Estates and Treasures

I had a very unfortunate experience with Bebe Long of Estates and Treasures. I hired her to do a rather extensive estate sale, after I sold my home. Unfortunately, after the sale Bebe refused on numerous occasions to provide me with any documentation of what she had sold and for what price. I made it very clear to her on many occasions that anything that didn't sell needed to go to a charity I chose. I had several people witness these instructions. She appraised, priced, marked things down...and ultimately ended up with many of my things. I never gave her permission to purchase anything she was selling for me. Nor would I have. There was a very clear conflict of interest when someone prices goods, discounts goods, and then buys the goods. That's not the worst. She refused to allow the charity to have many of the things that they were interested in. She said they were sold. I understand now they were "sold" to her. I asked several times for documentation of the sale. She sent me a gross total and the net proceeds in a cashier's check. That's it!!! She refused to provide any more documentation. At first, she said she didn't have it. Then she said it was 92 pages. Finally she said she would provide the documentation if I paid her $50 an hour for her time. She never explained what she sold or what she "bought" and for what. After the sale it cost me over $500 to clean my home. The upstairs carpet was completely destroyed. Talking to other professional estate sale companies since this disaster, I understand it is common practice to put plastic runners down. Provide documentation, and only buy goods if the owner agrees to it. Finally, many of the things that "were sold" showed up at her yard sale a week later!!!

I've been going to Bebe's estate sales for years, and I've never had any issues. Their prices are fantastic and the people are absolutely delightful. Definitely worth checking out!