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I used Koster to sell some of my old machines to make room for new machines. they were excellent! I highly recommend them.

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Trading Post Estate Sales

(24 reviews)

I am kind of new to the whole "estate sale" thing I am not a regular buyer at estate sales. When I…read moresee something I need? I'll take a shot. I am not a re-seller or looking to make money. Most of the estate sale companies I have dealt with have their positives and negatives. You learn who to deal with and who to avoid. About the service in using the site. Its clean, informative, always has great pictures and descriptions of items listed and lets face it - auctions are a LOT of fun. One weekend I purchased a few items from Trading Posts auctions at two separate sales that the pickups were on Saturday and Sunday. Great I figured. I arrived at the first house on Saturday. I purchased a wall hanging large shelf/cabinet thing that was perfect for what I needed it for. I arrived there and the house was filled with smoke from a fireplace that they started a fire in (it was very cold and I'm not sure the heat was on) and did not open the flue to vent the smoke. Normally I would not care about something like this as its not my house. My problem is I have a degenerative lung condition from being around a certain terrorist attack in Manhattan and I cannot handle being in smoke filled environments for long before my lungs become severely irritated. Now I don't blame them for this there is no way they could not have known this. That is when it gets REALLY odd. The shelf I bought was still attached and hanging on the wall in the home with at least 10 items on top of it. I asked the question to the gentleman working the sale Doug "How are we going to get this off the wall?" His response was "I don't know what this "we" stuff you're talking about means but have at it." I figured he was really busy and brushed the comment off. OK I figured. After he helped clear the items off of and from inside the shelf I pulled it off the wall it came off as it was hanging on a custom cut piece of wood. It was easy no complaints there. The wood, cut to hold the shelf on the wall screwed to the wall with three screws. I asked him if he had a screwdriver so I could remove the wood so I could hang it in my house. This was the response. "You can't take that. Its attached to the house." "How am I supposed to hang the shelf without it" I asked. "That's your problem. Go to Home Depot and find something." "Its a piece of wood. Don't you think I can just remove it? Its custom made to hang this shelf." "No." I said, needing to get out of the smoke filled house "This is bullshit." I signed the form and got out of the house. Now this next part is all my fault and I take responsibility for it. I called the companies number and left a message stating that the guy at his particular sale "acted like an asshole." I was agitated. I was angry. No excuse but I did what I did and take responsibility for that. Not more than 5 minutes later I get a call back. I say hello. "Yeah. This is the asshole calling. If you had a problem with me why didn't you say it to my face." "I thought I did." He proceeded to go on a tirade about how people like me always complained.. I just said forget it and hung up the phone. My lungs were burning from the smoke and I was worried I would need another trip to the hospital. Luckily for me I was ok and the burning faded after about 30 minutes. Later on I was in Home Depot looking for something I could use to hang the shelf and got a text message. "This is the asshole. I asked the homeowner and they said it was ok to take the wood off the wall. I'll leave it outside if you want to come and get it." I thought to myself great.. that's really nice of him to do that after the unpleasantness. I responded "Thank you. I'm picking up things from your other sale tomorrow I will pick it up then if thats OK. Sorry for the message for medical reasons I do not do good around smoke." He did not respond. I figured great! He made the effort to make it right and Ill get what I need to hang the shelf. No harm no foul Great job Doug! The next day I went to the other sale to pick up other items I purchased from another sale. I walked in and he immediately recognized me and came over. I handed him my receipt and he said "Oh the Asshole is here." he immediately turned his back to me to one of his employees and handed him my receipt and walked away before I could say anything. I was dumbfounded that after I apologized for my comment he still felt the need to "get the last word". His employee was super nice and helpful and I had no other issues. I know Doug will probably read all this and come up with some snarky response below but the bottom line is he did the right thing. I would do business with them again I am not thin skinned. It was just really really odd experience.

I bid on a collection of vinyl records and it took several weeks of inquiring and waiting before…read moretheir third-party shipping company sent them to me. When they arrived, many albums were missing, including a Beatles White album with a serial number that's worth hundreds of dollars. I emailed and called multiple times before the owner started answering and then he accused me of being a "West Coast Scammer", a "liar", and threatened me with his attorneys. He knows that the records are much more valuable than what I won them for, yet he still accused me of scamming him for a refund when all I want is my records. He never once offered to inquire at his warehouse, and refused to provide any more information about his shipping partner. When I called the shipping company, they were full of misinformation. The records were shipped from a hair extension salon and neither the shipping company nor the hair salon has a website or physical address. I'm starting a police investigation into the matter and find this whole experience incredibly violating and disturbing.

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All American Tag Sales

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I've participated in 2 online All American Tag Sales and I highly recommend this group…read more Michael is not only pleasant to deal with but very helpful when it comes to picking up your items. His guys were extremely helpful at my last pickup. My 2 experiences, have been excellent and I highly recommend this group. Looking forward to doing more business with you! All the best. Arlene :)

Very disappointed with this estate liquidator. The auction manager I dealt with was Michael…read moreEsteves. Their listings have almost no useful descriptions - just "as-is" disclaimers with little to no real condition details. I tried texting/calling/emailing with simple questions about an item and got zero response for like a week. I also accidentally placed a bid, then realized the condition was worse than it looked, and they completely ghosted my request to cancel. I honestly don't understand how estates can trust them to liquidate valuable items when they won't communicate and won't properly describe what they're selling. No other estate auction company I've dealt with operates this way, most provide clear, detailed descriptions and condition notes. It's also no surprise their auctions have very low bidding activity and they keep extending the deadline. On top of that, their 19% buyer's premium is ridiculous. Most reputable companies charge 18%, and at least they provide solid descriptions and properly represent items. This company doesn't even do the basics, yet expects people to pay more. The extra 1% barely makes a difference for them financially, but it says a lot about how cheap and poorly run this operation is. I would not recommend their service, and bidders should be extremely careful.

Koster Industries - appraisalservices - Updated October 2026

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