Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

goanmad

lucy*locket wrote: »

Wow you bought so much, what's your game plan when you go to a jumble sale? I find it really hard to choose which stall to go to first, if I go to the clothes then everyone else is snapping up the bric a brac, or the books...and that's if I can get near the stalls, the last one a couple of months ago I just couldn't elbow my way near the ladies clothes, people were getting irate with each other 'cos there just wasn't space to move!

With this particular jumble sale theres two queues; one for bric-a-brac and the other for clothing,textiles and books. Each are held in separate rooms.

Most folks go for bric-a-brac. BF and I usually head for clothing (which is quieter) have a good rummage then I move onto the textiles pile. He pays and takes the goodies to the car. I go back to the clothing, which by now has been mixed up and the stuff at the bottom has risen to the top whilst he'll go into the bric-a-brac room.

As our taste is a bit weird the stuff we like is usually still left! There's often retro patterned deckchairs, vintage leather suitcases, bizzare pictures and other general madness just waiting for a good home.

After we've exhausted the bric-a-brac we'll have a final minesweep of the clothing and check out the books and magazines.

JesaRose

Its raining here today so I've had a lie in instead

I hate those pushy people who shove everyone out of the way. I had a go at a lady at last sundays bootsale for pushing me. Rude moo

sukey13

My best bargains were a red clutch bag in a charity shop I bought for £3.50 and sold for nearly £30 on ebay as "Samantha-esque from Sex and the City" and an ovulation tester kit from the bootsale I got for £2 and sold for nearly £50 on ebay!

lulu650

always love reading the posts here, particularly goanmad. You should really submit an article to newspapers or a magazine, complete with photos, goanmad!

Today, black stretch jeans from Next and woolmix cardi from Primark. Both new with tags, 75p each.

Couple of weeks ago, a burbery check shirt for 50p. On ebay, same one, same size, same condition sold for £31. Annoyingly fits me really well, but the same design is part of a Girls school uniform in our town!

lucy*locket

goanmad wrote: »

With this particular jumble sale theres two queues; one for bric-a-brac and the other for clothing,textiles and books. Each are held in separate rooms.

Most folks go for bric-a-brac. BF and I usually head for clothing (which is quieter) have a good rummage then I move onto the textiles pile. He pays and takes the goodies to the car. I go back to the clothing, which by now has been mixed up and the stuff at the bottom has risen to the top whilst he'll go into the bric-a-brac room.

As our taste is a bit weird the stuff we like is usually still left! There's often retro patterned deckchairs, vintage leather suitcases, bizzare pictures and other general madness just waiting for a good home.

After we've exhausted the bric-a-brac we'll have a final minesweep of the clothing and check out the books and magazines.

:TI think I need to decide what to concentrate on, probably clothes as I buy stuff for myself and if I'm lucky find a few bits to sell on Ebay. I might pay more attention to the weird stuff in future , but no chance of dragging DH he wouldn't be seen dead at a jumble sale, nor will 17 year old DD....she refuses to look in local charity shops too and doesn't even like me looking in the windows on the rare occasions she's in town with me, in case someone spots us who knows her and that would be sooo embarrassing! She says she wouldn't care if we were in another town so guess what we'll be doing when we go visit my Mum in Cornwall this summer! And with any luck there might be jumble sale.

Char1986

Hello im new *waves*
I've loved reading through the WHOLE thread and found it fab at what bargains everyone has picked up. I'm also a huge bargain hunter lover!! I haven't been to a boot sale for a few weeks now due to rubbish weather but looking forward to us actually finally having a summer so i can get some serious booty in lol. Anyway heres a few of my finds - nothing exciting......

x2 mens burberry shirts £1.00 sold for £29
New Look white smock top with black butterflies 50p sold £20.50
2 BNIB Tomy pull along ducks she let me have them for £3 - keeping them both for xmas pressies
BNIP Next 'Just Pink' big bath set 50p
BNWT M&S DORA wellies size 4 £1 hopefully these will fit my lil one in winter
BNIB Summer baby listening monitor thing £4 got £20 for it
BN BHS big swirly cream vase and twigs £18 paid 50p
BNIB M&S mans leather black wallet rrp £18 paid £3.50
BN Barry M eyeshadows x3 £1.00 each
BN Barry M nail varnishes x2 £1.00 each
JOE BROWNS KAFTAN X2 £1.00 each

Thats all i can think off for now......

lucy*locket

JesaRose wrote: »

Its raining here today so I've had a lie in instead

I hate those pushy people who shove everyone out of the way. I had a go at a lady at last sundays bootsale for pushing me. Rude moo

Raining here too so no boot sales for two weeks now:mad:.

I did pop in a couple of charity shops this week, don't usually have time but working in a school I've finished work for a few weeks so can have a browse, lovely:D

I bought:
Lovely M&S light blue shrug, £2.60. I nearly bought one a few months back but was a bit skint at the time. Looks really nice over a white vest top.

All clothes 1/2 price at my local hospice CS, so bought a Per Una sheer blouse with blue & green rose print, I love it, only £1.50, and a Next sheer cream blouse, great for work, also £1.50. Plus I picked up 6 paperbacks for the summer, 50p each.
I'll pop into town this week to see what else I can find, thinking about work clothes for the Autumn now.

lucy*locket

Hi Char1986, welcome! This is a great thread, I love hearing about what people buy, it gives me ideas of what to look out for too. let us know what you get at the next boot sale, I'm a boot sale addict too.

Char1986

A few other things ive just remembered.....
BNWT GAP CROPPED TURN UP TROUSERS AGED 4 - TAG STATES £19.50 FITTED MY DAUGHTER LIKE A TREAT

MONSOON SILK CAMISOLE AND CARDIGAN £1.00 FOR THE 2
WALLIS BLACK LONG DRESS WITH SHOWL (sp) 50p
NEW LOOK BLACK CROSS OVER JACKET 50P
RIVER ISLAND BLACK SHORTS 50P
RIVER ISLAND GREY LEOPARD PRINT TOP 50P
NIKE THICK JACKET £2.00 - GAVE TO MY OH FOR FISHING SO I DONT REALLY MIND HORRIBLE SLIME ON IT (YUCK)
PINK GAP GYPSY SKIRT BNWT 50P
BIG SPOTTY OVERNIGHT BAG 50P (LOVE IT)
POSTMAN PAT TOOTHBRUSH AND HOLDER 25P
DIESEL BOYS TOP 12-18 months 25p sold for £12.78!!
M&S BABIES ACTIVITY CUBE 50P
BNWL M&S BIG CREAM VASE £3.00 HAD PRICE TAG OF £18.00
ME TO YOU TAX DISC HOLDER 50P
X2 CRAFT SCISSORS FOR MY DAUGHTER AS SHES CRAFT MAD
ANIMAL TOP FOR OH 50P
NIKE TOP FOR OH 50P
WALLIS PETITE JEANS 50P
RIVER ISLAND WASHED LOOK JEANS 50P
RIVER ISLAND PARKA STYLE COAT £1.00

I've bought so much in the last few months i can't remember everything...

GrammarGirl

Rubbish car boot today - it rained on and off and everyone looked miserable and downtrodden! No bargains to be had at all. One stall had a lot of interest, the lady behind it was obviously well-off and clearing out, but she was asking ridiculous prices for everything. Lots of nice furniture but she wanted £25 for a bedside table - I bought one new for that price yesterday! She wouldn't haggle either. One guy asked the price of an urn, she said £5. He said asked if she'd accept £4 and she refused! Wonder how much she had to lug home with her afterwards?