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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I am not asking people to Monday morning quarterback this.  I am asking about feelings as others have been through similar situations.  I was not in charge.  I did what the lead sister wanted to keep the peace.  Her plan did not work out all the way hence the dumping. She was trying to make some money for my mom as many items still had tags or were new in the box.  She would have been upset at the loss of potential revenue if we had gone my way and donated everything.  Please don't tell me what we could have done.  And for the record, estate sale companies will not come out just because you want to have a sale.  When I helped my inlaws who had pricey stuff and a lot of it (I thought) we had two companies come out and neither would accept the job because there was not enough profit in it for them.  The person who posted about decision fatigue nailed it.  After a while you just throw up your hands.[/quote]

When you post, people can comment on anything they want, OP, it's part of the deal. We're throwing suggestions out there for future reference, obviously, and we understand the decision fatigue.

It might be different in your area, but here estate sale companies are a dime a dozen and are willing to take up nearly any house. I've seen estate businesses sell completely nondescript contents out of completely ordinary houses. You might want to search again when the time comes. Go lower in the pecking order of estate companies.

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