Chuck was hired to do our estate sale for a loved one's belongings. I would not recommend Chuck for this type of work. Here are some bullet point reasons: - Chuck changed the percentage and added a fee (that ended up being for advertising )to the contract, upon signing, four days before the actual sale. By the way he typically includes advertising as part of the fee he requests. We were blindsided. He would have been turned away if it were solely up to me, but unfortunately, I had others involved in the decision to use him. - Rather than giving us a guideline for when things needed to be done, for example, signing a contract and time to set up advertising - He claimed it was not too late to get advertising in: Info for advertising in PennySaver should have been done the week before the sale so that the ad would run that weekend before. It was not done. He claimed he could get it in on Wed before the sale. This would have been too late as the sale would already be in full swing. The bottom line, he did not advertise with the money we agreed to give him (against our better judgment) in the two places critical for estate sales- PennySaver ( which would have been late for the sale anyway) and Estatesale.net. He did not purchase any advertising. He used a couple of social media posts and texted people he knew instead. He was poorly equipped- -not enough table ,and the ones he had were very dirty, -signage was simply white computer printer paper. -he did not put enough signs up around town. We actually gave him some materials that he did not use, so we put more signs up ourselves with this material and our own social media postings. While we are so grateful that in the absence of Chuck's lack of preparedness, professionalism, and business ethics, our sale was not a flop, the poor way in which things were run and the fact that he did not do as he agreed to is not something anyone wants to deal with. Lastly, before he agreed to the contract that he changed and we had to negotiate, he wanted to see what was put aside and would not be included in the sale. This is horribly poor taste. He is hired to do a job, and he sells what the client says is up for sale, not what isn't. This is wrong on so many levels but, in my opinion, is taking advantage of those grieving a loss and trying to work through a finality. Yuck! Please think twice before using him for your estate sale. read more

Overpriced junk mostly. I was taken aback by some of the prices on the merchandise. No way would I pay what they were asking on most items. It's mostly just trinkets and other old stuff from the homes of dead grandmas, which there is no shortage of in Batavia. Would I return? Nope. Might someone else find something they appreciate here? It's possible. Good luck! read more

Batavia Bargains - Antiques Near Me - Batavia, New York

I have worked many estate sales with Chuck. he always goes above and beyond for his customers. He's very hard working and honest and works night and day until the job is finished. He is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of the business snd strives for customer satisfaction in every way read more

Just visited yesterday for the first time. Found 6 great vintage cast iron primitive animal door stops. Very low priced in my opinion. Found a great signed carved wooden duck as well and a wooden Birdseye maple vase. Not much else of great value or desirability in the store. I loved my treasures however. As I live 40 miles away I will not be back real soon but will definitely stop in again. The 2 men on duty were quite friendly too. read more

I'm not sure what Lindsay is talking about, maybe she runs a junk store and she drums up business by being rude to her competitors... But I think the prices in Batavia's Bargains are always fair (and I'm generally pretty cheap) and it's not Grandma's junk. In fact, we found a nice dresser set in there for $110 (less than she paid for one Walmart dresser, and it was 5x the dresser). I've found other treasures as well... I like to go there periodically to see what else they have that's new! read more

I am an avid antiquer and I just found this place. There's a lot of stuff to go through but he has some of the best prices I've seen on his merchandise. I will definitely be going back again! read more