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I'd buy that for a dollar!
Rick wrote:
Ken G. wrote: Whoever did that estate sale, obviously, did not have their client in their best interest or even had a clue ... ... and Phil, knowing what you know, you ripped your neighbor off ... Well Graham some of these estate cleanout sales are geared to get rid of stuff instead of trying to run an antique shop where half the stuff dont sell because its all priced to high then the estate sale company just keeps it & sells it . I noticed this happening here years back so most people now just sell the stuff themselves . I have not seen an ``estate company`` doing estates here for some time now . One estate sale company near here gathers up the good stuff , looks up its value from books and internet then puts 1/3 that value on the stuff Having "been there, done that" unless there is a pile of known good stuff, or possibly good stuff, a family may have far more interest in clearing the home quickly - while a mortgage may still be running on the property and real estate taxes have to be paid and the stuff has to go before the house can even be fixed up and shown to buyers - than picking nits over whether they should have got $5.00 versus $15.00 for any given item. And dragging an Estate Auctioneer into the process doesn't guarantee a higher return either - when a bunch of dealers show up for the sale who *do not* want to pay top dollar for anything. Or an Auctioneer who drags their own "Antiques" into the sale and ends up selling far more of their merchandise than your own. An Estate Auction is an option. But squeezing every penny out of relatively worthless items isn't always the top priority when clearing a house. Phil got darn lucky on that radio. But seriously, do you think a bidding war would have broken out on a radio like that if their was an Estate auction? Rick I see offers on Freecycle to clean out houses around here. They divide the stuff into rough groupings, and just give it away, rather than spend the time needed on more pressing matters. I don't reply to any of the offers, because there is always someone who needs the stuff more than I do. When my next door neighbor died, a guy he'd more or less raised years ago showed up with a big truck and trailer to take his best hand and power tools, then he left everything else behind. My dad helped the widow clean the place out, and I made countless trips to different thrift stores to give away truckloads of things she didn't want to keep so the older home could be replaced. Its like a thread on news:sci.electronics.design about volunteerism right now. Why hang on to a lot of household items you don't need, when people have lost their homes to fire, tornados, hurricanes or other situations that isn't their fault? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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