I found myself in quite a pickle, Living in Seattle and selling our home in Scottsdale. Since I…read morehad little need or space of a second house full of furniture and much more. I contacted Rose, the owner of State48EstateSales. She came over to see what I needed and I liked her immediately. Rose was there each day supervising and working very hard, though the helpers seem to know what they were doing. The purpose of this estate sale was to completely empty out the house with as little work for me as possible. I'm on the senior side and was in the hospital just a few weeks before. This is the second time I have used this method to empty a home. Rose and her company did a great job and managed to work around me. I would use them again if need be.

I took my sister-in-law and mother in law to the estate sale on two different occasions. Staff was…read morejust as friendly and attentive both times. Signage to the estate sale was prominent throughout out the community. The items for the estate sale were well organized and priced reasonably. Post end of sale, home was cleared by professional movers, ready for professional cleaners. State 48 Estate Sale takes your worries away and streamlines the entire process. I know I can't wait for the next estate sale by State 48 Estate Sale. I highly recommend them!

Unfortunately, I was recommended this company by a community alliance partner. This company made it…read moreseem like they would follow through with the sale of garage items, but ultimately they wanted a vehicle the wasn't even a part of the sale nor was it at the property. They will cancel the sale even after you've signed the contract if (you) the client refuse to get nickeled and dimed by them.

Drove 50 miles for item that where pictured to be sold in the auction items where out for viewing…read morebefore auction then removed after auction started need to get there S#it together so you don't waste peoples time!!

As I knew he would do eventually because he does it with almost every one-star review (there are so…read moremany of them!), Bo Patrick came along and whined that he had somehow been mistreated by clients deeply unhappy with his service. Our contract with Fidelity stated that the sale would include artwork. It did not specify oil paintings. We did ask Fidelity to auction artwork, and all the artwork we wanted to offer for sale was photographed weeks ahead of the auction by Fidelity's employees or agents. To be clear: WE DID NOT ALLOW FIDELITY TO PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE AUCTION ANY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS OR ADVERTISE THEM FOR SALE ON THEIR WEBSITE. In his reply to my original review, Bo claims that "The day before the auction [my family] removed $20,000 in artwork and now you are upset because we charged you a commission to do that but that's exactly what the contract allows us to do." First of all, it's quite a shock to read that we owned artwork worth $20,000, because that's not what Bo told us at the time. He gave us a much more modest assessment of the paintings' value. Second, regardless of the worth of the paintings, that is not what happened. I don't know if Bo's memory is so poor that he cannot recall the events of his sale with us, if he is so lazy that he did not bother to check the facts, or if he is sufficiently deficient in honesty that he doesn't care about the facts. But his account is wrong. Bo knew that the oil paintings would not be for sale. We had a Zoom meeting with him and Kelsee more than three weeks before the auction in which he tried to persuade us to let Fidelity sell the oil paintings and our father's home; thank God we never seriously entertained the idea of letting him sell the house. But we told him immediately after the Zoom meeting that we had decided against selling the oil paintings. When Bo originally talked to us about the paintings, he wanted to have an online auction, so that people all over the world could bid on them. But that never happened, because we told them weeks ahead of time that the oil paintings would not be included. Again, to be clear: WE DID NOT ALLOW FIDELITY TO PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE AUCTION ANY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS OR ADVERTISE THEM FOR SALE ON THEIR WEBSITE. You cannot believe anything Bo says. He whines that he "had buyers from all around Arizona and other states drive-in for those paintings.... When they arrived, they were very upset with us as an Auction firm.... You affected our reputation that day big time." But if Bo had people traveling from out of state to bid on items we told Bo were not for sale and did not let Fidelity photograph or advertise for the auction, well, that sounds very suspect to me. It is by no means our fault if Bo advertised for sale things he knew would NOT be for sale. We did not affect his reputation--HE did. If people were upset with him that day, it is entirely his fault. Bo won in our lawsuit against Fidelity not because the contract let him charge a commission (the judge agreed that it was a very badly written contract and did not redound to Bo's favor) but because, as I stated before, at the hearing, the judge allowed one and only one witness to speak: Bo's partner Kelsee Wirtjes. Please read my original review to see what happened next. In the time since I posted my original review, Fidelity has received two more five-star reviews, but three more one-star reviews. Their previously poor rating is even worse now--and it's entirely their own fault. The crucial point remains the one with which I concluded my original review: Why would you hire an estate sale company who is so disliked by most people who have hired it? Learn from our mistakes. Stay away from Bo Patrick. Don't believe his unctuous denials. However much he tries to shift the blame for his bad reviews to the people foolish enough to hire him, the fact nonetheless remains that most people who hire him to run an estate sale are extremely unhappy with his services.

A friend recommended this company to me for the sale of my mom's home. One of our family members…read morereached out (before I signed anything with this company) and said they prefer to go with a family friend realtor instead (keep in mind this family member waited until I had found Fidelity to bring up this other realtor which was frustrating for me but here we are). So I kindly reached out to Fidelity's team and thanked them for their time. The next morning I got a text from Bo saying I wasted all of their time?? LOL. DO NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR SERVICES because apparently they will get mad at you for wasting their time?! ABSURD that this poor man would text me something like that while I'm grieving the loss of my mother. Well, CLEARLY I dodged a bullet :)

I attended an Estate Sale Kathy was holding yesterday and it was the friendliest and most organized…read moresale I've ever experienced. I purchased an entire table full of items, and two furniture pieces as well. I was extremely satisfied with the entire process. Everyone from the "Parking Dude" to the helpers walking around helping put out items to the checkout glass, everyone was so pleasant and helpful. If this is how they handle their sales, I'm looking forward to attending the next one.

Kathys estate sales is awesome great deals always a great place to find unique treasures and…read moreawesome one of a kind vintage and every day must haves

I've purchased several items from this auction house, staff is friendly and I've gotten some really…read moregood stuff!!

Bruce and his team did a whole-house online auction for all the items--large and small--in our…read moretownhouse. They responded quickly, did their work efficiently, conducted a successful auction, had all the items removed and even swept out the garage. The auction proceeds were in line with their estimates. We couldn't be happier with their service and professionalism. Excellent job!

Clearing out with my dad's apartment in assisted living was overwhelming. Because of the location,…read morewe couldn't host an estate sale. Melody Foster's company inventoried and removed everything for a reasonable price to her warehouses for sale. Boyd's sells the goods in their two stores with a 50% commission or takes what can't be sold to donation. Already I've received a small check. Win-win.

Not willing to bargain even 5-10 dollars even in the last hour / ridiculous waste of timeread more

Came to one of their sales with my sister and we had a blast. Not only did they have things…read morereasonably priced, but they were the most helpful people, and everything was organized so neatly. We were carrying so many items they offered to grab them from us and put them on the holding table until we were done shopping. They made this experience easy and fun! Can't wait to attend more of their sales!

Young kids who don't know what they're doing. They will take stuff out of your basket and jack up…read morethe price on you, or try to sell it to other customers at the sale. Stuff is missing from the pictures as well, so don't drive too far for something because it might not be there. Totally unprofessional.

Kim was great to work with during the process of selling my MIL's belongings. From my time…read moreinterviewing other estate sale companies it was clear that she was the right person to rehome all these belongings. She was very understanding with scheduling issues when those unfortunately arose, all while dealing with us as we out of state. The sale was a success and raised double what was expected based on 5 other companies estimates. She was extremely kind in every interaction that I had with her. We were treated as people, her items were respected and found new purpose in another person's life as a treasured item. I wish that I would have used a estate sale company after my father's passing, as I know it would have been a much better experience and with Kim I know we would have been able to have it be more profitable than doing it ourselves. Sentimental items that we would have valued higher and valuable items were not priced at rock bottom prices, which allowed us to have needed funds for final expenses. Would definitely recomend.

I went to a one-day sale by Milton today. After my last review and their reasoning, we'll see what…read morehappened today. The pricing was ridiculous still again. If the client gave them what was left, they surely have been taken advantage of. I will avoid their sales from now on.