https://the-ramble.net/2024/06/17/part-8-our-stuff-is-now-their-stuff/ Lisa and John and the world. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://the-ramble.net/2024/06/17/part-8-our-stuff-is-now-their-stuff/#comment-67 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:14:19 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2298#comment-67 […] As discussed awhile back, we sold essentially everything we owned before leaving for Portugal. Our belongings were divvied into lots, and those lots were listed on a website to be auctioned for approximately two weeks. (You can read more about it at that link above to Part 8 of Moving to Portugal.) Once the auctions were completed, auction winners were slotted into times on Saturday to pick up their plunder. Three ladies from a company called MaxSold showed up about 30 minutes prior to the first scheduled pickup. (We do not have an affiliate relationship with them, they just happen to be who we used.) They went through the house making notes about where the various lots were and if any buyer had several lots to pickup (many did). They put out an A-frame with a big “MaxSold” logo on it, and divvied up responsibilities. One mostly handled the upstairs lots, another the downstairs ones, and the third the ones in the garage. Both of the downstairs ladies took turns checking IDs and managing the number of people in the house at any given time (for COVID protection). We helped a bit, but were pretty superfluous and even left before it was completely done. When we returned, we found our house tidy and locked up tight. The MaxSold team was professional and courteous. […]

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