scrappy - I can tell you the shows and a real auciton are VERY different. I do the storage auctions as a hobby which turned me to this forum when was trying to max my profit from a unit. If you want to read another forum or just have questions you can PM me. I will tell you unless you are lucky the prices for units right now are still way higher then they were even a year ago. More and more new people see the shows, think it's a get rich quick thing, drop $800 on junk and then go crying in the night. Only to be replaced by more new people the next auction. Like scrapping you can make money at it. Is just lots of hard work and knowledge.