Thursday, May 17, 2012

Storage Wars

 I hope everyone has seen the show "Storage Wars" on t.v.  If not it is so much fun.  Well when we were in California in Feb. this year we watched quite a few and thought how fun that would be to attend an auction for a storage unit.  Well, we have been to three, now, and we won an auction!  YAHOO!  Dan didn't go to the auction with us but he was a real trooper to help us sort and carry and load.
 When the auctioneer opens the unit, this is what you see.  You can't step in or touch anything, just look from a distance.  Well, see where my finger is.  I was sure that was a really expensive curio cabinet.  And then you could see restaurant equipment.  And.... And.... And......
 Sorry the picture is sideways, but turn your head and look closely.  That is a 7 foot tall curio cabinet with a grandfather chiming clock.  WOW$$$$
And this beauty is the restaurant equipment, so we thought.  Turns out it's a bakers oven, think bread from great harvest.  We ended up taking all the metal "restaurant" equipment to the recyclers and got $297.  Not quite the big ticket item I thought it was.  But better than nothing.  So far we have made back almost half of what the storage unit cost.  And we haven't even started selling.  More to come.  Jeff and I are both ready to do this again.  We will have some fun prizes at the Fam Reunion in July.  Be ready!$!$