Post #182860 by dogbytes on Mon, Aug 29, 2005 6:37 PM

SDT: check your yellow pages (or whatever colour you canadians use :) ) for ESTATE SERVICES.

and when you go to an estate sale you find from the classified ads, ask to be put on their email list.

sometimes under ANTIQUES a dealer will say they handle estate liquidations.. they're a good source too. although lots of times, they drag their old stuff into the house to fob off to the unsuspecting.

AUCTIONS is another way to find estate sales. i've never actually bid on anything, but i have gone to preview days.

lots of the estate sales in seattle happen on thurs and fridays ~ i've found most of those are cutthroat, with resellers in line before they open. draw a number, and wait your turn to enter the house. but then again, they often have half off sundays.

i like estate sales, because its easy to target the neighborhood (white collar/blue.. snobby, etc.) and its fun to snoop through photo albums n such.

btw: i loved your tagline "cuz crap doesnt buy itself"