Fulton & Coard Estate Sales

The owner, Curtis Tate seemed very professional when he initially came to our home unfortunately this was just a set up. Once the sale was completed we had to chase him down to get our money. Despite the numerous phone calls we made to Curtis he NEVER returned a single call so we had to communicate with him through his employees. After several weeks of hounding him and showing up at his office we finally received some money - although I doubt it was anywhere near what we are really owed. I only wish I had spent more time reading reviews before hiring this unethical company. Curtis Tate of Fulton and Coard is bad news! Save yourself the time, trouble and heartache and use another company to sell your personal belongings.

According to our contract they had 20 business days to give me an accounting of the sale, an itemized list of the items donated, & my payment for the sale. They have yet to provide any of this to me despite multiple emails, phone calls, and text messages. They are acting very unprofessional and will not get back to me. I have also talked to my lawyer and am still having issues getting them to contact me. I have also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

The person at whose house the sale was held reports the following: Setup went very well. Workers were punctual, well prepared, efficient, and knowledgeable, and much of what we had was sold.I can not comment on the actual sale because clients are not permitted to be present at the sale. Before the sale I repeatedly identified with various persons certain items outside the house that were not to be included in that sale. These were items that had been bought previous to the sale by the soon-to-be new owner of the house. The night before the first day of the sale I found and removed a price label form one of the items that were no to be sold. After the sale I learned to my dismay that two other items outside the house that were not to be included in the sale were sold on the last day of the sale. No effort was made by F&C to try to get them back. Following the sale, regardless of these problems, I recommended F&C to a number of people including my realtor because F&C did sell the majority of what I had and the setup and knock down were efficient. My dissatisfaction began and grew when I did not receive settlement and accounting after the expected 10 business days. I waited an extra week and then called the number I had for Curtis Tate, president, who was my original contact and who provided the contract. Before and during the sale, Curtis answered his phone or called back in a timely way. But between 5/27 and 6/11, I made 6 calls to Curtis and left an explanatory message and my number each time. I also sent text messages and an email to Curtis. He never returned a call, never replied. I also call Brad, vice-president, 4 times during that period. He answered twice but referred me to Curtis. Nine business days after my first call, I got a call from Daniel who said he was in the office and found a message to contact me. He told me two checks and an accounting had been sent on 5/17. We confirm the mailing address and I agreed to wait a few more days though three weeks for mail delivery from the suburbs to the city seemed unreasonable since I often get mail sent the day before. But I was expecting three checks since three parties participated in the sale. Daniel checked the accounting and realized that two accounts had been combined and saidhe would have payment stopped on the two and would have three checks and a new accounting sent out on the following Monday. But that weekend I found in the mail an envelope from F&C postmarked 6/7. Strangely, inside were two statements and 2 checks all dated 5/17! On Monday 6/9 I called Curtis and as usual my call went to voicemail. I left a message explaining that I had received the two checks and asked that someone let me know if I should deposit them or send them back. No one called. On Tuesday I called Curtis and again left messages to be advised. No reply. Later I called Brad and he answered. He suggested I take my chances and deposit the checks, he didn?t think payment had been stopped. With that advice, I went to my bank and deposited the checks.To my amazement, the teller told me there would be a hold on the deposit of up to 10 days and she showed me the following advisement at the bottom of my deposit receipt: "Checks within this deposit may not be paid because of information we've received from the paying bank or due to the information we have within our own system. Further review may result in additional deposit availability delay." I called both Curtis and Brad and left messages that I had deposited the checks. No reply. By 6/13, the checks had not cleared so I sent an email to Curtis asking him to ensure that the checks cleared in a timely way. No reply but the hold was removed the following day. In various messages to Cutis I explained my dismay and disappointment with him and F&C resulting from his silence and disregard for my many phone, text and email messages. I have received no reply

I am the trustee for my uncle's estate and hired Fulton and Coard to handle the estate sale for the personal property at an estate sale. I now feel really foolish for not checking into this company's background before I hired them. After a terrible experience with them I checked the internet and also Angie's list and found numerous complaints against them. The owner Curtis came off as very professional and his operation seemed to be a cut above the rest but in reality This company is run by what I consider to be a con artist. Shame on me! ! To say I felt violated by this company after the experience would be an understatement. It's one thing to lose a family member but then for all practical purposes to have thier possessions stolen by a company like this is really disheartening.

The estate sale went well but what followed was a disaster. We received no itemized accounting of what was sold and for how much. This is the key to this scam. The client has no idea how much money Fulton and Coard actually received. The owners are told not to come to the sale. We know positively that one item alone sold for almost half of what Fulton and Coard claimed we'd grossed. When we couldn't get Mr. Tate on the phone after 6 weeks of silence post sale our lawyer suggested we confront them at another estate sale. After making a fuss we finally received a gross accounting which we think is false. They were supposed to clean out the house completely at a charge of $55/hr. which they failed to do. We received 2 calls from our realtor asking us if we wanted items left in the house. Mr. Tate claimed he sent us a 16 page itemized list of what was donated to charity but it has never arrived and we still don't have a check for what he claimes is the amount he owes us All in all this is a firm we would definitely NOT recommend unless you want to be cheated and lied to..

I will never use them again for anything.