If you drive around from thrift store to thrift store trying to make a buck or just looking for deals, this is the podcast for you! We buy and sell storage units and estates and offer knowledge and humor about what we find and what YOU should be looking for as you hit garage sales, second hand stores, and antique shops and how to sell it properly.
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I'm not sure how the rest of the world does with storage units, but southern California seems to be the Mecca of pornography and sex toys. Listen in as Doobie and I share our finds!
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Doobie and I delve into the wonderful world of tweaker units! I guess it wouldn't have been so bad for me if it wasn't for the stupid scissor lift I had to load and unload a thousand times...Doobie scores an autographed ceremonial first pitch Dodger ball, but has no idea who the signature is! You can see pics of the units before we started digging,…
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episode 19: Parting is such sweet sorrow
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No, I'm not quitting the podcast! This episode is dedicated to the wonderful world of taking things apart and selling them! AND what do you do with all the little things we find in storage units or garage sales that aren't worth the time to sell on line by themselves......Bundle them!
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Episode 18: Interview with Attorney Michael Gayler
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I've been friends with Mike for a million years it seems. At one point, he was buying storage units right beside me before going to law school and becoming a lawyer! In this interview we talk about the laws of auctions, hypothetical and real situations, and an unethical business decision made by American Auctioneers last week. Sorry for the crappy …
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I sit down with Anthony, AKA the guy that goes thru my dumpster, to discuss Life, happiness, and reselling.
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Doobie and I talk about things to look for when buying storage units so you don't get screwed by the facility and a string of voodoo units have been hitting the valley. Would you buy a voodoo unit? Let us know in the comments or shoot us an email. Finderslq@gmail.com
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Doobie and I talk about some of the storage units we recently purchased. I find a couple of very rare toys and boxes of Gi Joe toys!
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The $5 word with the 5 cent meaning. Honestly, I hate this word. It's pretentious and overused in the reselling community. Also, I need to clear up that I do inventory and care about my business I just don't like to use ridiculous words to glamorize what I do. I buy storage units at sell them for profit and I love what I do.…
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Doobie and I discuss the perils of buying storage units online, firearms, some bad buys and maybe a good one too!
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Here are a few tips on packing larger or more fragile items for shipping. These are by no means the only and maybe not even the best way, but they work for me! I'd love to hear your opinions and how you ship heavy and fragile items. Hit us up at finders_thrift on IG, and email us at finderslq@gmail.com…
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Episode 13: I introduce my new co-host, Doobie!
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Fear not weary listeners, Frankie and I have some things in the works and will be taking different forks in the road at this particular junction, but we will catch up again real soon and invite you in as soon as we iron out the details! He will always be my right hand man I can only hope that I share that same honor with him! On This episode, I int…
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So what's the difference between Mono and Stereo when it comes to records and recording equipment? Have a listen and find out and why it's important to you as a record collector or reseller.
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A unit sells online for $4,000 and Surprise, I offend someone on the interwebs.
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Episode 11: Interview with Tyree Jesse
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Here's what happens when you sit down with the person that owned the storage unit before you bought it at auction. Tyree Jesse Is a fantastic Painter and I bought this unit because I saw one painting in it that I thought was salable. Something drew me to it and I'm hoping it will draw you in too. I'm hoping that we as a small group of humans can he…
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I'm going to quickly try to explain the difference between a Serigraph, a Giclee, an etching, and an engraving. Please remember, these are just down and dirty tips to get you off and running to find more avenues for you to sell. I have found that one of the secrets is to find what you like, because learning about that area is easier when you're exc…
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episode 10 Part 3 of the interview with Jose Ramirez
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We wrap up our interview with Jose Ramirez the owner of Art 925 with stories of the greatest things we have been donated or found in storage unit, from well know art pieces to vintage whiskey collections! As always if you have questions or ideas, please drop us a line in IG @ finders_thrift or email: finderslq@gmail.com. The website is findersthrif…
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Most people will walk right by turntables, especially vintage turntables because they are scared to buy broken electronics. Here are the quick and easy ways to test a turntable in the shop for a profitable flip! Thanks for listening! Please let us know what you think of our podcast and help us out but leaving a review on itunes. Thank you!…
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Find out how the donation from hell ends...spoiler alert....Not so good! We talk about a couple of our best finds over the years.
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102: BRONZE INCENSE BURNER - THE REAL UPDATE ON THE PHOENIX BRONZE STATUE
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I accidentally uploaded the original podcast. Here is the real update. If you're not familiar, in an earlier episode I talked about buying what I thought was an ancient chines secret...No wait, that's calgone. I bought an ancient chinese bronze incense burner. Spoiler it was not period.....or was it? listen and find out…
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On this episode, we bring our first guest into the shop, Jose Ramirez. He recaps some of his misadventures in reselling from buying truckloads of return merchandise from big box retailers to crazy donations for his non-profit.
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Everything you have NEVER wanted to know about shrunken heads! Why would you want to know that? Because they are extremely valuable if you should ever find one out in the wild.
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Like George Lucas, I got greedy and dipped into the Clutter.com pool one too many times. This Time Frankie Joins me to see the buying side of pallet auctions! He also gets to try Chick fil a for the very first time and saves my bacon at auction AND gets a new TV out of the trip.....It's like hes on the old school wheel of fortune and he's picking p…
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This episode is geared towards people that sell on the internet and apps. If you follow our IG account, finders_thrift, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Most of these scams are scumbags in other countries trying to get you wire them money or get your account passwords. NEVER WIRE TRANSFER MONEY.…
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Identifying factors of ancient bronzes to look for
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In this short segment, I'll give you some tips to understand ancient chinese bronze techniques so you don't make the same mistake that i did!
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# 6 Tuesday makes a beautiful first impression on our podcast.
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The return of Clutter! They are quickly becoming my favorite auction location, except for the bidder that got dangerously close to being power bombed off the tailgate of my box truck. Intro Music is Roux by Bear Market Riot - Thanks to Nick and Kirk for allowing us to us it!
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We have some catching up to do in this episode and a brilliant idea for the criminals that listen to the show! Thank you as always for listening!
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The customers we love to hate and hate to love.
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We travel further down the road with Frankie attending his first auction and Matt buying one of the best units of his career!
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#2 Almost ruining a friendship or Picasso plays guitar outta this world
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As promised, where the idea for this podcast was originally hatched, including several of the artifacts in the Finders Museum and how they were acquired. Frankie almost disowns me as a friend.
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In The very first episode of our podcast we talk a little about our history and one of the strangest items we have on display which is the Prehistoric whale bone....that was guarded by a chupacabra.
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