I go to a lot of estate auctions and I am tired of getting ripped off before I can get all the items I bought out to my van. This weekend, I made several bids at one home, was awarded one bedroom and one sewing room as well as lots throughout the house. I’m by myself and I tried my best to get all my items but I was unsuccessful. None of the room doors locked or had keys. I lost several hundred dollars worth of photography equipment from a hidden portion of a closet in the sewing room. I am just so fed up with loosing my stuff before I can get it packed and stowed away.
I’d like to know if there is any device on the market that would help me secure a room. It is doubtful that the auctioneers or the home owners would let me screw a locking device on their doors. I was thinking about some type of adjustible bar that locks at a certain length and preferably, one with a rolled up metal screening than can be pulled out from a top bar and secured to a bottom bar. Anybody know of anything like that? Or anything else I can use to make sure a room I’m packing is off limits while I run stuff out to my van or while I’m packing up other lots I bought? Any tips would be appreciated.