I had the most negative experience with
Wendy. Her crew was…read morelovely. I wanted to sell everything from a 3 story 2000sq
ft townhouse with a 4 car garage.
I was shocked by the high prices she put
on everything.
I also gave her extremely valuable sports
memorabilia. She failed to list it on the
inventory, didn't get it back and don't know
if it sold.
What I did get get a few weeks later was
what was taken to charity and that I owed
them thousands of dollars for "fees"
on top of what was sold. I didn't get a
penny from very high end merchandise.
I found Treasures to be a very dishonest
business.
I recommend you NEVER use them.
My review is a negative 10, if the rating
system allowed.
UPDATE‼
I just learned today Treasure Estate Sales is still operating under a slightly different name. Informed by ethical Estate Sales companies, Wendy is still out there operating the same way as
Treasures Estate and Concierge Services.
Great nuance to get rid of those pesky
bad reviews under the old name. YELP
should really combine those previous reviews!
When I learned this, I could not, in good conscience, let my fellow YELPERS be prey
to this most dishonest business.
I read the many complaints of rudeness and excessive high pricing here from a buyers
perspective. Yes, this is all true. Yes, I observed this as well. But someone shopping at one of her sales is free to walk away.
What about those of us who entrust her to
sell our Estate? When I wrote my last review, she was using a different name.
My Mom had recently passed then. I returned from her funeral to learn my lease was not going to renewed. I decided I wanted to downsize to a regular sized apt since my Mom would no longer be spending time with me from out of state.
I was living in an extremely large 2400 sq ft,
4 car townhouse. I thought it a good time to
sell all my furniture, crystal, china, designer clothes,silver, too much stuff! I love interior design and with a new living space, I thought less to move and creating a new space.
Wendy's crew was great then! They came in and began arranging and tagging. I was not allowed to stay in my home for several days and I was never consulted in the pricing of my things. When I was allowed in at the end of the first day to see how things were arranged, I looked at a couple of tags and was quite concerned with extremely high prices marked.
My worst fears were realized at the end of the sale - none of my beautiful furniture sold, not even my brand new king size
bed! Yes, much of my clothing sold and
part of Wendy's process is to donate what
does not sell. Obviously I needed my furniture or some of it to go to the new place. But a lot of things were donated.
Before the sale started, Wendy does use
high pressure tactics to get you to include
items you want to keep for sentimental reasons. She really pressured me into selling my very specially preserved boxed
wedding dress. Her attitude was I was never going to wear it, so sell it. I was grieving deeply for the loss of my Mom.
My own husband died tragically at a young age about 8 years before. I was a 36 yr old
widow. My memories and my dress was important to me.
My Mom purchased my wedding dress for me from a designer, the same designer who
designed the wedding gowns for Julie
Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox, (granddaughters of President Eisenhower and daughter of President Nixon) by Priscilla of Boston!
Not Nixon supporters, but these young woman were historic brides married in the
White House. I saw my wedding dress did not sell and was relieved. But when I did not see it after the sale, Wendy donated it to a thrift shop, something I would NEVER have allowed. Something that, even today, brings me great pain. I could have used the hand sewn lace and pearls on satin so many ways!
Also I gave Dodger memorabilia personally
signed by the Dodger team members
and manager to my husband for the sale.
It was never inventoried, extremely valuable
and never accounted for. I am sure she
did not take that to the thrift shop!
BOTTOM LINE - Wendy & hubby will invade
your home, change the date of your Sale at the last minute, fail to advertise (she will do an email blast from past customers) locally,
tag such outrageous prices, what you need
to sell doesn't. It was a disaster and then
she sends you an accounting about a month later, telling you the amount
sold will not be coming to you in a check,
rather she adds thousands of dollars in
service fees, NEVER DISCLOSED PRIOR
TO YOUR SALE.
I should have taken the matter to Court, but
I was grieving the loss of my Mom, moving,
and it all just wore me down and my
bad fortune and grief became her treasure‼
