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Contents of storage units are prize at Toledo-area quickie auctions

19.07.2008 10:00 Shopping - Source: toledoblade.com

Andy Gjurasin has spent a few days a month the last 10 years sorting through the miscellany of other people’s lives, looking for the interesting and the valuable and getting rid of the rest.

And when you ask him what was the biggest surprise he ever got from buying contents of storage lockers belonging to people who didn’t pay their rent, he doesn’t hesitate.

“Oh, that’s easy,” said Mr. Gjurasin. “A dead guy.”

Mr. Gjurasin is one of a growing number of people who try to make extra cash by bidding for the contents of unpaid storage units. Some make a living at it, traveling far and wide to attend quickie auctions, claim their prizes, and move on. For those like Mr. Gjurasin, it’s an interesting — and sometimes lucrative — hobby.

“To me, doing these auctions is better than going to the racetrack. You have about the same chance of hitting it big,” the longtime electrician said.

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