Gunning and Company Estate Sales, LLC

Very unprofessional business practices. We tried to buy a grill they had for sale and they said they weren't comfortable disconnecting it and had to check with Mike Gunning to see if it was OK. This was at the conclusion of the sale hours on Saturday. We agreed that if it was indeed OK I would return the next day to pay for it and make arrangements to pick it up. On Sunday morning I showed up as agreed. I was told by Cheryl that they had sold it to someone else. She claimed that she left me a voice mail about it. I went out to the car to find that I indeed had a voice mail but no missed call (must've had no signal at some point). The message said ONLY that the disconnection of the grill had been approved and I could call to pay for it if I didn't want to stop by as promised (sounds like we had an agreed-upon transaction to me), but she LEFT NO PHONE NUMBER FOR ME TO CONTACT HER TO DO SO. I had no choice but to stick to the original plan and stop by as agreed. Firstly, they didn't let us pay for it on Saturday because they claimed to be unsure of how to unscrew a hose and make sure a valve was shut off (rocket science), and then they took a better offer after our agreement for me to stop by on Sunday to pay for it. NO message said anything about other offers or Gunning & Company deciding not to honor their deal. Clearly the story about not wanting to disconnect it, even though it was tagged and listed in their website for the sale, was a cover story to keep backup buyers in the wings. Very bad business practices. Do not trust these people. PS to the people who purchased the grill: I'd love to hear how much you paid for it. Whatever it was above the $125 to which they agreed to sell it to us for shows me how much Gunning & Company's ethics are worth.