Testimonials

From: Karen Grobner

I am writing this testimonial to let people know what a run around I have gotten from other companies who have been so unreliable. Most of the estate sale companies would not leave me a contract to look over, they didn't want me to ponder what their rules were in case I might question some of the items. Sassie's came in on our first interview and when they left they gave me the contact and told me to give them a call when I was ready to sign it..

Most companies said to me that when i signed the contract and turned over the keys to them to get into the house everything in the sale was now considered to be their property and I and my sibling would have no further control on any item. If we decided we wanted any of the items, we would have to pay the company as anyone would have to in the estate sale and nothing would any longer be free to any family member. When doing a sale there are things you look at later and decide you want as a memory of the people that passed away, and you don't feel you should have to pay the company for any of these items. Sassie's came in and said up until the end of the time when they had finished the pricing any item could be taken out of the sale Sassie's said any and all of the items still belonged to me and the family. And any member of the family could ask the people who signed the contract if something may be taken out of the sale. Sassie's was very generous with this policy and after all the stress of my dad passing away, it was appreciated that someone cared about my feelings.

Some of the companies would charge me for office supplies that would be needed to "tag" the items or bags to use at the sale. Sassie's came in and paid for all supplies out of their own pocket..

Most companies charge a deposit fee that is due upon you signing the contract.. they say these fees are to pay the people helping them set up the sale or for food to feed workers or gas money, but I have found that this is not true.. When you pay this deposit it guarantees the company gets money for the estate sale in case the sales are not good when the estate sale is conducted. Again Sassis's does not charge this up front fee. This is a huge deal since when you are thinking of doing a sale you usually do not have the few thousand dollars that is required to give to the company before signing the contract.

When I started to do the research on how to get a estate sale conducted, I interviewed either in person or a phone interview about 20 companies in order to get this much information to be able to pass this on to you.. You are so stressed and in mourning and it is very hard to do this research and to get rid of your family's treasures.

Sassie's is a hard working and honest company and I do not think you need to look any further at other companies.. You have found the best right here..

I have put this in writing and is my own opinion. I hope this helps someone in their search for a good and honest group of people to work with.

Karen Grobner
Morton Grove, IL

From: Sharon & Louise Anderson

I wanted to put a testimonial for Sassie's  Antiques. My sister and I had a overwhelming job of going through so much of finalizing our Mother's estate, and then to have to go through our childhood memories, our parents life together .I called several of the bigger companies  that are listed. A few were so rude and honestly a few as my sister and I felt, something wasn't right with how they conducted their sales. And the deposits of some of them, ridiculous. A guarantee for themselves, not us the family,themselves their business.

I called Sassie( Naomi). She came out one evening  with her husband  (Mike) and we felt at ease immediately to find out no deposit,no minimum, she couldn't honestly give us an answer on how much it could make,but did say it would be a really good sale.It really was more then my sister and I expected. Her staff of family,friends, were so helpful and went out of their way more then once for us.

We have a  aunt who wanted an old pitcher that my mother and her loved as children, we forgot to take it out before hand, and I called Naomi she said no problem and pulled it out. When going through the attic,and basement found many pictures we never knew existed and boxed them for us. She left us a contract,no other company would do that.She answered all our questions.They even have a clean out company no charge to the family for the remainder of items that don't sell.It was a relief.

I have recommended her time an time again to us  baby boomers facing the hard time of now having to put a hard task together when losing a parent.She understood as she was going through the same thing with her own parent.The compassion of herself and her husband was much  appreciated.

She asked me to forward a testimonial to her site.For my sister and myself, Sassies Antiques is a good honest company and relieved a lot of the stress of selling away our memories.

If your now looking at this testimonial and their site.Pick up the phone and call them.You found the right one!

Sharon & Louise Anderson
Chicago, Illinois

From: Elizabeth O'Grady

When Naomi contacted me to be a testimonial for her business. I so wanted to do this, but needed a little bit of time to get the words right in how I wanted it to be said. She did my Uncle's Estate in Nov.2001 it was a saddened time for the US, after 911.I was the one that became the Executor for my Uncles Estate over my siblings. If you've never experienced getting taxes, insurance, ending a time period of a hard working person’s life. And then to have to remove, sell their belongings, it’s completely a stress magnet! My uncle worked for John Deere, actually all the male people in our life did, there was generations of antiques .The Collections then were of tractors(mini),tools, military as he served as a Pilot in the Air Force WW2 he had many mementos, collections of the interesting to say the least!! And never married. The home wasn't very clean or organized and hidden boxes of things everywhere.

I asked a realtor if she knew of anyone that can do an Estate Sale. First and only name I got was Naomi (Sassie's) saying we only use them. They are excellent. And she was extremely correct!

I called her, and she and her husband came out that evening. In a distressed home filled with many items, plus lots of filth. She was very personable and understanding of what was going on with me, as she just put her mother in a nursing home four months previous and was now having the task of doing an Estate Sale for her mother, and could relate head on! Plus her own son in the Military and knew that a war was approaching. Her level headed compassion for me and things going on with this giant mess my Uncle not intentionally leaving, but it was WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THIS? She was GREAT!

It took her husband and herself a month to get it cleaned and put together on how she wanted it "Presented" as she said. It needed to have things put in order, she didn't want to just "do a sale" she wanted it with their expectations of getting a successful one done. It was amazing. It was hugely successful and things were sold, cleaned out. Not a lot left. I have referred her over and over again.

It was a time for both of us to do something as she said it's like therapy and am sure she was going through an emotional trying time herself, but kept it all together for her company and how they looked at how things to be done.

There are companies that are a company. Then there is Sassie's someone that honestly was with my feelings on the end of a lifetime as she was now doing it for her Mother.

I can’t send enough Kudos to a great company that just put a lot of my overwhelming fears to rest.

I am still in contact with her, and am so ever grateful for her just knowing what to do, when I had all this other mess to sort through. It was a lift off my shoulders. IT was a joy to write this, to let others know that if we are at this site now looking for "That One" to understand us because we are in a wreck trying to sort through lifetimes of memories. Email, call, just get her on board. You won’t be disappointed. Your going to be relieved.

Elizabeth O'Grady
Chicago, Illinois

From: Richard & Thomas Walters

I was reading a lot of Sassie's testimonals and thought I too need to jump on her band wagon.We still stay in contact. If you've never talked too her or are "curious" of the Sassie name..see her at a sale..ask that question and its a great story! But the best of it..GOSH she is adorable on personality! The enthusiasm of what a home has and what its in there is amazing! We all grow up with different things in our homes, and what we would look at as ARE YOU KIDDING ME..someone would BUY THAT? She has that YES answer. I got her name from a real estate company when I had to sell my parents beloved home that they built 60 yrs ago.Growing up with another sibling who did other things to help in the finalizing of the estate,but couldn't deal with the personal end,the home,contents, etc. They gave me a few names.She was in the middle of the names and I interviewed a few of the bigger ones. One without even coming out too see a packed home of over 60yrs,not enough for our company to make any money.Isn't the object to service the family? Sure its great if the company is to make money,but don't advertise "expertise" and " value of families", and that's not what your about. Oh and the deposits,I personally think, got a lot of nerve.! I then called Sassie's.She and her husband came out and walked around this childhood home of mine,just gushing on things, and telling me oh how great this is or that. I honestly couldn't see what she saw in a lot of the items! But that's the personality of her, and what she see's in items for a sale.She made me look at things a little differently in what my mother kept,owned, my father's wacky collection of tools, items from his childhood..TOLD ME what I NEED TO KEEP.At first my brother and I went through the home before anyone was called in, and we sort of picked some things out,but Sassie sort of brought it back to life saying this or that, you and your brother DO NEED to keep, your parents loved this or that.WHO does this? Sassie did.Was honestly for us, an eye opener on this is what an Estate company should be..and we knew this was our girl!

The latter part of the years after my mother passed away and my father tried as best as he could even in failing health to keep up this big home that was filled with some great times as my brother and I remembered growing up,the years took a toll on the home. He just couldn't do a lot of the repairing as he would NEVER call in someone to do the job when he always did it.My brother and I did fix and repair as much as possible but the years caught up on the home, so there was wear/tear to the home.I told her I will pay a cleaning fee whatever it took to get a sale going. Because the house was in disarray and you cant have people going into something that isn't as she said safe to walk into.Fine by us.!

No time frame in getting the sale together for us.So she did it in between her other sales.SHE DID A GREAT JOB! Her "staff" of really good good friends, all worked great together and put this house, back together again and my mother would of loved how they put things in their correct places. Coming over, talking to her,listening to what she "knew" on so much of the antiques, things I wouldn't of looked twice at and never did! We enjoyed so much getting to know what "Sassies Antiques" was all about, and her passion.

The PASSION of this company of hers and her feelings, She may not be the biggest company around, (we personally think she should be!) she isn't the big household name...yet, but I was once told if you don't have passion in what you do in life, sometimes life is just too boring and its time to re think what drives you.

Sassie has that drive that yearning for a good sale, knowing the families of the home she is working in, what they accumulated in years, their lives.She wanted to know about my parents, their life, our life. That is compassion.

It's her personality.Its a emotional time, it aint easy.But she cared about our feelings.

For my brother and myself, her passion and drive made our transition of selling off our life with our parents a little bit easier and to get closure from it all.

TV interviews, and write up's in newspapers don't mean squat on some of the other companies, if you don't have that "Passion", your in the wrong field.

I read a few of the other testimonials and one said if your now on the Sassie Page reading this..PICK UP THAT PHONE...Damn right you should. By the way, the sale was Excellent.! Hard work does pay off! I refer her over and over again!

SASSIE WE LOVE YOU!
Richard & Thomas Walters
Lincolnwood, Illinois