Orchidflower
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I'd like to hold a great, big estate sale but understand from an estate sales "pro" that folks who come thru the house tend to snoop--she seemed to think roping off the living room with all the "not for sale" items and throwing sheets over the stuff wasn't a workable idea because of said snooping. I have no clue if this is right or not. She said it would only work if the house was totally empty. Anyone have a clue about this?
Has anyone here thrown an estate sale and do you have any ideas as to how to put one together where it goes smoothly?
Due to the huge volume of wonderful items (aka crap) here, this is impossible to do on the lawn or in the double garage, so inside the house will have to be it I guess.
I can rent tables and buy paper tablecloths to set breakables, jewlery and table items on, line up tools in a corner, stack sheets/towels in boxes for ease of looking and organize like that if it would work? Any wonderful ideas you used that would help make this easy for others, too?
P.S. The "pro" I spoke to was very enthusiastic about doing the estate sale for me...until I told her I would be going thru each and every item checking to see if there wasn't gold coins or some other pricey item stuck between something. Amazing how all of a sudden her enthusiasm dwindled down to: "When YOU (meaning me) bring things up from the basement (huh? Wasn't that their job?), make sure you hang all of them on hangers in a closet?" I politely thanked her and made plans to do the entire thing myself. Guess I'll just be keeping that 25% commission after all.
Moral of this story: So, even someone with a supposed "honest" reputation isn't so honest it seems. Sad how people circle around trying to get something for nothing at times.
Has anyone here thrown an estate sale and do you have any ideas as to how to put one together where it goes smoothly?
Due to the huge volume of wonderful items (aka crap) here, this is impossible to do on the lawn or in the double garage, so inside the house will have to be it I guess.
I can rent tables and buy paper tablecloths to set breakables, jewlery and table items on, line up tools in a corner, stack sheets/towels in boxes for ease of looking and organize like that if it would work? Any wonderful ideas you used that would help make this easy for others, too?
P.S. The "pro" I spoke to was very enthusiastic about doing the estate sale for me...until I told her I would be going thru each and every item checking to see if there wasn't gold coins or some other pricey item stuck between something. Amazing how all of a sudden her enthusiasm dwindled down to: "When YOU (meaning me) bring things up from the basement (huh? Wasn't that their job?), make sure you hang all of them on hangers in a closet?" I politely thanked her and made plans to do the entire thing myself. Guess I'll just be keeping that 25% commission after all.
Moral of this story: So, even someone with a supposed "honest" reputation isn't so honest it seems. Sad how people circle around trying to get something for nothing at times.