
Preventing Theft At Estate Sales
Preventing theft at estate sales is important as more people attend the sale.
Estate liquidators are hiring off duty policemen for security and safety for their estate sales.
Estate sale companies can use this security to ensure orderly entrance into the estate sale as well as monitor those exiting. The off duty police officer may ask to see your receipt. He or she may also ask to look at the contents of your bags or boxes.
Estate sale staff are monitoring the personal property entrusted into their care. If staff see someone trying to steal or change a price tag, they will report this to the owner of the estate sale company and the security person.
Many estate sale companies that have caught thieves have taken to posting their photos on Facebook to warn others and hopefully prevent further theft attempts. They hope the embarrassment of their photo will succeed when viewed by the general public.
Estate sale companies can prosecute anyone caught stealing. Many use video cameras to monitor their sales.
Estate liquidators are now limiting coats and in many cases preventing pocket books from being brought into the estate sale. In Florida it is not uncommon to see yard signs that clearly say no large bags or purses.

Estate Liquidators And Realtors Should Work Together
Baby boomers are on the move in droves and estate sales are tied closely to real estate sales. Estate liquidators and Realtors should work together.
Your Estate Sales News Editor has been a Realtor and estate liquidator. Both professions work for the seller. Both parties should determine what will be in the best interest of the seller and compromises will need to be made.
Realtors like to have a seller declutter for best results. Eliminating personal property that can be distracting for a buyer.
The estate liquidator doesn’t want the seller to eliminate anything until they have walked through the property to see what can be sold.
Estate sale companies and Realtors best serve the seller when they work together. Sitting down for a conversation about the long term outcome for the seller is beneficial.