Some people make a rather odd use of those rentable self storage units you see cropping up all over the landscape - they put stuff that doesn't fit at their residence in them on a long-term basis. Normal folks use these things for things like temporarily living in a small apartment during renovations being made to their home, or between residences because of a move, a lengthy overseas assignment, etc.
The former crowd is spending money on stuff they value so little they are not using it. Yet they "can't bear" to part with it. It is the very subject of the reality show "Auction Hunters" since at any given time, some 10,000 of these things are sitting abandoned across the U.S.
What are these people thinking? They're paying money for no return. Moreover, the storage unit place can raise their prices pretty much at will because it is highly doubtful that the unit renter will gather up and move all that crap to a cheaper place.
So I say again - what are these people thinking?
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