Post by #DaveHesterSWAG on Nov 25, 2011 15:52:41 GMT -5
David Hester Sr.: The Life of an Auction Hunter
Early Years:
Dave Hester was born into a military family in the poor suburb, Santa Ana, California. For most of his childhood, he lived with his brother, and parents in government assisted housing. Even though his family was extremely poor, living off a measly military salary, his parents made sure they gave him everything he needed to be successful in the future. His mother would always do whatever she could to make sure Dave and his brother had neat and clean clothes to go to church on Sundays, and a bus pass so that they could attend a school in a much safer district of California. But even with all this help form his parents; Dave was a rebel at heart. He would leave every morning as if he was going to school, but at least half of the time, he would end up in downtown Anaheim, try to make an extra few bucks selling scraps that he found on the streets. In fact, there was a point that Dave got so good at selling, he was making over $150 a week -- quite the hefty sum for a teenage boy. But then, everything changed. When Dave was 16, his father was deployed to go over to the Middle East and fight some Taliban. Unfortunately, his Dad did not even make if across the Atlantic Ocean, as their cargo plane blew an engine and crashed viciously into the ocean water, no bodies have ever been recovered from the wreckage.
The Mid-Life (Crisis) Times:
When Dave turned 20, he finally moved out of his parent house, in hopes to be able to give him mother a better life. He had inherited his father’s enormous toy train collection, and started by slowly selling that off. It turned out that this collection was extremely valuable and in the end, it earned him over $300,000. With most of this money, Dave decided he would open a furniture store in Mesa, California. Business started extremely slow, and Dave considered closing down and accepting that his life was doomed to a minimum wage job at McDonalds. Thankfully, he pressed on and business slowly picked up. In his third year of operations, he made over $100,000 in pure profits. Most of this he pumped back into his business to build and expand it, and immediate dividends were paid. Dave took home a cool $250,000 in 2004, and was able to purchase his mother a home that she could call her own.
But then, the crisis part happened. In early 2005, Dave was arrested and charged with a DUI. He was facing possibly three months in jail, and a number of hefty fines. Possibly large enough that would force him to sell the home he bought for his mother. Dave, in the end, got off extremely lucky, only being forced to do 300 hours of community service at a local Goodwill Store. During Dave’s time there, he learned many more things about business, in general, and even took a liking to selling lower-end merchandise. Dave left the Goodwill Store with a brand new business plan, and an idea that would make him millions.
He’s in the Money… He’s in the Money…
Dave’s new business plan was to turn his successful furniture store, into a second hand thrift store, as well as a consignment gallery. To fill his store, he decided that he would start purchasing storage lockers. Basically, storage lockers are put up for auction when their owners do not pay rent on them for three month. The storage company then hires an auctioneer to sell them to the highest bidder. To be successful in this business, you need to have a lot of experience with multiple types of items, and be able to place a value on what you can see. While buying storage lockers, Dave has made quite the reputation for himself, and it isn’t a reputation to be proud of. He is known as being extremely loud and obnoxious, yelling his trademarked phrase “YUUUUUUUUP” whenever he makes a bid. His ways have drawn the ire of fellow auction buyers Darrell Sheets, Jarrod Shultz and Barry Weiss. Dave has been extremely successful with this business, and currently has a net value in excess of 1.5 million, and has recently opened his own high-end auction gallery, in an effort to increase his profits.
So Dave, How did you get into the UFSL?
You may be wondering how and why a 4 something year old successful auction buyer got into the new upstart league, the UFSL. Well, the answer is quite simple. Over the last 6 months, Dave has been hitting the gym extremely hard, and in the process, he somehow grew a whopping 6 inches taller. In that time, he became a sort of athletic freak. When he heard that a new league was opening with a bunch of people just like him, he felt it was his time. So Dave sold everything he owned, and entered the draft.
Dave was drafted in the final round, to the Reno Predators. Ever since Dave has got to Reno, he has been nothing but nuisance to team management. At first, the team wanted to pull a fast one and try to move him from WR to the extremely unimportant position of SS. Dave was having none of that and yelled `NOOOOOOOO` and that was that, he was staying at WR. Dave has currently been placed at the slot WR position, even though he is clearly the best the team, and possibly league currently has to offer. His GM, Shotty, appears to be delusional in the fact that he feels his player is the best, when in reality, he`s got nothing on Dave Hester Sr. Rumour has it that Dave Hester has asked for a trade to a team that actually understands how to use its talent, but in the meantime, he will be the best slot WR the league has ever seen.
Early Years:
Dave Hester was born into a military family in the poor suburb, Santa Ana, California. For most of his childhood, he lived with his brother, and parents in government assisted housing. Even though his family was extremely poor, living off a measly military salary, his parents made sure they gave him everything he needed to be successful in the future. His mother would always do whatever she could to make sure Dave and his brother had neat and clean clothes to go to church on Sundays, and a bus pass so that they could attend a school in a much safer district of California. But even with all this help form his parents; Dave was a rebel at heart. He would leave every morning as if he was going to school, but at least half of the time, he would end up in downtown Anaheim, try to make an extra few bucks selling scraps that he found on the streets. In fact, there was a point that Dave got so good at selling, he was making over $150 a week -- quite the hefty sum for a teenage boy. But then, everything changed. When Dave was 16, his father was deployed to go over to the Middle East and fight some Taliban. Unfortunately, his Dad did not even make if across the Atlantic Ocean, as their cargo plane blew an engine and crashed viciously into the ocean water, no bodies have ever been recovered from the wreckage.
The Mid-Life (Crisis) Times:
When Dave turned 20, he finally moved out of his parent house, in hopes to be able to give him mother a better life. He had inherited his father’s enormous toy train collection, and started by slowly selling that off. It turned out that this collection was extremely valuable and in the end, it earned him over $300,000. With most of this money, Dave decided he would open a furniture store in Mesa, California. Business started extremely slow, and Dave considered closing down and accepting that his life was doomed to a minimum wage job at McDonalds. Thankfully, he pressed on and business slowly picked up. In his third year of operations, he made over $100,000 in pure profits. Most of this he pumped back into his business to build and expand it, and immediate dividends were paid. Dave took home a cool $250,000 in 2004, and was able to purchase his mother a home that she could call her own.
But then, the crisis part happened. In early 2005, Dave was arrested and charged with a DUI. He was facing possibly three months in jail, and a number of hefty fines. Possibly large enough that would force him to sell the home he bought for his mother. Dave, in the end, got off extremely lucky, only being forced to do 300 hours of community service at a local Goodwill Store. During Dave’s time there, he learned many more things about business, in general, and even took a liking to selling lower-end merchandise. Dave left the Goodwill Store with a brand new business plan, and an idea that would make him millions.
He’s in the Money… He’s in the Money…
Dave’s new business plan was to turn his successful furniture store, into a second hand thrift store, as well as a consignment gallery. To fill his store, he decided that he would start purchasing storage lockers. Basically, storage lockers are put up for auction when their owners do not pay rent on them for three month. The storage company then hires an auctioneer to sell them to the highest bidder. To be successful in this business, you need to have a lot of experience with multiple types of items, and be able to place a value on what you can see. While buying storage lockers, Dave has made quite the reputation for himself, and it isn’t a reputation to be proud of. He is known as being extremely loud and obnoxious, yelling his trademarked phrase “YUUUUUUUUP” whenever he makes a bid. His ways have drawn the ire of fellow auction buyers Darrell Sheets, Jarrod Shultz and Barry Weiss. Dave has been extremely successful with this business, and currently has a net value in excess of 1.5 million, and has recently opened his own high-end auction gallery, in an effort to increase his profits.
So Dave, How did you get into the UFSL?
You may be wondering how and why a 4 something year old successful auction buyer got into the new upstart league, the UFSL. Well, the answer is quite simple. Over the last 6 months, Dave has been hitting the gym extremely hard, and in the process, he somehow grew a whopping 6 inches taller. In that time, he became a sort of athletic freak. When he heard that a new league was opening with a bunch of people just like him, he felt it was his time. So Dave sold everything he owned, and entered the draft.
Dave was drafted in the final round, to the Reno Predators. Ever since Dave has got to Reno, he has been nothing but nuisance to team management. At first, the team wanted to pull a fast one and try to move him from WR to the extremely unimportant position of SS. Dave was having none of that and yelled `NOOOOOOOO` and that was that, he was staying at WR. Dave has currently been placed at the slot WR position, even though he is clearly the best the team, and possibly league currently has to offer. His GM, Shotty, appears to be delusional in the fact that he feels his player is the best, when in reality, he`s got nothing on Dave Hester Sr. Rumour has it that Dave Hester has asked for a trade to a team that actually understands how to use its talent, but in the meantime, he will be the best slot WR the league has ever seen.
