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<p>[QUOTE="laura9797, post: 10301000, member: 9323"]And this is why as an estate sale owner, our prices aren't 25 cents. If you clean and stage an entire home that has been added to over 40 years, it is a lot of work! We typically spend 2 weeks, 10 am - 5pm every day getting a sale staged and priced. These type of items sell much better in their natural environment (cleaned and staged) then on a table with 100 other items - although true pickers do love the hunt! Every now and then we will get someone who will ask where we get our pricing from but every sale we hear how clean and uncluttered and nicely organized we are. Some folks will not step foot in an estate sale because they don't want to pay for someone else's hard work which is fine. A lot of folks don't realize that we take on a lot; cleaning out drawers, closets, attics and basements and when the sale is over, we can hand a completely EMPTY and clean home to the realtor or family members. If you are living in the home, you really can't do this but there are some companies who will come in an photograph and do an online estate sale. These don't perform as well for us but could be another avenue for you to look into.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="laura9797, post: 10301000, member: 9323"]And this is why as an estate sale owner, our prices aren't 25 cents. If you clean and stage an entire home that has been added to over 40 years, it is a lot of work! We typically spend 2 weeks, 10 am - 5pm every day getting a sale staged and priced. These type of items sell much better in their natural environment (cleaned and staged) then on a table with 100 other items - although true pickers do love the hunt! Every now and then we will get someone who will ask where we get our pricing from but every sale we hear how clean and uncluttered and nicely organized we are. Some folks will not step foot in an estate sale because they don't want to pay for someone else's hard work which is fine. A lot of folks don't realize that we take on a lot; cleaning out drawers, closets, attics and basements and when the sale is over, we can hand a completely EMPTY and clean home to the realtor or family members. If you are living in the home, you really can't do this but there are some companies who will come in an photograph and do an online estate sale. These don't perform as well for us but could be another avenue for you to look into.[/QUOTE]
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