Estate Sales by CHAOS in Reno/Sparks

Estate Sale, Moving or Downsizing in the Reno, Sparks, Carson City & Tahoe Areas--CHAOS can help you!  

CHAOS comes to you to take care of all the work, as we offer Professional Estate Sales Liquidations.  We have patience, sensitivity and compassion as we understand how overwhelming it can be for families who are faced with liquidating personal items of a loved one's lifetime accumulation, or in downsizing themselves. 

We use our knowledge and experience by first; sorting, organizing, cleaning, then staging the sale and pricing all items, thereby providing a well-organized sale with items priced at fair market value. We have a reputation for honesty, integrity and efficiency, and we are very friendly and truly enjoy what we do.

SERVICES
  • We offer complimentary evaluation of your potential Estate or Moving Sale to decide what is the right choice for you.
  • No up-front costs
  • Alternatives to CHAOS holding an Estate/Moving Sale and the pros and cons

Preparing the Sale
  • All furniture cleaned, staged for easy viewing and priced at fair market value
  • Household items cleaned, organized, displayed and priced at fair market value
  • Research will be done to assist with assigning fair prices
  • More valuable items will be kept in a secure location at all times 
  • Advertise your sale on 4+  selling websites including CHAOSRENO.com with a list of items for sale and pictures, dates, times and location
  • Post and share with Friends on Facebook sharing items and pictures
  • Send an individual Invitation to our extensive Email List with details of the sale and list of items

Conducting the Sale
  • Use of an electronic Point-of-Sale system, allows us more accurate tracking of items sold and a much quicker check-out time for our customers. 
  • Due to the stress and emotional aspect of selling personal items, we will not allow the owner or direct family members to be present at sale or assist with sale.
  • Post several signs throughout the community directing traffic to the sale, where permitted.
  • Staff the sale to provide customers a good shopping experience and eyes for watching your items for theft and breakage.
  • Maintain a clean, organized sale with constant moving items around for more exposure and to fill gaps when items are purchased.

After the sale
  • Provide a Print out of Total Sales for the Sale Day(s) and money received.  You will be paid within 3 day of last day of sale.  
  • Provide services to empty the house and get items picked up by a local charity, consigned with one of the local Consignment shops or trashed depending on what is left over and what you have asked us to do with remaining items. 

Day of the Sale
  • Doors open at 9:00 am, customers will see a well-organized sale that is easy to shop with fair prices. Prices are firm on opening day, they are discounted on the second day in the afternoon.  Please do not call for prices of items on sale, you must attend the sale.
  • Some sale locations are smaller than others and we must limit the number of people in at a time.
  • NO purses or backpacks are allowed inside our sales, due to theft.  This applies to everyone, so we are not singling out anyone.
  • We reserve the right to not allow entry with large purses.
  • Large items you wish to purchase that may be big, bulky or heavy such as furniture and appliances, you may pull the large "Price Tag” to give it the cashier.  Be sure to have one of the staff working the sale to post a “SOLD” sign on that item.  
  • You are welcome to make a pile of your items near the Check-out area to help keep your hands free as you walk the house, we are not responsible for “watching” these items for you.  We will give you a sold sign so you may place it on your pile with your name, so that others leave your pile alone.  Please remember that if you have it in your pile, it is considered sold.  It is first come, first serve and there are no refunds or exchanges.

Removable of Large Furniture & Appliances Purchased
  • When buying furniture, appliances and large items at our sales, it is your responsibility to coordinate getting these pieces home.  We do not provide movers or dolly's, therefore you must make all arrangements yourself.  
  • Please understand that our cashiers can't leave the register and our sales helpers cannot lift/move heavy items.  Arranging with us to pick the items up later in the day is not a problem.   We ask that all items bought must be picked up by 3:00 pm the day they are purchased.   Please understand that you must have paid for the item in full before moving it off location.  If the item is damaged in moving, it is still your item.  There are No refunds or exchanges. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Payment Options
  • Cash is Preferred
  • We also accept Visa/Master Card/Discover/American Express. A 3.00% processing fee of will be added to your merchandise total for each credit card transaction.

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