Complaint Review: Margie Beegle Estate Sales

Margie Beegle apparently runs estate sales. Her goal is to maximize profit for the seller, which is fine if you're the estate ow,ner. If you are a buyer however, please be prepared for a deeply unpleasant experience capped off by a rip off. I knew nothing about this company when I saw a sign for an estate sale (now I see the dozens of 1 star yelp reviews) and walked in. After navigating through arbitraty rules/restrictaions posted on scraps of paper on doors/windows (no children, no bags over larger than a sheet of paper, no visa (but also no amex or checks -- is it so hard to simply say "only cash or discover/mastercard" in ONE place?), no lugging your stuff around but if you put it in the "holding" area, that means you yoiu BOUGHT IT but they don't tell you that until you come back to pay.

And to cap it off, everything was supposed to be 30% off. After waiting in line to pay, then finding out they don't take visa, then coming back with amex to find out they don't take that either, then asking to only purchase the items I'd left cash for to be told NO that I had to pay the full amount of the things they were holding for me (because the "holding" table is the "sold" table only you're not told that) or lose the cash I'd put down/be escorted off the property...after all that, I rush back with cash, get my things home...and see that the receipts are a mess of numbers, none of which add up to 30% off the ticketed price of the items I purchased. I was overcharged.

When I called the phone listed on the Margie Beele website, the woman who answered told me "there's nothing we can do after you leave, dear" and hung up. Nothing else, just hung up.

I also now see why the jewellery was placed in a seperate table under low lighting -- I see the scratches, lost stones, chips and nicks that I didn't see in the store. 

The way this estate sale business is run is to rip off buyers. From the entrance to the property to the minute you leave -- it's set up up to scam you, however finely they might toe the legal line.