taxi to a car boot sale?

dominos

We've been planning to do a car boot sale for ages. Setting off for a years travel in April so I'm wanting to get rid of un-needed clothing and bits n bobs, but would also like to earn a bit to put towards the trip.
Only problem is that we don't have a car.

Looked into hiring a car or getting put on insurance for a day but isn't really an option. The handiest car boot sale is on a sunday morning, so either way we would need the car from saturday night.

A friend suggested using a taxi to transport our stuff and drop us off at the car boot sale. I dismissed the idea initially but now that I'm thinking about it, I'm beginning to think that maybe thats our only option. But is it feasible?

Any ideas, suggestions, personal experience or advice would be great guys.
Can you do a car boot sale without a car?????

scbk

Can you not borrow a friend's/relative's car, with them doing the driving?

boombap

Are you able to eBay the items? You'll probably make a lot more if your items are clothing and small things like computer games....less so if they are larger items ie furniture.

S.

jasmineswhiskers

I guess you could always give a taxi firm a call and see what they say.

simpywimpy

May come unstuck if you have loads left over and need to bring it all back again. I would certainly phone around for a quote though.

dominos

As to willing takers giving up their sunday morning for us- so far no luck. It would mean them collecting us at 7am and it gets a a bit complicated. Still working on them though...
I had thought about ebay but I don't have much experience on it. I've been selling books off on Amazon with varying success and getting rid of books this way. Amazons really straight forward and user friendly. Everytime I've looked at ebay I've ended up confused about fees and bids etc
Its mainly clothes, shoes and coats I have to sell now. Do you thinks that ebay is a better option than a car boot? I just thought it might be easier to sell as much as possible in a day, but maybe I need to get over my ebay confusion

Sailor_Sam

I use to drive a taxi, and if someone had got in my cab with a load of bin bags and perhaps a pasting table, i'd have taken them wherever they wanted to go.
It is no different than picking a fare up outside Tesco and taking them home with their shopping, which may include a new pasting table and bags of stuff they have bought.
As for coming home, you just need to do the same in reverse.
The taxi driver may even wait with you and let you sell from the back of the cab, but remember the clock will be ticking.

annie-c

If you are selling clothes then you may not make enough at a booty to cover the pitch fees and taxi fares. Ebay is hassle but things tend to go for more if they are saleable. At a boot sale I did I started off with prices of £2 and £3 for posh frocks and work suits and ended up selling a few things for 20p each and giving a lot to charity!

Before you go to the trouble of hiring a cab, a good idea is to go as a 'buyer' to the booty you are thinking of selling at, have a mooch, get a feel for prices and ask a few vendors if they are having a good day and shifting much.

Good luck!

annie-c

Be aware as well that at most boot sales, the cars queue up at the entrance (sometimes the queue starts a long way down the road), and are ushered into tight spaces. Not sure how it would work if you have to get out of the cab at the entrance to the pitch and walk in, with all your bags etc, in a procession with the cars, until you are directed to your pitch?

heskpesk

dominos wrote: »

We've been planning to do a car boot sale for ages. Setting off for a years travel in April so I'm wanting to get rid of un-needed clothing and bits n bobs, but would also like to earn a bit to put towards the trip.
Only problem is that we don't have a car.

Looked into hiring a car or getting put on insurance for a day but isn't really an option. The handiest car boot sale is on a sunday morning, so either way we would need the car from saturday night.

A friend suggested using a taxi to transport our stuff and drop us off at the car boot sale. I dismissed the idea initially but now that I'm thinking about it, I'm beginning to think that maybe thats our only option. But is it feasible?

Any ideas, suggestions, personal experience or advice would be great guys.
Can you do a car boot sale without a car?????

Am i the only person who thinks this is a wind up!!

Emmzi

enterprise do a weekend special for £30, friday to monday. cheaper than taxis maybe?