I have an antique loveseat, an heirloom, I plan to sell and even though reality was not as I had…read morehoped ($$$), she gave me an honest estimate as to its current value. This included the possible manufacturing history of such a piece as well as pointing out details and/or flaws I had not noticed that affected the value. She also elaborated on the past and future trends to watch for my consideration at a later time of sale. It was a valuable learning experience, history lesson and reality check I highly recommend.

We inherited over 70 original paintings and Cummings met with us to advise on how to get them…read morevalued and sold efficiently. The cost was minimal and the advice was valuable. We highly recommend them.

The worst. Negative, strange person. When she walked up our walkway on our re-scheduled appraisal…read more(at *her* request, not mine) on a Sunday afternoon, I heard a neighbor's dog barking loudly. I opened the door and greeted her and told her the dog she heard wasn't ours so she wouldn't worry that we had an aggressive dog. She said to me "it isn't going to affect your appraisal". I told her I didn't mention it because of our appraisal, I mentioned it as a courtesy in case she didn't like dogs. She also said as she walked in, "if you cleaned, it won't matter. You cleaned for no reason. It won't affect the appraisal". I told her, "you'll see I didn't break my back cleaning...lol" because I had some dishes in the sink and a few other untidy areas, but nothing glaring. She went upstairs and I will admit, our master bedroom carpet is hideous due to our new puppy's romp in the mud last winter...he got our off-white carpet a brownish-greyish-black. I told her "btw we are putting down new laminate in 2 weeks in this room", she practically knelt down to take a CLOSE UP of the carpet. I mean she FOCUSED IN on the stained carpet with her camera. She incorrectly stated on the appraisal report that the other rooms had original carpet and she mentioned that the carpet in the master bedroom "could benefit from cleaning". Well which is it Yvonne...either cleaning doesn't matter or it does. And since when did carpeting make a difference on an appraisal? Isn't that cosmetic anyway? She took a closeup of our grill in the backyard with the cover partly blown off (windy day). THAT was her take on our 1/5 acre manicured professionally landscaped yard. *the grill cover* was her takeaway. She under appraised our home by $20K to the best of my estimate. She used comps of houses that are smaller in square feet, smaller lot size, on busy streets, etc. and yet sold for more than what she values our home at. We may have to scrap our re-fi and start over. That means another $800 to a new appraiser and our loan guy initiating a new loan process because she is incompetent. STAY AWAY from this appraiser.

Yvonne Rosenberg was contracted to appraise our home. We recently remodeled the home and had…read morepurchased it 4 months prior. We thought we needed to slow down on the amount of money we were investing and needed to know if it would be worth setting up a HELOC before rates climbed. We understood when she needed to reschedule her first appointment due to ice and snow, however we provided all the docs she requested (pictures and even a copy of the appraisal from our purchase 4 months prior.) I don't know why she would need to compare her work to someone elses. She set a 2nd appointment and missed that one as well due to weather. Our home was easily accessible at the time but she noted the other comparable homes were not. OK, I get it. Each time she was clear that she wanted me on site to show her the improvements made to the home. I have used 8 hours of PTO that I wasted on relying on her to be a prepared professional appraiser with the correct tools to do her job. So, we set a third appointment. Yep....you are sharp....she called in on that one too. She noted that yes she could get to our home and 2 of the 4 comps but she wanted to do them all in the same day, even though the report was not due for 10 days from that day. My quote to her was simple..."I don't know what to say" I mean, what do you say to someone that unprofessional and completely unprepared to do the job she purports to be an expert. If I had been negative or abrasive she would end up giving me a bad appraisal. Well, last night she contacted the company that hires her and stated she was unwilling to schedule a 4th time because I expected her to drive in snow when she wasn't comfortable with that. Unless she is also a mind reader I have no idea how she came to that conclusion. If she is a mind reader she had plenty of other reasons to cancel. Save yourself time and money if her company is scheduled and DEMAND another appraiser. It is your right and you will be happy you did

The estate sales are always very professional, fair prices and well staffed!…read moreWouldn't want to miss out!

I attend all of these sales and at every event the workers running it have been upbeat, very sweet,…read moreprofessionals. Carole is a great woman with an even better sense of humor (lol). Not once have I felt that a sale wasn't prepared or was hard to navigate. I always feel giddy when another sale is listed. Thanks for having me! Have a great day, Emma.

My wife and I had a terrible experience at this jewelry store. Initially, a younger girl was very…read morehelpful, setting us up to have my wife's wedding ring cleaned and repaired, and we even bought another piece of jewelry. However, when we returned, an older lady assisted us and was quite rude. A few days later, we realized the repairs we had paid over $800 for hadn't been done. When my wife brought the ring back, the older lady accused her of lying and bringing in a different ring. After a very unpleasant interaction, she finally agreed to repair the ring. However, when we picked it up, the main diamond's prong was still loose. Frustrated, we drove downtown to Willamette Artisans Jewelry, where we received excellent service and they did a great job. I highly recommend checking them out instead.

This is the only jewelry store to go to in Eugene if you're looking for honesty, authenticity and…read morequality. Highly highly recommended. Charles is very knowledgeable. It was an honour to do business with him. cbj, Eugene, Oregon five star rating

I was contacted by this organization when looking for help with an estate sale. After providing…read morepictures of what I have I let them know that another organization was coming onsite and asked if they wanted to as well. The reply I got was that "we are not interested in competing with other Estate company's for your sale. I know this might seem a little arrogant but our company is very sought after and have a lot of people wanting us to help them." Arrogant indeed, I'm recently widowed and I wanted help so I was doing my due diligence by talking to more than just one company. Apparently good judgement will not be tolerated by Rare Finds.

From the owner: We host estate sale services in salem, portland and other cities in oregon. We also buy entire…read moreestates or parcel estates. We have our fire arms license to purchase fire arms wether its one fire arm or a collection. Other item we purchase are estate jewelry, cars, collectables, antiques, ect.

Very well run outfit. Good company with an auctioneer that is very skilled and experienced. I had…read morean excellent experience and would highly recommend.

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