A roommate of mine while in college is malay. So when he graduated from college, it is time to boot his azz back to his own country. So being in the usa, you buy things so with all of his junks, he set up an account at these storage facilities. Now it doesn't make any sense to store stuff that cost less than the monthly bill. In due time, they can't continue to pay for it and so, that's how you get storage wars where they auction off your lot.