Auction Lures Treasure Hunters To Blackstone Valley Self Storage
Reality TV fuels excitement for storage auctions.
To Tom Geving, manager of Blackstone Valley Self Storage, auctions are the saddest part of his business. Such events take place when the renter of a storage unit falls behind on monthly payments. By law, the only way for the company to empty the unit is sell everything inside to the highest bidder. "We don't want to take their stuff," Geving said prior to a Monday morning auction. "And it doesn't have to happen. Right now, the economy's bad, and it's easy to see why people get behind. We'll bend over backwards to help them make arrangements." These days not everyone shares that sympathetic view, thanks solely to reality TV. Last year saw the debut of two shows: “Auction Hunters” on Spike TV and “Storage Wars” on A&E - that present …
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8:20 am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Hi Dude, Honest self storage owners obey the law which prevents anyone from entering the unit unless there is an emergency like a broken water pipe and even then, the renter should be present. Renting a self storage unit requires that both parties sign a lease, just like an apartment. The renter places their own personal lock on the unit door. The only way a self storage owner can enter the unit … more ›