. >> reporter: it's not the island of misfit toys, but a warehouse in shorewood, illinois, devoted to vacuum for the wall -- >> reporter: part of slideby.com, an online auction company that operates a deeply discounted store and fixed price warehouse sale. >> the strangest thing i've seen is a full-size hot tub came off the back of a rub it. >> reporter: steve fitzgerald is ceo and says cultures like his take what retailers don't want to restock. >> a lot of cases things get returned and there might be box damage or missing screws or missing directions, and retailers want to protect their customer experience and want that to be perfect. >> reporter: every day they get a 40-foot trailer like this filled with 1,600 boxes, in this case of items they don't know what's in them. once processed, items in imperfect to pristine condition are up for bid. >> everything starts at a dollar, no reserve price. the market determines what it's worth. >> reporter: josh comer has snapped up hundreds of deals. what do you do? >> i resell. >> reporter: this this like a side house ill for -- hustle for you

cbs news, shorewood, illinois. >>> the national weather service has issued a flood watch all throughout the highlighted zones and counties on the map, and it's pretty much throughout the whole bay area. the biwe are keeping an eye on the low-lying intersections, that's where we see the best chance of flooding into the next few days. the rain is still right around the corner, and this is what we were looking at this morning. into the afternoon hours, it's going to be more dense. it will time out around the 3:00 hour into the 5:00 hour, and widespread scattered showers throughout the bay. notice into the north bay, we see the isolated heavier storms, consistent throughout the overnight hours tonight, and by early morning hours tomorrow, we still see it very consistent. it's directed straight at the bay. scattered showers throughout friday afternoon, and heavier pockets for our friends near santa rosa, napa county, and across the board. lighter for our friends in the south bay this is saturday morning now, and it's consistent as we ring in the new year, and even into the new year on sunday