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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]

My sibling coordinated and did most of the work on cleaning out the house.   Sib was POA and parent in a nursing home.  Small city/small metropolitan area but rural areas are close...

yes even the linen closet was staggering.  So much stuff.  So much money wasted.  There was an estate sale and stuff got carted off to that auction place. [b] However the grueling grind of volumes of junk is not the business of those estate sale companies.  They pick what is deemed sellable.  Those sales do occur in rural areas.[/b]

This is how it works everywhere.  Plus you can add yard sales to the mix.  Estate sale was on the border of a rural area-pickers check online listings for good stuff.  [b]I'm older and beginning the clean out of my own home. [/b] Biggest problem?  Stuff given to me by parents and poa/executor.   Special gifts to kids like big dolls in boxes, dishes, furniture, etc.   I am overwhelmed.  Hope you don't have the  burden of all that excess stuff that might have flowed into your house.[/quote]

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