An excerpt from the kindle book Winning Storage Auction Strategies, by Dirk and Susan McFergus: The Phantom Bidder I was attending every auction that summer and without fail, Pig was there outbidding me on every unit.  I noticed that he only seemed interested in the units I was bidding on.  I had passed on hundreds of [...]

This article was written by attorney Robert J. Kossack who was accompanied by Scott Asher on a trip from Las Vegas to San Francisco to argue a case before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Cable TV shows like Storage Wars and Storage Kings impress me by all the neat stuff bought for cheap at storage [...]

Dave Espino again with a new storage auction tip of the day! A lot of people buy storage units at auction and often don’t realize how many items in the storage unit could potentially be collectible. So I’d like to share a true story of one of the storage units that I bought. We bought [...]

If you’re used to seeing the storage auction TV shows and that’s the only exposure you’ve had to storage auctions, you may not realize this, but it’s not really a competitive environment. Yes, it is an auction and yes, you are bidding against other bidders, but in the TV shows, they really play up the [...]

If you’re looking to get started buying at storage unit auctions, you might be asking yourself: “Am I the right type of person to make money with storage auctions?” You know, with the hit popularity of the TV shows “Storage Wars” and “Auction Hunters”, and all these other TV shows like “American Pickers” and “Pawn [...]

In this article, I’d like to talk a little bit how doctors relate to storage auctions. You see, doctors have an oath they take when they become a doctor – it’s called the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath is very simple: First, do no harm… In other words, if a doctor arrives at an accident [...]

I was talking to Dirk yesterday and he vowed to take these guys down whatever the cost! Dear Sirs, Thank you for your prompt response to DMCA Infringement Notice, however I must further comment. Wow, quite a little scam you’re running. “We DO NOT host any files on our servers – they’re on someone else’s [...]

Dirk and Susan McFergus released their book today, “Winning Storage Auction Strategies” exclusively on Amazon Kindle with an introductory price of only 99 cents.  I asked why he wasn’t selling the book for $20, he told me that they want to expand their audience across the Amazon platform and he was hoping that a (nearly free) [...]

Premiering in 2010, Storage Wars is a non-fiction television series found on the cable TV Network, A&E. On the program, auctioneer Dan Dotson sells the contents of storage lockers that go unpaid in California for three months. Bargain hunters on the auction show include Dave Hester, Barry Weiss, Jarod Shultz, Darrel Sheets and Jarrod Shulz. [...]

Dirk, loved the book! I bought a couple of storage auctions like you suggested and found some rare toys and other collectibles. My ebay account is on fire – thanks! I would like to focus my attention on selling collectibles. Where do I find more?? Kelly, Hi Kelly: Bonus points for reading my book. That’s [...]