NP_Gresham Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) On 12/8/2023 at 4:32 PM, D84 said: How about start your own threads? A guy who started one of the longest threads ever went to jail. He was a piece of work. So feel free to rant, the world moves as it will without you. Edited December 24, 2023 by NP_Gresham CAHokie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 5:23 PM, NP_Gresham said: A guy who started one of the longest threads ever went to jail. He was a piece of work. So feel free to rant, the world moves as it will without you. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PovertyRow Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/12/2023 at 5:33 PM, Robot Man said: I made him very happy. Wonder what the original owner would have thought if he had known... TMI perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) I store my long box of Action Comics #1’s in storage, guess I’d better move them to the basement like ole Church did. Edited January 5 by BigLeagueCHEW Off Panel and Mmehdy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFranklin Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I kept my collection in a storage unit for 10 years, no problems, maybe I got lucky. Additionally, I don't have a lot of high dollar books. One thing I consistently did, if I moved any boxes i would place four on a cart and place a larger empty box over the four so it appeared to be one large box and I pushed the cart into the unit before uncovering the four. I figured it was better than letting anyone see the short boxes of comics which someone might recognize as comic boxes. But I do agree with the OP that high dollar books probably shouldn't be in a storage unit. SkOw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Zen Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 grendelbo, Mmehdy and Off Panel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/3/2024 at 7:21 PM, Dr Zen said: I don't know why you'd make a point of drawing attention to the fact that you still have some valuable books that weren't taken still in a storage facility that's been hit a few times (although I do question some of his value claims). mysterymachine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 @MattTheMexican posting here for the thread attention, will be on the look out! MattTheMexican, D84 and grendelbo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 video says he has insurance... but insurance companies dont insure storage facilities, do they? Maybe he said that BEFOARE he spoke with them and found out he wasn't covered... Pretty big storage room though! nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) On 2/14/2024 at 11:10 PM, Aman619 said: video says he has insurance... but insurance companies dont insure storage facilities, do they? Maybe he said that BEFOARE he spoke with them and found out he wasn't covered... Pretty big storage room though! nice Yes, they do. Your homeowners will cover it up to a certain amount, and CIA will cover it at around a 15-20% premium over home storage.. Most storage facilities I've dealt with have mandatory insurance if you don't provide your own. You need to have some insurance in case you start a fire that spreads to other units. Edited February 23 by shadroch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I’m with CIA and I recall them saying they don’t cover it. Maybe that was many years ago and now they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2024 at 10:47 AM, shadroch said: Yes, they do. Your homeowners will cover it up to a certain amount, and CIA will cover it at around a 15-20% premium over home storage.. Most storage facilities I've dealt with have mandatory insurance if you don't provide your own. You need to have some insurance in case you start a fire that spreads to other units. Read the fine print on those mandatory insurance policies. I've never seen one actually pay out. Also, a lot of these contracts have a clause something along the lines of you are not allowed to store over a certain total dollar amount. Most of the "insurance policies" say that if you violate your contract, they won't pay. So, if you store anything high dollar in there, you are S.O.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2024 at 8:36 PM, D84 said: Read the fine print on those mandatory insurance policies. I've never seen one actually pay out. Also, a lot of these contracts have a clause something along the lines of you are not allowed to store over a certain total dollar amount. Most of the "insurance policies" say that if you violate your contract, they won't pay. So, if you store anything high dollar in there, you are S.O.L. The mandatory policies protect the facility in case of a fire or if you damage their property. My homeowners provide up to $7500 for storage units, and CIA charges more to cover storage units, so I'm covered up to my policy limit. I wouldn't store anything of high value, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kortoga Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 wow, no one loves your baby more than you. People will treat (store) their "stuff" at their own level of competency. Thanks for the info everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijael.Levy Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) I don't keep the cards at the PSA vault , i send them for weekly auction to Goldin. The cards i want for my PC are shipped back to me. Edited March 30 by Mijael.Levy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 12/11/2023 at 7:07 AM, D84 said: I used to tell every customer that if they didn't need it in the house, they didn't need it. It never dissuade a single person, but I tried. As someone who worked at a storage facility I wonder, how much did you know about what was stored at your facility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 On 3/30/2024 at 2:51 PM, thehumantorch said: As someone who worked at a storage facility I wonder, how much did you know about what was stored at your facility? We'd ask in general what they were storing, to help determine the size they needed. Like how many boxes, what size are they, any furniture, but I wanted as little detail as possible. thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdraheim Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I guess I was one of the lucky ones. 20 years ago I moved to Valencia, CA and I needed a storage unit for my comic collection. My collection was smaller then but now I have 135 short boxes - about 14,000 comics. I kept about 300 comics at my house (the most valuable), but everything else was kept in this storage unit. It was climate controlled. It had a security code system to access the facility. For added security no one ever saw what I had in my storage unit, and the people who knew I had comics in storage never knew which facility I used. I went there almost weekly to file away my latest acquisitions, and I would run over there more frequently after an earthquake or heavy rains. In 20 years I never had a problem. I recently retired and moved out of state and I can now put all my comics in my new house. Heronext, HouseofComics.Com, CHASEnBLUE and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/30/2024 at 9:03 PM, jdraheim said: I guess I was one of the lucky ones. 20 years ago I moved to Valencia, CA and I needed a storage unit for my comic collection. My collection was smaller then but now I have 135 short boxes - about 14,000 comics. I kept about 300 comics at my house (the most valuable), but everything else was kept in this storage unit. It was climate controlled. It had a security code system to access the facility. For added security no one ever saw what I had in my storage unit, and the people who knew I had comics in storage never knew which facility I used. I went there almost weekly to file away my latest acquisitions, and I would run over there more frequently after an earthquake or heavy rains. In 20 years I never had a problem. I recently retired and moved out of state and I can now put all my comics in my new house. This picture makes my OCD sing a sweet melody. Artifiction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifiction Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) On 4/1/2024 at 2:56 PM, Chip Cataldo said: This picture makes my OCD sing a sweet melody. Mine is singing "Get those boxes up off of the floor". Edited April 3 by Artifiction Transplant, thehumantorch and batman_fan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
