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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 7855080, member: 99642&quot;]I agree with your first sentence, but not necessarily with your second.</p><p>Most of the estate sales I&#039;ve been to have been at larger homes where the residents are older and trying to down-size. The folks have been empty-nesters for some years, free to travel, with disposable income, and have made a lot of purchases and have filled up their &quot;empty nests&quot; with those purchases. Now they&#039;re ready to settle down to live out the rest of their lives and want to unclutter and simplify.</p><p>For the most part, these older couples have moved to a smaller(2 or 3 bedroom) apartment, condo or town home, with little or no outdoor maintenance. With a smaller home and no yard work, the large garage and almost everything in it becomes surplus, thus some great deals on yard tools, yard art, patio furniture, BBQ grills, etc, become available. The man of the house usually has a wide range of both power and hand tools that they most likely will not be using any more, plus all the stuff he has collected over the years.</p><p>&nbsp;The relatives probably have their own.</p><p>Inside, a lot of these folks have 2 or 3 of everything, ranging from very old, to slightly out-dated, to currently used. Coffee makers, waffle irons, crock pots, etc..</p><p>Typically, the wife has filled the kitchen and dining room with collections of housewares, china and decorative porcelains.The rest of the house will have numerous pieces of furniture that won&#039;t be getting moved to the new place, along with wall art and floor rugs that also won&#039;t be moved. Then there are all the &quot;smalls&quot; that won&#039;t get moved.</p><p>I mean, an estate sale is usually a treasure trove of other people&#039;s stuff that is usually quite interesting and sometimes even valuable, however, as you pointed out, nowadays they are being run by professionals whose job it is to get the best(highest) price for everything, which is why I don&#039;t go to them like I used to.</p><p>I used to be signed up for alerts about all upcoming sales, but now I&#039;m down to only one. Since I&#039;m very limited for space, I&#039;m very selective about when and what I buy.</p><p>For example, my last estate sale purchase was over a year ago and it was two .22 rifles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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