Full of Surprizes Estate & Tag Sales

Madeline is the worst in the business extremely unprofessional avoid her sales. Last weekends sale was a horrific experience for myself and everyone else who attends the sale. Her infamous sign-​up sheet cause mass hysteria early in the morning. She then let a large group in after scowling at her customers for fighting over the list. Once in the sale I saw her being extremely rude to most of the customers she spoke to. She was rude to an elderly lady and that was the last straw for me. I put down the items I was going to buy and walked out. Never again will I attend the circus she calls an estate sale. I feel bad for the people who employ her to run their sales.

Estate sales Huntington area a long ride, down sometimes narrow dirt roads! Just like many people looking for a decent deal on used yes used items. Be aware very aware, most items were already marked sold, but the doors just opened? Took a long look around almost everything was very over priced. For example I saw a Glass chess set for sale marked at $ 30.00, now that doesn’t sound so bad. Consider I had just purchased that set on Amazon for $ 11.32. Maybe it was an «I want to keep it sale», be careful! Walked out will never try that again.

been to a few full of surprizes estate sales in Long Island as a customer, and each sale was worse than the last. At first I thought their horrible attitudes was because they were a little overwhelmed (even though that sale wasn’t particularly crowded) but after the next few experiences, I come to understand that they are incredibly rude and mean – grabbing things out of peoples hands, slamming doors in peoples faces, yelling and screaming at people simply looking to get something priced, loudly complaining about people, complaining that they don’t want to be there et. After waiting for about 15 minutes to get into a sale this past weekend, I was so disgusted by how aggressive, nasty and rude they were (one woman aggressively snatched an item out of my hand and later «apologized») that I just put down the few items I was going to buy and left – I am sure the homeowner would not be happy to hear that.
These people seem miserable in every single sale I have ever been to and I don’t understand why they do what they do since they seem to hate it so much. I am not a huge fan of writing reviews particularly negative ones but these people really take the cake. I love going to estate sales and always spend a decent amount of money but I am going to make an effort to avoid any estate sales run by full of surprizes. My review is from the perspective of a shopper/​visitor/​customer. Not sure if homeowners hiring them for the estate sales have a better experience but I just needed to get this out there that it is a very bad experience going to a full of surprizes estate or tag sale and to be treated like garbage

I was at a sale they held in Brooklyn, and it was a zoo… They had lots of staff and did their best to keep up with all the questions and needs of the ton of people all wanting something. The prices were fair and everyone did their best to cover all the bases.
As a consumer, I felt I was treated fairly and got a killer deal on a bedroom set. I’m not an ‘Estate Saler’ and don’t know if I’d trek out to Long Island for a deal, but if they are ‘in the hood’, I’d definitely make an effort to go.

Before contracting with Full of Surprizes to do a tag sale, I checked the Better Business Bureau — which showed an excellent rating. And that is the experience I had with a recent tag sale. From the first call to schedule the consultation, through the planning and coordination of the tag sale, to the «closing out», I found Madeline and her staff to be extremely reachable, professional and accommodating.
The sale, itself, went off without a hitch; and, even though it was scheduled for a weekday, the amount of interested parties that kept arriving throughout the day was amazing — and the amount of sales that took place was impressive. Even after the sale, Madeline took the extra step in helping to arrange for the sale of some of the items that did not sell — all without her taking a commission.
My experience was a great one overall, and I highly recommend Full of Surprizes.

Full of Surprizes is full of surprises, and not good ones. Learn from my mistake, and choose someone else. In my case she picked a bad day – a weekday, and boy was it a «weak» day. In addition she started late and ended early, which severely limited the number of possible buyers. Finally, she brought in a person to do the cleanup without giving me the opportunity to negotiate with him, and I did not have the chance to check what was left over, and by the time I got to the house a good part of the leftovers were on the lawn and/​or in boxes. My advice, look elsewhere! Madeline Winn is no «win.»