when you are allowed to stay in that persons house you escape with, if you put your stuff in the containers will it act as a house and save the items there or will they disappear? I really need to offload some items

Sadly no.

nope u will loose it. find a spot in the wilderness u will remember and dump it there. u won't loose it that way

looks like I'm going to have to save up 5K for a house in Whiterun then. Thankyou

ALSO what do I do with dragon scales/bones? Are they worth keeping or do I sell them