Other People’s Stuff by Estate Max

The owners of this shop have so much of «other people’s stuff» to sell because they run an estate sale company that overprices almost EVERYTHING in the house. I mean ridiculous prices for everything from coffee mugs to small collectibles to antique and vintage furniture. So when regular estate sale shoppers show up to buy, they leave empty handed. I used to own an antique shop and sell on EBay and I would never ask, never mind get, the prices they are asking for run of the mill collectibles, china and glassware, not to mention the furniture prices. I’ve been to several of their sales and doubt I’d bother going to another one. It’s not worth my time.
At their most recent sale in Pikesville, I saw many many regulars leaving with little or nothing and shaking their heads and complaining about the extremely high prices. And these are folks who go to sales with money to spend every week. Normally, on the first day of an estate sale people are standing in line to pay, but not with this company. When something is really overpriced to begin with, it doesn’t matter that it may be half priced on the last day. It’s not a bargain at 50% off when it was greatly overpriced in the first place. The regulars don’t come back, the house is still full of stuff, and OPS then scoops up all the unsold items for little or nothing from the home owners and puts it in their own store. It’s a clear conflict of interest.