Customers sometimes ask if EstateMAX charges for their use of credit cards? NO we don’t but the banks do. So ask your bank. Get educated about how money works. EstateMAX gives a cash discount for customer’s using credit or debit cards. As always, Cash is king and at estate sales where customers are paying penniesContinue reading “Can A Business Charge for Accepting a Credit Card for Payment?”
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Just for Marketing- Our URL’s
Why do we have so many URL’s? Because we direct them all to this website. And we have fun making them up. dcmetroestatesales.com estateliquidatormaryland.com estatemaxauction.com estatemaxonlineauction.com estatemaxops.com estatemaxopsauctions.com estatesaledc.com estatesalemaryland.com haggledicker.com lauriezook.com marylandestateliquidation.com marylandestateliquidation.info marylandestateliquidation.net marylandestateliquidation.org marylandestatesellers.com maxestatesale.com missiontransition.net
Pack Rat or Hoarder? 6 Signs That Tell The Difference
As a downsizer, organizer, estate seller I’ve been working in the People and Their Stuff Business, intensely for 18 years. Here’s a great article from HP. If you’re on the fringe, take a step back and go see a doctor for a OCD prescription. Not kidding. I’ve worked with so many people who are incapable ofContinue reading “Pack Rat or Hoarder? 6 Signs That Tell The Difference”
10 Collectibles Not Worth Collecting Anymore…KOVELS.Com
https://www.kovels.com/latest-news/10-collectibles-not-worth-collecting-anymore.html Terry Kovel was interviewed for this article that appeared in the March 15, 2012 issue of The Bottom Line/Personal publication. It is reprinted with the permission of Bottom Line/Personal, http://www.BottomLinePublications.com. Are you expecting those Hummel figurines to help pay your kids’ college tuition? Better hope the kids earn scholarships. Collecting is fun, but itContinue reading “10 Collectibles Not Worth Collecting Anymore…KOVELS.Com”
From the Experts at Christie’s. The A to Z of Furniture Terminology. FYI
The A to Z of Furniture Terminology
The Melancholy of Other People’s Stuff by Erika Ritzel
A really nice photo essay on things in their homes, without their people. The Melancholy of Other Peoples Stuff
Kleenex and Sneakers…Hum along
Use my lyrics- inspired by 17 years of professional organization, downsizing and estate sales work- into my mom’s favorite song: (To The Sound Of Music: These Are “A Few Of My Favorite Things” as best you can…) ….Snot Rags And Sneakers, Faux Leather Purses- Falling In Pieces, Stuff-ed With Red And White Striped Mints AndContinue reading “Kleenex and Sneakers…Hum along”
hoard·er hôrdər/Submit noun
hoard·er hôrdər/ noun a person who hoards things. “I’m a bit of a hoarder” Definition By Mayo Clinic Staff Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items.Continue reading “hoard·er hôrdər/Submit noun”
Ac.cu.mu.la.tion
ac·cu·mu·la·tion əˌkyo͞om(y)əˈlāSH(ə)n/ noun noun: accumulation the acquisition or gradual gathering of something. “the accumulation of wealth” a mass or quantity of something that has gradually gathered or been acquired. plural noun: accumulations “the accumulation of paperwork on her desk” synonyms: buildup, mass, pile, heap, stack, collection, stock, store, stockpile,reserve, hoard; More Patriarchy and Accumulation https://books.google.com/books?id=bFIHuJFGDgcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=songs+about+accumulation&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCGoVChMIrarqyseVxwIVgqmACh3erg-8#v=onepage&q&f=trueContinue reading “Ac.cu.mu.la.tion”
The Things
The Things Donald Hall, 1928 When I walk in my house I see pictures, bought long ago, framed and hanging —de Kooning, Arp, Laurencin, Henry Moore— that I’ve cherished and stared at for years, yet my eyes keep returning to the masters of the trivial—a white stone perfectly round, tiny lead models of baseball players,Continue reading “The Things”
