Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"This is a high-end auction." After reading the notice, Pierce nodded slightly. "Only the very big warehousing companies will charge this kind of deposit when they hold important warehousing auctions."

The reason why Pierce said this is that on the one hand, the party collecting the deposit must have enough credibility to allow everyone to pay the money without worrying about the organizer taking the money and running away, so the organizer that can meet this requirement is not many.

On the other hand, for most warehouse treasure pickers, their working capital simply cannot afford a deposit of several hundred dollars, so collecting a deposit can easily exclude many treasure pickers from the auction.

Although it may sound exaggerated to not be able to afford hundreds of dollars of working capital, it is also true. After all, although the United States is wasteful, it is not stupid, so there are only a few people who can really leave very valuable things in the warehouse without caring.

According to Pierce, although there are hundreds of thousands of people working in this industry in the United States, most of them are part-time or hobbyists, and not many people actually make a living from this industry.

After all, this job is truly zero-threshold job, so after many people hear about people making money in this industry, customers are easily attracted to these special examples.

But the cruel reality often causes most novices to be eliminated in the first year, and even among the small number of people who can stay, many of them just make ends meet, and only a small number of people will get satisfactory remuneration from it. .

For example, people like Pierce who run their own thrift stores can make a living from this, because they have more professional skills to find goods worth selling and sell them through their own channels.

After paying a deposit of US$500, Liang En and the four of them drove the rented medium-sized truck through the gate into the warehouse area, and then followed the arrows on the roadside towards the warehouse area where the auction was held. passed.

Soon, they passed through several rows of warehouses with internal steel frames and external red bricks and cement and arrived at their destination, which was five rows of warehouses with the same structure.

Judging from the vehicles parked on both sides of the road, there were indeed some people besides them who planned to visit the spot in advance. However, there are not many such people. It is probably the $500 entry fee that keeps many people away.

When Liang En and the others got off the car and walked towards the warehouse that was about to be auctioned, they saw several groups of people studying the warehouses. Some of them were observing the ground and the door, while others were looking through the cracks in the door. .

Interestingly, although there were warehouse managers nearby, they did not stop these people from doing something that seemed illegal.

Think about it, it is already 9 o'clock in the morning, and everyone must leave before 12 noon. As long as the door is not opened, nothing can be seen through the crack of the door for three hours.

After all, everyone’s deposit of US$500 was collected before, so people participating in the auction may not feel comfortable now. Therefore, doing this now can just sort of alleviate everyone's inner dissatisfaction.

Regarding the appearance of Liang En and the others, these people only looked at it a few more times before leaving, and the glances they took were mainly focused on the three ravens that Liang En and the others carried with them.

However, for these warehouse treasure hunters who traveled north and south, they had seen all kinds of magical things, so they didn't think there was anything wrong when they saw Liang En keeping a crow as a pet.

In fact, Liang En took these ravens at the beginning mainly to see if they could find a place like a window to get into the room. It turned out that these ravens were really big, and those ventilation holes were only the size of a fist. I really can't get through the mouth.

Therefore, Liang En could only roughly infer what these warehouses were mainly used for by observing the warehouses themselves and various traces around the warehouses like others.

Fortunately, this kind of old dock warehouse has its own habits when placing various items, so by observing the clues, you can roughly see what each warehouse mainly stored in the past.

For example, the road outside the door of a warehouse has obvious signs of being crushed. There are also a lot of impact marks on the door, and there are even a few traces of paint on the wall.

Taken together, these traces indicate that this warehouse should have been used to store various machinery or large steel components. After looking inside along the door crack, I saw some mechanical parts that were not covered by the oilcloth.

Through this inference, Liang En and the others quickly identified seven targets. Some of these target warehouses look like they contain valuable items, while others are warehouses that look like they haven’t been opened for a long time.

After all, Liang En and the others have their own channels, so even if ordinary auctioneers may not make money for some old items, they can still exchange them for something they need.

For example, hidden under the thick dust in a room that Liang En was interested in was obviously some period furniture, old-fashioned chandeliers and some tableware or tea sets.

For warehouse treasure hunters, these miscellaneous groceries can often only be sold to a few merchants at very low prices, making little money overall.

But for Liang En and others, both Pierce and Liang En himself have enough channels to consume these things in the United States, so they can make money on such auction items that others cannot make.

But Liang En is not sure about every warehouse. For example, there is a warehouse here that is filled with many small motors, all wrapped in transparent plastic and placed on shelves. They are large-open items that can be seen clearly at a glance.

Considering that the things inside were not of much value to Liang En, it was natural to set a minimum price for this thing and only then decide whether he could buy it later.

After struggling until they were ready to leave at noon, they hurriedly and slowly finished looking at these warehouses while working separately, and then left here with tired faces.

The next morning, they drove the rented medium-sized truck to the auction again. After releasing the three ravens, they found a place to sit together and have breakfast while waiting for the auction to begin.

Soon the time came to 8:40 in the morning. Just when Liang En and the others were getting impatient after finishing breakfast, several people from the warehouse came over and started to verify everyone's identities.

Soon, two groups of guys trying to fish in troubled waters were discovered. After they refused to pay the deposit, these people took the initiative to drive out of the reservoir area under the supervision of several burly security guards.

"Okay, everyone is here." The auctioneer raised his wrist and looked at his watch and said. "There are still five minutes until the official start, so I can just introduce the details of this auction to you."

"We will open the doors of the warehouse one by one, and then everyone will line up to visit the warehouse. Because there are a lot of things to be auctioned today, each group of people cannot exceed 30 seconds."

"After everyone has read it, I will give you one minute to fill in the amount. Anyone who is willing to buy will give me the note with the amount, and I will stamp it and put it in the box."

"Okay, that's it for now. The time is up. Let's start the auction." After speaking briefly for five minutes, the auctioneer ended his speech at the reminder of his companion and announced the start of the auction. .