Meeting and Picking up Furniture
When you agree to purchase furniture on your favorite sale site like Marketplace. It’s time to go get the piece. Maybe you are even at a garage sale or estate sale. Are you ready to take a piece home?Here are some items to have ready· We have a tool bag. It is also what we take when we go fluff or work in our booth.· In the bago tape measureo flathead (antique screws)o Phillip's heado Screwdriver with the ability to change bitso Scissorso Small drillo Markerso Tapeo Small hammero Box Cutter· Blankets· Plastic wrap· Plastic bag or container for screws· Back brace or support brace· Gloves?· Shoulder Dolly Moving Straps · Cash?· If go to an estate sale, make sure to bring a copy of your tax-exempt formMeeting· Communicateo What time you can be thereo Be flexibleo Provide ETAs Use mapso Let them know you are thereo If you have a trailer—where can you park and how will you get out o Be super politeo Realize they aren’t comfortable for you to be thereo The piece you are buying may be special to themo Easy on the questionso Don’t be in a hurryo Scope out how you might need to get it out of the homeSecond level stairs tight turns rampsFloor conditionGravelSandGrass Overall, be prepared. Think it through Support the Show.
Meeting and Picking up Furniture