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Originally Posted by dubc80
Can you actually do this in Calgary? For example, does a place like Sentinel Self Storage on 16th Ave by COP hold these once in a while or something...?
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Yep, all the time (Although, I don't know about that specific place you mentioned). The show was based off people making a living doing this, not the other way around. Although, the popularity of the show certainly opened the average persons eyes to the preactice. I went to one right after the hype of storage wars had set in, and it was ######ed. It was insane how many people showed up, and everyone was talking Storage Wars the whole time. One dude was saying it used to be a fun, sometimes profitable hobby, and then Storage Wars literally changed that over night.
Storage Wars has about 12-15 people per locker. We went to a storage auction near Barlow Trail, and there was easily 60-70 people. You would line up for each locker and all 70 people would walk by it and get up to a minute to look.......seriously. It was like an hour wait at each unit, and the bidding was ######ed.
A whole bunch of Dave Hester wannabes. Everyone talking strategy in line, and acting like they're the best and everyone else is stupid. The first locker had some late 80's looking bedroom furniture that I would likely take a $50 hit to haul to the dump if I saw it in my garage. But sure enough people started bidding and it was up to $400 in about 30 seconds.
Then everyone else started to getting excited, I guess thinking these idiots were on to something, and before you knew it, it was a bidding war,a nd it went for like $900. Keeping in mind this wasn't like those ones you see on SW, where there could be hidden gems. This was just old bedroom furniture, with no places where treasure could be hidden. It was a baffling experience, and confirmed my suspicion that storage auctions, both on the show and in real life is more about **** measuring, and the thrill of an auction, then making a living.