I have done this for the widow of a friend, so let me fill you in on how it was done so you have some measure of what you should expect. There are many ways to do this, this is just one approach that worked.
1) I set with her in her garage and made a complete down to the item inventory of what there was, she made a hard copy of the list as did I.
2) I build a spread sheet of the list with columns for retail price, my suggested sale price and a comment column to support why I choose the price.
3)I took all the elements to my place and in this case as I also packed things up for shipment for her.
4) We set up a special email and account on astromart for her so all offers went directly to her. When she got a counter offer we would confer but I kept her in front of the financials. A part of the pricing was to talk with her about two strategies, price to sell quick or price a little high and wait for the right buyer. In this case she choose the latter as she was not in need of quick funds.
It did get complicated as sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of multiple offers and there was a lot of emails back and forth but in the end we had a successful experience.
Lastly a word of warning!! She did have more than one person contact her and tell her that they had met her husband at a star party and made a low ball agreement. (like a 13mm televue ethos for $150.) In each case I stepped in front and told the person that I needed a signed agreement....they faded away.
Ed
1) I set with her in her garage and made a complete down to the item inventory of what there was, she made a hard copy of the list as did I.
2) I build a spread sheet of the list with columns for retail price, my suggested sale price and a comment column to support why I choose the price.
3)I took all the elements to my place and in this case as I also packed things up for shipment for her.
4) We set up a special email and account on astromart for her so all offers went directly to her. When she got a counter offer we would confer but I kept her in front of the financials. A part of the pricing was to talk with her about two strategies, price to sell quick or price a little high and wait for the right buyer. In this case she choose the latter as she was not in need of quick funds.
It did get complicated as sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of multiple offers and there was a lot of emails back and forth but in the end we had a successful experience.
Lastly a word of warning!! She did have more than one person contact her and tell her that they had met her husband at a star party and made a low ball agreement. (like a 13mm televue ethos for $150.) In each case I stepped in front and told the person that I needed a signed agreement....they faded away.
Ed
