We have used Miss Vickie's for our own estate sale and were thrilled by how professionally things were handled and how much money we made. The staff is consistent and very knowledgeable. The have a list of dealers who regularly shop the estate sales and those dealers frequent Miss Vickie's more than any other estate sales. And, they pay top dollar for good merchandise. My husband and I have also attended many of her sales and are amazed at how well-planned and well-handled they are. Everything is very organized and the prices are very fair. One of the key reason's for her success is the integrity of the owner and her staff. read more

I have been attending estate sales for at least 15 years and look forward to Miss Vickie's sales. Betty's pricing, display of items and professionialism are great. Her and her staff's interaction with customers is friendly and welcoming and she has the Mother's touch to those who, let's say, are not behaving appropriately. So our quest for those treasure(s) is always fun. She is an example of a successful local female business owner. Can hardly wait for the next sale. For Miss Vickie's Ques I will get up early on a Saturday! read more

We just sold our condo on Cherokee Rd to stay full time in the Phoenix area and hired Miss Vickie to handle the estate sale for our furniture and decorations. When we called to arrange an appt to review the sale the first thing Betty Benton said was, "Don't throw anything away and don't take anything to Good Will or St. Jude." We thought for sure we would have to take cleaning supplies and old things ourselves. Betty and her team came in and marked and priced everything in a very organized fashion and consulted with us on items they were unfamiliar with. The sale went very well and they sent us a check for the sales (with detailed paperwork) after they literally cleaned our place out spic & span. We were pleasantly surprised. Then several weeks after the sale, we received another check for the leftovers sold at auction. This speaks directly to their integrity. Friendly people, organized operation and full service to the point of cleaning out our closets. Highly recommended. read more

Miss Vickies 'ques tags sales are poor at best for the buyer that does not realize how this crazy method works. Basically the dealers the follow her sales know you have to be there before the crack of dawn to have a chance! Plus her prices are sky high! If you plan to sell an estate please find a good auctioneer! At least you may have a chance to out bid someone to get the item you want. At these crazy tags sales first dealer in the door gets all the goodies and lease the highest priced stuff for the amateurs to stew over!!!! I'm just saying think being fair to the buyers also when selling your estate. read more

Extremely disappointing. Generally speaking, the staff have a VERY bad attitude -- very arrogant and cruel (I'd even go so far as to say verbally abusive) both toward guests and those who have hired them to conduct estate sales. In one instance, the woman who made it painfully clear to everyone present that SHE was, in fact, the one in charge, began arguing with the daughter of the man who had lived in the house, who was standing at the door to assist customers and check receipts and had been very kind and helpful. She was absolutely insensitive, and when she realized the daughter had been holding someone's items in what was apparently the wrong area, the woman snapped, "Well, that's why I am in charge instead of YOU! You're the one who hired me, so don't try to argue with me. I've been doing this for sixteen years!" At the same location, a man made himself a sandwich in the kitchen after one of the kinder staff members had told everyone to help themselves (the staff were basically having Thanksgiving dinner in the kitchen -- this is not an exaggeration). Naturally, the same woman as mentioned above would have none of it. As soon as she saw him, she said something to the effect of, "Why are you eating that? Can't you tell that's for the people who are working and not the customers? We can't afford to just be giving out food like this. I can't believe they let you do this." and just went on to make a huge deal out of a sandwich that this poor man obviously had no idea anyone would be so protective over. Awhile later, she was in the basement of the house venting about this encounter VERY audibly and in a way that was just generally very unprofessional. One might think that someone running a business would know better than to openly badmouth their own customers, especially directly in front of them. Unfortunately, this was not my first experience with Miss Vickie's, and not even my first bad experience with them, at that. I go to estate sales and similar events in the area very regularly and never look forward to the pretentious attitude clearly held by this company. To be entirely honest, I would stop attending if it weren't for the fact that those who have made the unfortunate decision of hiring them would also be unable to profit. I usually take on the policy of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" -- it's very rare for me to feel so negatively about a business that I actually feel inclined to post my opinion online -- but I simply have no tolerance for this kind of treatment and attitude. It really is a shame. read more

Horrible experience with Betty Banton on selling our personal possessions and family antiques. We had a verbal agreement that we were not sure what we wanted to keep or give our 18 yr old daughter as we were moving to FL and had not talked to her about what she wanted. Betty said no problem, she also knew I had a minimum price on certain items that I would keep rather than sell. She was very kind in the beginning but then was rude to our daughter who was still living in our home as we had to move before the estate sale. Betty knew this was not her typical sale. We added items to the sale Betty had never seen such as an entire 10x20 mini storage with tools, bikes, our whole garage full and attic. My husband was a builder so we had a lot of things. Betty got paid 35% of sold value of our belongings plus decided she was entitled to keep $700 extra for commission on items we gave our daughter and items she was selling under our verbal agreed upon amount. At our 1st meeting and my only time meeting Betty we hugged, shared experiences and I even gave her a good luck bamboo plant. Then I feel Betty got greedy and should not have kept $700 of our money on items she did not sell!! She kept $35 for herself for our broken dryer and 20+ yr old washing machine, which my husband had to take to the dump! We never ever agreed she had a vested interest in all our belongings in our home. Our 18 yr old daughter just had a baby, of course we were going to give her items from our home so she could get an apartment as she just had a baby in July. Betty refused to even call her on early mornings when she would show up with her workers at our home. The whole experience was horrible I would never use her again and conveniently her brother is an attorney. Now we have to come 1,000 miles back to town to take her to small claims court as this is and was just plain wrong in my opinion. I also think she thought we wouldn't come back, but this is purely about what is right and what is wrong. If you choose to do business with her get an attorney and write your own contract specifying each item to be sold. I personally do not recommend her. read more