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In West Texas it seems like there are estate sales just about every week. At one time there were 7 estate sale companies doing business, now there are about 5 which still operate. You come to know which of the companies do fair pricing and which of them try to gouge. There are some of these estate sale people that I will not even attend the sales of because of their attitude and high prices. However the fair trading companies are always a pleasure to do business with.
I don't know if it is a regional thing or it is because of the time period, but it seems like in Texas, there are a lot of estate sales and very few estate auctions...when I lived in Ohio in the 1990's most estate items were sold at auction. You could bid a half a dollar on a TV, console stereo, etc. and get it; it was fun to listen to the auctioneer chant, but the auctions sure could be long, hot, and tiring, waiting for the item you want to go up for bid.
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