So yeah.. the PFH goes to get a storage unit.

guest said:
lol. People trying to make themselves feel important. lol. Pathetic.

Whats really interesting is that you fail to mention why you were at bidding against kids at a storage unit, posts from hell. You fail to mention what car you bought. You fail to mention a lot of things. Instead you choose to tell us about how big a gambler you are, and how you beat a kid by 140 dollars. You talk about these items as though you a big time gambler, and you don't even know why. Your snap judgements tell us everything we need to know about you, posts from hell.
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:) Did I say I go ahead and "bid exactly 300" and game was over? nope.

It went down like this. I was there to rent a unit. A small one, a 5x10 to be exact. There were a bunch of people coming in and out of the managers office. This was a bit unusual because I've rented storage units in the past - and the manger told me "today we're having an auction at 2:30." I was like cool. "How much do they usually go for?" was my question, he went "Never had one since I started here in July." I asked if we could go and see. He said yes.

At this time the auctioneer was in the office and asked me if I wanted any part of the auction. I was like... eh, maybe? He gave me the sign in sheet and rules. Pretty simple. This dude also said "I will write if you want." I said "nah, I'll watch." he said "cool."

I had NO idea what was going ot happen. I hear these things happen but... never been to one, so I had the curiosity. This is primarily because I LOVE winning things.

We walked down the facility. A good long walk.. to the back where all the big storage units are. I was telling myself "wow, big units."

We go up to this unit. 6 of us bidders, the manager, and the auctioneer. Auctioneer is a vocal guy blabbering all about whatever, I didn't care. Bid went back and forth between these five guys pretty quickly. I was watching, see the auctioneer saying "Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen.... Sixteen...." They all balked. I thought he was saying 1600 dollars. So I just was observing.. then the auctioneer said "what about you?" I said 1600??? He said noooo $160!.

I was like uh... Big unit.. fine and I nodded my head. He went back to this kid, a young guy, looks like a roofer. And quickly back to me "180" I said, nah.. 200. Back to the kid, abck to me 220? I said, 250. Back to the kid and back to me "270???" I said "300." This was my final and I had my wallet out to make sure i had enough for this and the bills I was going to pay for the day. Had to have cash up front. The kid saw the cash I had on hand and said Nah.

I signed in pretty much MCE for the most part. TWO FIVE ZERO... THREE ZERO ZERO... worked well.

They then opened the door. Boom.

For the record 4 of the bidders were in their 40s 50s. And these two "kids" seemed to be brothers.

The auctioneer was one of the most Deaf friendly stranger I've ever met as well. Amazing experience. He also gave me a list of future storage unit auctions and different auctions that he runs. I am DEFINITELY going to them.

Again -- Amazing experience.
 
Glenn said:
Good deal. Happy hunting through the boxes.
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So far weapon wise: I found a sharpened samauri sword, 6 point blunt mace (this one I reallllly like), this strange rubber whip - never seen something like this before, gun cleaning and repair kits, pistol stocks for guns like 44 mag, cleaning kits for bigger guns, and some other stuff that I can't really describe.

The guy who owned this storage unit - I already found his SSN, name, address, and basically everything about him.

One thing for sure--- after the information i collected about him - I would never try to fuck with him. He might be a tiny guy but he will whoop my ass.
 
posts from hell said:
So far weapon wise: I found a sharpened samauri sword, 6 point blunt mace (this one I reallllly like), this strange rubber whip - never seen something like this before, gun cleaning and repair kits, pistol stocks for guns like 44 mag, cleaning kits for bigger guns, and some other stuff that I can't really describe.

The guy who owned this storage unit - I already found his SSN, name, address, and basically everything about him.

One thing for sure--- after the information i collected about him - I would never try to fuck with him. He might be a tiny guy but he will whoop my ass.
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Wow, you can make several thousands dollars out of it.

What a big profit margin you have! :)
 
posts from hell said:
So far weapon wise: I found a sharpened samauri sword, 6 point blunt mace (this one I reallllly like), this strange rubber whip - never seen something like this before, gun cleaning and repair kits, pistol stocks for guns like 44 mag, cleaning kits for bigger guns, and some other stuff that I can't really describe.

The guy who owned this storage unit - I already found his SSN, name, address, and basically everything about him.

One thing for sure--- after the information i collected about him - I would never try to fuck with him. He might be a tiny guy but he will whoop my ass.
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ahhh, I can't help but think of Silence of the Lambs and that scene with the car in storage, and what was in the backseat ...
 
posts from hell said:
I was looking into renting a 10x10 unit. The manager tells me that there was an auction going down in a few minutes..

I decide "I like this idea." So I went along with them.. Took part. This was a large unit so I said to myself, "nice, must have big stuff, like furniture and such."

Being the gambler I am, waiting, saw it was still only $160. Bidded with this kid.. I won the unit at $300.

Opened the unit.. A car, computers, queen sized nice bed, some furniture, TV...

:cool:

Not bad for a move-out day.
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what kind of car? Does it still run?
 
posts from hell said:
Sorry folks. Had to tend to something called Real Life.

It's a mint 1991 Chevy Beretta. Something I will sell once I get the title and the keys in. Low mileage.

NOW believe it or not after I went boxes digging - there are things that are more interesting. I'm also expecting to find guns.

As I type I am preparing for tomorrow's inspection of the car. Will have a locksmith draft me up a key, and I have a jumpbox ready to go.

But hey!! I just added more to my fishing equipment. Yay!
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ah ... you mentioned it ....

Take the guns to your local Sherriff to run the numbers on them.
 
He'll want his stuff back, won't he? But if you have legal documents that are no use to you, that would be the thing to do.
 
Glenn said:
He'll want his stuff back, won't he? But if you have legal documents that are no use to you, that would be the thing to do.
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I agree; would that include the car, too? Makes me wonder....by the time ya give him back all his stuff, what would be the point? Or would you just want your 300 back?



OOOPS!!! I thought I was talking to Matt, not Glenn!
 
posts from hell said:
That is one of the reasons. The main is that I am willing to let him get the car back.
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That is nice of you. Do you have his name and everything? Can the storage facility help you out with an address? I'm guessing you tried that route already.
 
AlleyCat said:
That is nice of you. Do you have his name and everything? Can the storage facility help you out with an address? I'm guessing you tried that route already.
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Yep, I have all the information. I don't have his SSN with me, but I have it in the unit. I just haven't made it out there. It's about an hour drive away.

Can't find family yet. The address the facility has matches the one on the registration of the car, and also matches the information I am finding on the internet.

His phone number has also been disconnected.
 
Tousi said:
I agree; would that include the car, too? Makes me wonder....by the time ya give him back all his stuff, what would be the point? Or would you just want your 300 back?



OOOPS!!! I thought I was talking to Matt, not Glenn!
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I would be happy with the 300 back. But not too big of a concern.
 
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