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Teen Turns Abandoned Storage Lockers into $7,000/Month Business

4/1/2026

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Michael Haskell, a seventeen-year-old from Staten Island, turned abandoned storage lockers into a profitable business.
He buys lockers at public lien auctions and has done so for two years, inspired by Storage Wars.
He runs an eBay store called Mike’s Unique Treasures and earns over $7,000 a month from his finds.
A recent unit included birdcages and Art Deco lamps that he plans to sell for profit.

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Story summary

Michael Haskell, a seventeen-year-old from Staten Island, turned abandoned storage lockers into a profitable business.
He buys lockers at public lien auctions and has done so for two years, inspired by Storage Wars.
He runs an eBay store called Mike’s Unique Treasures and earns over $7,000 a month from his finds.
A recent unit included birdcages and Art Deco lamps that he plans to sell for profit.