Storage unit auctions beckon more treasure hunters

James Kavan knew it was a gamble, but he wanted it.

Let the bidding begin: Storage unit sales a business, hobby

Mark Binkley with Ziggy’s Buy and Sell peeks into a storage unit to calculate the value Dec. 23 in Columbus. His store is in Starkville. / Kelly Tippett

Grandmother's remains lay in Clearwater storage unit

By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Thursday, January 26, 2012 CLEARWATER — From the outside, Unit B8 of U-Stor Self Storage didn't seem at all suspicious. A family had stored stuff like old TVs and banana boxes in the 10-by-10-foot room for more than 25 years. Only recently had they fallen behind on rent. It wasn't until U-Stor managers told the family that they would auction off the items ...

Pair of California Councilmen Venturing into Storage Auctions Use StorageTreasures.com as Their Auction Site of Choice

A pair of California Councilmen ventured out to try their hand at storage auctions and they have a profitable start. They cite StorageTreasures.com as their auction site of choice and credit it, along with AmericanAuctioneers.com, with helping them get started.Reno, NV (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 In early January the Orange County Register (CA) covered the story of John Dumitru and Denis Bilodeau ...

Police find woman's body in Clearwater storage unit

Times staff Thursday, January 26, 2012 CLEARWATER — Police discovered a woman's body in a rented storage unit Thursday afternoon after the tenant reported that something in the unit needed to be investigated. At around 3 p.m., police put up crime scene tape around unit B8 at U-Stor Self Storage, 1217 Lakeview Road, and around a long box that was pulled out of the brick storage unit. A police ...