running a estate sale

[onfire]

This has to be the racket of a life time First in on every thing, I'v seen guy's go in and put a bid to run it (Now I'm not saying they are disonest) but the racket they pull is pretty close to it. Earring posts at 14 ct. tools that look bad (craftsman) telling the people they are worthless then taking them back to Sears and getting new one's (personally know a guy who has hundereds of these things) First in on coins and last but not least there are contracts signed that allow the seller to take all that is not sold (taken to their store) could explain why some of these are so over priced on goods? Most of the time the people that hired the sellers are not allowed at the sale.

 

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[jerseyben]

 

[diggummup]

You can't judge all companies by the actions of one or a few. I agree, I don't like Estate sale companies but they are a necessary evil and there are a few honest ones.

 

[Jon Phillips]

And how about all those people that live up in the mountains? All mutant cannibals!!!! I've seen numerous movies to back that up.

And people that have metal detectors are all wierdos that lurk around parks to find spare change.....

Way to generalize!

 

[bazinga]

And how about all those people that live up in the mountains? All mutant cannibals!!!!

They aren't all mutant cannibals. Some just like to have fun with pork producing livestock.

 

[batcap]

I'm an estate sale co groupie.

This has to be the racket of a life time First in on every thing, I'v seen guy's go in and put a bid to run it (Now I'm not saying they are disonest) but the racket they pull is pretty close to it. Earring posts at 14 ct. tools that look bad (craftsman) telling the people they are worthless then taking them back to Sears and getting new one's (personally know a guy who has hundereds of these things) First in on coins and last but not least there are contracts signed that allow the seller to take all that is not sold (taken to their store) could explain why some of these are so over priced on goods? Most of the time the people that hired the sellers are not allowed at the sale.

I won't give away the name, but here we have an estate sale business that I find to be very fair in pricing. You get the run of the house, and they seem to know that the people lining up at the door are interested in reselling. They leave a decent margin for resale; the objective is to empty the house in two days. Two items off the top of my head had a 10x resale on ebay, though usually it's only doubling or tripling.
A business can't hoard housefull after housefull of stuff and still offer up a sale nearly every single week. The busiest estate sale company is the best for buyers. Sure, I've seen the same cornflower corningware at nearly every one of their sales, but generally each sale is as unique as the people that lived there, and the business doesn't price every object as if it is a treasured family heirloom.
Stay away from family run estate sales, or at least don't waste too much time rolling your eyes over the ebay pricing.

 

[crankyolman22]

And people that have metal detectors are all wierdos that lurk around parks to find spare change.....

You mean their not?