avenue they may have not yet considered. And to give them the means to find out more in regards to these sales. Antique dealers like yourself also come to these sales for the plates, glassware, and collectibles. Mark Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. -snip- welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more
hmm.. lets see– when I want to look up the legals in the classifieds I go to the bookmark for my local newspaper via the web click classifieds, click legal scroll down list. I’ll try your url 1-click http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html -click what? I can’t find anything to click (ooh- NO links on this page, NOT ONE-small suggestion,make a link to home on this page-if you are going to reference it in public forums, I can’t (if I’m inept) go anywhere else on your site from this page) ok, I’ll Erase the tellmemore.html and see if I get your index-notice, I have to type to do this, at per keystroke, that’s like 12 clicks right there, or by clicks, I have to select the tellmemore.html and delete it,then hit enter so that’s two more) 3 or 13 clicks later-click search listings 4 or 14 clicks later, click new jersey 5 or 15 clicks later, click may 6 or 16 clicks later, click search 7 or 17 clicks later, click the ONE listing in my state (and it’s really far away) yep.. it’s much easier to do 17 clicks to find nothing than it is three to find local.. hmm.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. Of course there’s some junk; that’s what dumpsters are for. You keep some, you sell some, and you throw away some. My personal observations are that people typically make 5+ times their money, because they DO know what to look for. I information on how to do it and be successful. Maybe if your buddy had visited the site, he would not have bought a box of medical records. As far as sealed cartons… most people don’t pack that well. You can stand at the door of a storage unit, and get a good feel for what is in there. By the way, the actual statistics on cartons is roughly 45% of an average unit’s contents, not 90%. And only about 50% of those boxes are actually sealed to where you can’t see inside of them. Bottom line is that storage auctions are an excellant way to find items that one could sell on eBay. I posted this so that the readers of this newsgroup could explore an avenue they may have not yet considered. And to give them the means to find out more in regards to these sales. Antique dealers like yourself also come to these sales for the plates, glassware, and collectibles. Mark Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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OK, for those that just insist on thinking they are right…. http://www.2announce.com (this was the link in the original email) Read the whole line of that text again – "I welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more information on how to do it and be successful". Here’s your 3! Go to the Home Page 1. Click Search Listings 2. Click the state you are looking for (the current month has already been selected) (this is the page that MOST people would bookmark) 3. Click SEARCH (viola – LISTINGS) gee, that looks like 3 doesn’t it? I’m sorry Kredai… did I do something that made you so resistant to this? If you want to use the newspaper, knock yourself out! This is an alternative for people that dont want to look at legal notices and have to search through the Divorce Notices and Estate sales. For God’s sake, chill out….. if ya don’t like it, don’t look at it……. get a grip!! Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. -snip- welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more hmm.. lets see– when I want to look up the legals in the classifieds I go to the bookmark for my local newspaper via the web click classifieds, click legal scroll down list. I’ll try your url 1-click http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html -click what? I can’t find anything to click (ooh- NO links on this page, NOT ONE-small suggestion,make a link to home on this page-if you are going to reference it in public forums, I can’t (if I’m inept) go anywhere else on your site from this page) ok, I’ll Erase the tellmemore.html and see if I get your index-notice, I have to type to do this, at per keystroke, that’s like 12 clicks right there, or by clicks, I have to select the tellmemore.html and delete it,then hit enter so that’s two more) 3 or 13 clicks later-click search listings 4 or 14 clicks later, click new jersey 5 or 15 clicks later, click may 6 or 16 clicks later, click search 7 or 17 clicks later, click the ONE listing in my state (and it’s really far away) yep.. it’s much easier to do 17 clicks to find nothing than it is three to find local.. hmm. Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. Of course there’s some junk; that’s what dumpsters are for. You keep some, you sell some, and you throw away some. My personal observations are that people typically make 5+ times their money, because they DO know what to look for. I information on how to do it and be successful. Maybe if your buddy had visited the site, he would not have bought a box of medical records. As far as sealed cartons… most people don’t pack that well. You can stand at the door of a storage unit, and get a good feel for what is in there. By the way, the actual statistics on cartons is roughly 45% of an average unit’s contents, not 90%. And only about 50% of those boxes are actually sealed to where you can’t see inside of them. Bottom line is that storage auctions are an excellant way to find items that one could sell on eBay. I posted this so that the readers of this newsgroup could explore an avenue they may have not yet considered. And to give them the means to find out more in regards to these sales. Antique dealers like yourself also come to these sales for the plates, glassware, and collectibles. Mark Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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Thanks for posting the great info on public storage auctions on your link. It didn’t take very much to figure out that the rest of your site was available by deleting the tail end of your posted url. http://www.2announce.com/ The auction locator link there makes it very simple to find auctions in an state
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Looking for stuff to sell on eBay ? Or some great bargains for yourself? Look into self storage auctions! Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, guns, records/tapes and cd’s, antiques, pictures, and just a gambit of "neat stuff". Actually, there is no limit to what you can find in these storage units. In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions. You can search these announcements free to find auctions in your area. And learn some of the "tricks of the game" so you’ll be a pro at your very first sale! And you can come back often! If you don’t see your state listed, don’t worry… they’ll be here soon. Our listings change daily! For more information, go to http://www.2announce.com Have Fun!!! Mark
Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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true, in 48 of the 50 sattes, you are required to list these auctions in the form of a public notice, usually in newsprint that circulates within the county of the sale. The only other option in these states would be to conspicuously posting in 6 or more places, and that can only occur when you don’t have a "county newspaper". The obligation I was referring to was the company’s policy on delinquent renters, and what to do with their stuff. 2announce is not an alternative to a legal notice, nor do we claim to be one. We are here to make it easier for the bidders/buyers to find these sales rather than have to look through mounds of newspapers and make numerous phone calls every month. Simply put, it is a reference tool for people looking for these sales Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions. really? in my state they MUST be listed in the newspaper legal section…
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Yes, you are absolutely right. In almost every state, you must publicly advertise any sale of seized property. And we don’t claim to be a subsititute for that. All I said was that these auctions have been hard to find, and we are making it easier. Think about it, clicking a mouse button 3 times is MUCH FASTER than looking through newspapers and making phone calls. Of course there’s some junk; that’s what dumpsters are for. You keep some, you sell some, and you throw away some. My personal observations are that people typically make 5+ times their money, because they DO know what to look for. I welcome you to look at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html for more information on how to do it and be successful. Maybe if your buddy had visited the site, he would not have bought a box of medical records. As far as sealed cartons… most people don’t pack that well. You can stand at the door of a storage unit, and get a good feel for what is in there. By the way, the actual statistics on cartons is roughly 45% of an average unit’s contents, not 90%. And only about 50% of those boxes are actually sealed to where you can’t see inside of them. Bottom line is that storage auctions are an excellant way to find items that one could sell on eBay. I posted this so that the readers of this newsgroup could explore an avenue they may have not yet considered. And to give them the means to find out more in regards to these sales. Antique dealers like yourself also come to these sales for the plates, glassware, and collectibles. Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Umm, before I dealt antiques I worked in the legal field…you can’t sell siezed property without first advertising publicly. There is not legal loophole. And well the auctioneer is always looking for the biggest buck so it is much to thier advantage to advertise. There is a self storage facility near me, they put ads in three local papers & put a sandwich board out for at least a week before an auction. Most of the stuff is junk, if it was good the people would have paid the rent, and 9 times out of ten you have to buy sealled cartons, I know a person who ended up with some deceased doctors medical records for $10 a box…what a deal!! Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr
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Hi Richard…. Actually, I have never seen them NOT open a unit before bidding. A facility that would do something like that would be basically shooting themselves. But I am sure that it probably happens at a few places. Also, there are many facilities that auction off the items or a box item by item. The trick to knowing what is in those boxes is to know the "tricks of the game". I invite you to find out more about this, as we cover this in detail at http://www.2announce.com/tellmemore.html. In that section, you will find out more about the whole process. As much as I hate to say it, it sounds like your exposure to these sales has been somewhat limited, because what you describe is not the "norm". As far as the "look through newspapers", again, you are right. And I certainly don’t negate that you can find these sales that way. We are here simply to make it easier to find those sales. The bottom line is that the service is free, and it is unlimited. It is easier to find MANY listings on one page than find ONE listing after looking through MANY newspapers. (or make a bunch of phone calls) Some of the bidders are from consignment and thrift shops, but not all of them. And you would be surprised how many times one of them has come up to me after I won an item or a unit and offered me a price for something. So I don’t really know if you can’t stand a chance of making it good. Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Any newspaper will have a section where they give the public notices most states require these sales to provide, so they also aren’t all that hard to find. Second, the ones I’ve seen, you buy the contents either before the lock is cut off, or with just a quick look inside. You don’t get to go through boxes looking for collectibles, you just get to see that there are a few boxes there. Often what is in the boxes are family photographs, old clothing, things you couldn’t sell if your life depended on it. You can make money at these auctions, but you’ll be bidding against people with resale shops and thrift stores who do this for a living, people who have a market for the used childrens toys and old playpen. Just an opinion. Richard Ward Looking for stuff to sell on eBay ? Or some great bargains for yourself? Look into self storage auctions! Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, guns, records/tapes and cd’s, antiques, pictures, and just a gambit of "neat stuff". Actually, there is no limit to what you can find in these storage units. In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions. You can search these announcements free to find auctions in your area. And learn some of the "tricks of the game" so you’ll be a pro at your very first sale! And you can come back often! If you don’t see your state listed, don’t worry… they’ll be here soon. Our listings change daily! For more information, go to http://www.2announce.com Have Fun!!! Mark
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Looking for stuff to sell on eBay ? Or some great bargains for yourself? Look into self storage auctions! Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, guns, records/tapes and cd’s, antiques, pictures, and just a gambit of "neat stuff". Actually, there is no limit to what you can find in these storage units. In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions. You can search these announcements free to find auctions in your area. And learn some of the "tricks of the game" so you’ll be a pro at your very first sale! And you can come back often! If you don’t see your state listed, don’t worry… they’ll be here soon. Our listings change daily! For more information, go to http://www.2announce.com Have Fun!!! Mark
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Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions.
really? in my state they MUST be listed in the newspaper legal section…
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Any newspaper will have a section where they give the public notices most states require these sales to provide, so they also aren’t all that hard to find. Second, the ones I’ve seen, you buy the contents either before the lock is cut off, or with just a quick look inside. You don’t get to go through boxes looking for collectibles, you just get to see that there are a few boxes there. Often what is in the boxes are family photographs, old clothing, things you couldn’t sell if your life depended on it. You can make money at these auctions, but you’ll be bidding against people with resale shops and thrift stores who do this for a living, people who have a market for the used childrens toys and old playpen. Just an opinion. Richard Ward – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Looking for stuff to sell on eBay ? Or some great bargains for yourself? Look into self storage auctions! Many self storage facilities are obligated to hold public auctions to empty storage units that are several months behind on rent. This stuff is dirt cheap! You can find knick-knacks, collectibles, furniture, guns, records/tapes and cd’s, antiques, pictures, and just a gambit of "neat stuff". Actually, there is no limit to what you can find in these storage units. In the past, these auctions have been hard to find. But now there is a website where storage facilities are announcing their upcoming auctions. You can search these announcements free to find auctions in your area. And learn some of the "tricks of the game" so you’ll be a pro at your very first sale! And you can come back often! If you don’t see your state listed, don’t worry… they’ll be here soon. Our listings change daily! For more information, go to http://www.2announce.com Have Fun!!! Mark
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