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I thought you could buy a used shipping container for like a grand, so that is a ridiculous rental rate.
by 0cf8612b2e1e 9d ago
I thought you could buy a used shipping container for like a grand, so that is a ridiculous rental rate.
- mike_bob 9d agoThese are slightly higher end, and from what I've seen they go for $2-3000. But still yes, it is ridiculous, and the company wont offer them for sale per the current contract! For convenience sake he'd rather pay the monthly fee than haul all his junk out, get them to pick the container up, buy new ones, and put all his cheap useless junk back in. It's maddening!
- nsvd2 9d agoHe could probably find someone to move the stuff for him for a small fee.
- mike_bob 9d agoIf only you knew my father and his distrust of most things. He's been watching 5+ hours of Fox News daily for 30+ years. There isn't much left in that mind.
- adammarples 9d agoJust sorting it out for him
- Henchman21 9d agoOne day you may be thankful that the junk is already in containers. You should be able to winch those up on a container truck for disposal
- pavel_lishin 9d agoDamn, first I misread your comment as saying your father charges other people 500 a month.
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- niwtsol 9d agoShipping container costs went up after covid, but still, at their peak you could buy one for ~$5k, $500/month is insane rental price especially if he never moves it. I looked up prices for 40ft container: pre-covid: Under $2,000, Peak Pandemic (2020-2021): >$8,000; 2022-2024: prices falling, Current: $2,300
- 0cf8612b2e1e 9d agoAh, I was thinking of the 20ft, which can still be had for $1-$2k. If you are storing junk, might as well go for the big guy.
- stickfigure 9d ago20ft containers cost almost the same as 40ft containers due to supply/demand. A couple months ago I paid $3500 delivered for a 1-trip 20ft container just outside the Bay Area. It was the best of four bids.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 8d agoMust be somewhat regional. My quick search showed some options as low as $700. Could be scams or nothing but rust, but still seems possible to get options well under $2k
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- aksss 9d agoHis storage unit may have HVAC and electricity, plus is paying for some warranty of security.
- apparent 9d agoIf the units are on his property, it's very unlikely he's getting the benefit of HVAC/electricity/security.
- SoftTalker 9d agoThe cheap ones are damaged or may be leaky, so they aren't necessarily good options for anything that you want to stay clean, dry, and rodent-free.
- xp84 8d agoI can corroborate that. I once rented a “storage unit” on Treasure Island — the cheapest facility “in” San Francisco by far. It was just containers with plywood walls built inside them to create units. My stuff all got wet from condensation and I threw away 90% of what we had in it. Lesson learned.
- antisthenes 8d agoMy friend got one for free, along with some miscellaneous office furniture inside of it (mostly useless, but some very solid pieces from the mid 1980s or so). We use it as emergency shelter and camping supplies storage on his rural land. The major pain of shipping containers is transporting it to its place of destination and not having the local municipality throw a fit about it (they really don't like unpermitted stuff). Renting one for such long term seems like 10x worse than renting an internet router.