Storage locker auctions

[singletonb]

I recently watched Storage Wars on tv. Has any of you ever attended one of these. Is it a good way to earn extra cash?

[jwkelly]

I'd be happy to suffocate in one with Jarrod's wife Brandi

[alice44]

I think it is fun to watch, but I would never spend my money that way 

[Skyisbluetoday]

I have watched a few types of these shows. I haven't attended one of these live, but would be fun to see this show during the taping of them! 

[ricdsm]

I did once.  The junk just went at too high a price.

[michele2042]

I enjoy watching Storage Wars.   I would love to attend a storage auction just for fun.  It seems most on the show have stores where they sell the items.  I wouldn't want to wind up with a bunch of stuff and no way to get rid of it.   

[kathleenkleinhans]

No, we don't seem to have them here

[aflyingmonkey]

I've not been to a storage auction... that one thrift store that the one Brandi + husband own (or owned?) is like 20 minutes from my house.  I haven't been there though.

I was reading a few years ago, that Storage Wars is all scripted & the "unique" item in the locker are planted by the production crew in advance.  More reality fakeness... I stopped watching it after reading it, it ruined the show for me because now I can see where it is faked.   

If you go & purchase a storage unit, report back your experience, it would be an interesting read i'm sure

[snuggleycutejc]

I do enjoy them shows. 

[pectacon]

The shows are all staged. I think in real life it would be way too much of a gamble. You'd probably get someone's old broken Ikea furniture and boxes of junk.

[elvisdo]

Used to watch this show but quickly lost interest.

[Sawman214]

I went once. They didn't let you look through all of it.  So you didn't know what you were getting.

[LaTashaS28]

Yes I watch this show but I dont see it often

[countrygirl12]

I probably would never spend money on this. If it is abandoned or someone does and it is just left and eventually sold then you could get something good.  Sometimes people have to move and put every thing in storage and for whatever reason don't go back to it.  Even if you just get a few electronics you could get your money back.  I am not sure how real these tv programs are though.

[countrygirl12]

The shows are all staged. I think in real life it would be way too much of a gamble. You'd probably get someone's old broken Ikea furniture and boxes of junk.

They are.  So are the cop shows and other stuff like Jerry Springer. They are all fake. Yeah that will make some people mad haha. But you could get something worth some money. I know a woman that I use to go to church with that was at a yard sale where someone had died and they were selling the stuff in the house. She bought a vase for $5 and sold it on ebay for over $1000.  It was an antique.  She knew what she had found when she saw it. The people selling it didn't know what it was. Somehow I think that what she done was wrong. But that is just me. The people having the yard sale thought they were just selling "junk".