Black Friday Opening Blast: 86,000 Sq Ft Bin Store, 200 Bins, and How We Scale Fast
Black Friday Opening Blast
Today has been one of those days.
Guys… we’ve got FC coming in, we’ve got e-scrap coming in, we’ve got e-scrap going out, we’ve got mystery boxes going out… and the warehouse is damn crazy.
And this is exactly what it looks like when you’re doing it right: inventory flowing, money moving, and you trying not to get run over by your own momentum.
When Business Gets “Crazy”… That’s the Point
I don’t know about you guys, but business has been insane lately.
Loads coming in. Loads going out.
I’m buying a ton of loads… and people from all over the country keep hitting me up like, “Tom, can you get me loads?”
And even though I’m killing it in the load department…
I still don’t have enough to supply everybody.
That’s not me complaining. That’s me telling you the truth:
Demand is there if your inventoryx doesn’t suck.
Now, here’s the part you need to tattoo on your brain…
You Need 3, 4, 5, 6 Streams of Income… Minimum
If you’re still playing the “one type of load” game, you’re gonna get cooked.
You need multiple lanes of revenue, guys.
We counted the other day… we have over 12 different lines of revenue.
Read that again: 12.
FC pallets
e-scrap pallets
Wayfair furniture truckloads
mystery box truckloads
shoes
and everything else we can touch that moves
Because the goal isn’t to “find one perfect deal.”
The goal is to build a machine where something is always selling.
And yeah… I can give you advice all day long.
But you’ve got to do the footwork.
Talk to everybody. Shake hands. Make offers. Follow up.
Inventory doesn’t magically appear. You go hunt it.
Yes, Text Me. Harass Me. I Don’t Care.
Guys, I’ll try my best to supply everybody I can.
But if you text me and I don’t respond immediately…
it’s because I’m searching, looking, moving, loading, unloading… doing business.
So feel free to harass me on the text messages.
That doesn’t bother me.
Because when I sit down and have my daddy juice at night…
I’ll hit you back.
That’s how busy it is right now.
And that’s a good thing. That’s a really good thing.
The $750 Halloween Doll That Turns Into $4,500
Now here’s a fun little side quest…
Guys—Spirit Halloween displays?
They sell for way more after the season than they do in the store.
Store shuts down after Halloween:
Day 1: 25% off
Day 2: 50% off
But some stores had those Squid Game “Red Light Green Light” Young-Hee dolls.
And those weren’t for sale during the season.
You had to get on the list.
You had to pay $750.
So I went to 10 different stores, got on the list…
and I only won one.
But here’s the punchline:
You look on eBay… some are selling for $4,500 right now.
That’s a monster flip.
And what did I do?
I’m not selling it.
It’s going in the museum.
I want an army of them.
Because I’m building something bigger than the hustle: a brand.
Restock Day: Fill Your Freaking Bins
It’s Wednesday.
Restock day at my bin store in Lake Wales, Florida (inside the mall).
And listen to me:
We start by cleaning out the bins.
Nothing left over from the week before.
Then we fill them as high as we can.
If things aren’t falling off the bins, I tell my employees:
Put more stuff in them.
Because people will buy as much as you put in there.
Some people organize by category.
Not me.
Everything goes in.
We dump.
We sell.
We rock and roll.
This is all about volume over value.
And here’s where most people screw it up:
They pull all the value out.
Or they run processed loads and dead junk in their bins.
And then they wonder why the store dies.
Guys… leave the good stuff in the bins.
If you see something worth $300–$400, yeah, pull it.
But something worth $100?
Leave it.
Let the customers “win.”
Because when they find deals, they come back again… again… and again.
That’s the business.
The Big Announcement: World’s Largest Bin Store (Black Friday Opening)
Guys… huge announcement.
Tom Schultz. Liquidation Motivation. BinChasers.
We’re opening the world’s largest bin store.
86,000 square feet.
That’s right.
We’re building 200 bins.
Two hundred.
If you know a bin store bigger than that, tell me—because I don’t think anybody is bigger.
And the goal?
Opening day on Black Friday.
When everybody is out shopping… we’re opening the newest BinChasers store and lighting the place up.
Building 200 Bins: This Is Where You Save Your Damn Money
Let me break down what “200 bins” really means:
800 legs
800 wheels
thousands and thousands of screws
wood glue
hardware
plywood by the sea
We built a prototype first.
At retail pricing, the prototype cost about $130 (including wheels).
Then we did what smart operators do:
We went hunting for savings.
We bought rejected 3/4-inch plywood and saved thousands.
We went to Lowe’s Pro Desk for discounts…
and then we found the real move:
eBay.
We bought bulk hardware (like 10,000 screws at a time) for about 25% of Lowe’s cost.
And we cut $7,000–$8,000 off the build total.
That’s what I mean when I say:
save your damn money.
The Bin Engineering That Stops the “Leg Break” Problem
Here’s why bins collapse:
When you drill straight through plywood into the leg, you hit a bump…
and the screw head rips through the plywood.
Leg breaks off.
Bin collapses.
We’ve knocked over a lot of bins in our lifetime.
So we changed the design.
We use an 8-inch plate on the top of the leg, glue the hell out of it, and bolt it to the bin.
So for the leg to come off…
that whole plate would have to rip away from 3/4-inch plywood.
That’s not happening.
And the best part?
Our legs come off, so we can transport bins like adults.
Legs go inside the bin.
Bins stack six to eight high.
You can ship nearly 100 bins in a tractor trailer instead of 16.
That’s how you scale.
Pop-Up Store Strategy: Cheap Leases, Zero Remodel, Maximum Speed
This is what I’ve been preaching:
Get temporary leases where the rent is cheap.
Dirt cheap.
And I finally did it myself.
We found an 86,000 sq ft store with:
beautiful flooring
tile walkways
basically zero work needed
Remember other big stores doing months of remodel?
Not us.
We’re not wasting time.
We’re opening fast.
And our bin ends come off because I throw away bin leftovers.
Sweep it out.
Pallet it.
Give it away or trash it.
I don’t care.
Because if you’re doing $100,000 a week in sales…
why are you worrying about $400 worth of leftovers?
I want speed.
I want labor down.
I want the store moving.
Avoid the scramble game.
Holiday Inventory: Buy It Cheap, Store It, Cash It Later
Here’s another play most people ignore:
Buy holiday stuff in January and February.
That’s when it’s cheap.
Like 10% of retail cheap.
Then you store it and sell it next season.
I’ve got 50–60 pallets worth of Christmas stuff.
Trees, lights, big Santa Clauses, stockings, goofy necklaces—stuff people love.
And because I have the room… I can do it.
Example:
A 12-foot Christmas tree (Costco)
$900 retail
we paid around $90
in season, we can get $400–$500
Not everybody can use a 12-footer, but the people who want it?
They can’t find it.
That’s how you bank.
Live Auction + Whatnot + HiBid: The 3-Lane Sell System
Here’s the machine:
Whatnot every day
HiBid once a week
Live auction Saturdays at noon
We get 150 people every live auction.
We’re doing $7K, $10K, $12K in sales.
And yeah—I used to think live auctions weren’t necessary.
But there’s a whole segment of people who hate online auctions.
They want to see it, touch it, feel it.
So we give them what they want.
And we collect the money.
Rapid-Fire Value Riffs (Real Math)
1) The Spirit Halloween Flip
Cost: $750
Market: $4,500
Even if you sold at $4,000 to move fast: that’s a massive win.
2) The 200 Bin Reality
200 bins = 800 legs + 800 wheels.
If you don’t buy hardware in bulk, you’ll light cash on fire.
3) The Holiday Tree Play
Buy at 10% of retail
Sell in season at 40–60% of retail
That spread is where the money is—if you have storage.
4) The Auction Machine
If you average $10,000 per live auction weekly:
That’s roughly $40,000/month in one extra lane.
This is why you build multiple streams.
Ops Rules: Don’t Get Burnt
Build multiple revenue lanes so you’re not dependent on one type of inventory.
Fill your freaking bins—high and heavy.
Don’t pull all the value out. Let customers win so they come back.
Buy holiday inventory in the off-season.
Bulk buy hardware. eBay is your friend.
Build bins that don’t collapse when they hit bumps.
Keep cleaning simple: sweep, pallet, dump, move on.
Stop wasting labor chasing leftovers like it’s your life mission.
Rally Close
Guys… this is the most wonderful time of year if you’re in liquidation.
Inventory moves.
People shop.
Cash hits your hand faster.
Follow along at LiquidationMotivation.com.
If you want to reach out to me: 315-778-8744.
Now go out there and make some money.
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