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<p>[QUOTE="pearlsnblume, post: 4403880, member: 141"]Oh I just want to mention, around here on LI, 90% of the estate sale runners do NOT put prices on the items in the homes so buyers know how much they want for items. So that may not be what others here are used to but is the way I have always known it to be here And many have the sale for one day only and then it ends. A few have them for more than one day. So the best thing is find what you want as a buyer and then ask for the price for the total of all your items. They call it make a bundle.</p><p>The estate sale runners also do not give out receipts to the buyers except one or 2 that I can recall.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always find it interesting what other people buy at estate sales... some buy plants, some buy left over laundry detergent etc. These are folks who are not reselling for the most part.</p><p><br /></p><p>And about the numbering system to get in... that is different with every estate sale runner. Some let the people waiting who came to the sale set it up, others do that and then give us their own cards with that number on it (don't ask me why), others have sign in sheets so you can sign in rather than get a number. I await the day they ask for a blood sample. LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pearlsnblume, post: 4403880, member: 141"]Oh I just want to mention, around here on LI, 90% of the estate sale runners do NOT put prices on the items in the homes so buyers know how much they want for items. So that may not be what others here are used to but is the way I have always known it to be here And many have the sale for one day only and then it ends. A few have them for more than one day. So the best thing is find what you want as a buyer and then ask for the price for the total of all your items. They call it make a bundle. The estate sale runners also do not give out receipts to the buyers except one or 2 that I can recall. I always find it interesting what other people buy at estate sales... some buy plants, some buy left over laundry detergent etc. These are folks who are not reselling for the most part. And about the numbering system to get in... that is different with every estate sale runner. Some let the people waiting who came to the sale set it up, others do that and then give us their own cards with that number on it (don't ask me why), others have sign in sheets so you can sign in rather than get a number. I await the day they ask for a blood sample. LOL[/QUOTE]
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