Storage Wars: Season 3, Episode 27: “The Big Boy vs the Heavyweight.”
Auction took place for the first time in La Habra, California, about 30 miles outside of L.A. New bidder Ivy Calvin former Ultimate Fighter known now as the “King of Palmdale” took part.
Darrell brought his money (check), his lucky charm gal Kimber (check) and his skills (cough, cough).
Jarrod and Brandi argued in the car about buying inventory for a 10,000 sq ft. store they don’t own.
Brandi: Let’s not put the cart before the horse.
Jarrod: We don’t have an empty cart either.
Barry arrived dressed in his crazy diamond patterned pants. Too cool for school. Let’s get class started and begin the auction.
First unit was stacked poorly but did possess some possible profit. Quality wooden chairs, boxes, and a rug. Jarrod won the bid without much pressure for $300.
Time for the ex-Ultimate Fighter to TKO the competition. Ivy won the 2nd unit for $450, 3rd unit for $225, and the 4th unit for $60.
Fifth unit held promise. Furniture, writing desk, chairs, boxes and canvas bags. All players bid but Barry won the unit for $800.
Last unit of the day tagged the “Tool Unit.” Myriad of welding machines, tools, drills, and machinery. Darrell mano-a-mano against the ex-Ultimate Fighter.
And the winner after several raised eyebrow bids, wearing a black ski cap, black t-shirt and weighing in at (well, more than he should weigh) was Darrell Sheets at $2,600 for the unit.
Ivy dug into his first locker. Pulled out a girl’s bike frame. Wheels were off but he said he saw the white walls inside the unit. Ivy stated he could sell the bike for $200.
Throw in the towel!
I may not be a bike expert but realistically Ivy might get $25-$40 for that bike, but no way would someone pay premium price unless it was a collectible. Talk about inflated appraisal to make your unit look good. Moving on…
Jarrod and Brandi found a HP-01 Hewlett Packard Calculator Watch. They had it appraised. It’s the only watch made by Hewlett Packard and the gold version is highly collectible. The nerd watch was valued at around $1,300.
Darrell made out like a bandit on his unit. Bucket full of grinders. Two large welding machines. Industrial machines and several tanks. He made bank. I’m still not sure it was skill as much as it was to impress his gal Kimber, but I give him props for buying the best locker of the day.
Barry won a huge unit. What did he keep? A small range finder then walked off. This is what I don’t get about Barry. Why does he buy big units and only keeps one or two items?
He went to a golf course to meet professional golfer John Daly. Definitely contest of the crazy pants with those two. John told Barry he had never seen such a technical range finder.
Called it the “Mac Daddy” of range finders and appraised it around $1,500-$1,600. How does Barry manage to take one item and still make a profit out of the unit?
Profit Scorecard:
Darrell Sheets: $7,360
Ivy Calvin: $2,225
Jarrod Schulz & Brandi Passante: $1,370
Barry Weiss: $1,125
Darrell KO Ivy on unit profit. John Daly KO Barry with his golf swing and with crazier pants than Barry. Didn’t think that was ever possible.
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