Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

andyauk

Hi All

been reading this thread for a while now, I am often car booting and at the charity shops

my latest buys were today Hugo Boss Mens suit £8 and a Cross Mini Agenda BNIB for £1 checked this when I got home today on the cross website and it retails for £95

sukey13

41 cds I am selling to musicmagpie for a £15 profit all bought for 10-20p each on average. Leaving me with another 40 I can ebay as a job lot too and a Kylie one I want to keep
Clinique face wash £1.
2 x Barry M sparkle eye shadows and 1 x Benefit one £1
Monsoon purple vest top 20p to ebay.
Monsoon tie 100% silk long dress 20p to ebay.
Petroleum jeans 50p to ebay.
Ted Baker denim skirt 50p to ebay.
Next purple crinkle dress 50p to ebay.
2 x 12 boys lacoste shirts 50p each to ebay.
2 x leappad books and cartridges £1 each to ebay.
Angel outfit with wings and halo £3 - for my DD (7)
load of winnie the pooh character teddies for £2 for DD(7) and DS(5)
Disney Tigger T Shirt and Eeyore long sleeve top for DD(7), 50p each
Red shirt for DS(5) 50p
Mario soft toy 50p for DD and DS to fight over - they are Mario mad!
6 x DVDs for £10 to watch then ebay
Vintage clutch unused bag with diamante and long/short chain to wear to a wedding next year then ebay after! £1.50
Silk bag within a bag within a bag within a bag within a bag which DD has taken a shine to £1.
Boxed "egg" (£2) and "moonbeam" light (£3) hidden in the boot of my car to wrap up for kids for christmas. Both come with batteries

All in all good fun, got me away from the kids and hoping to make a profit on ebay.

P.S. Off to watch the Will Smith "Ali" film now!

lucy*locket

Lots of bargains today,you lucky people (it's rained here all day).

I agree more people seem to cottoning on to boot sales, the two I go to seem much busier these days. I've noticed far more dealers/early shoppers swarming around cars as they arrive, they can be quite pushy too, but I guess it's a sign of the times, we're all looking for that bargain after all. Having said that most of my friends & colleagues don't go regularly or wouldn't be seen dead at one so I think we'll still find plenty of great stuff.

My work colleagues just don't get my obsession with boot sales, one says she couldn't touch clothing worn by someone else, another finds the thought of looking through other people's stuff quite disgusting ( she is very OCD about cleanliness). One or two wander down for a browse mid-morning and don't usually find very much so think boot sales are just full of junk. I tell them that's because all the good stuff is snapped up before 8am but they couldn't be bothered to get up at 6am on a Sunday, their loss my gain:D

tyzer2001

sukey13 wrote: »

41 cds I am selling to musicmagpie for a £15 profit all bought for 10-20p each on average. Leaving me with another 40 I can ebay as a job lot too and a Kylie one I want to keep
Clinique face wash £1.
2 x Barry M sparkle eye shadows and 1 x Benefit one £1
Monsoon purple vest top 20p to ebay.
Monsoon tie 100% silk long dress 20p to ebay.
Petroleum jeans 50p to ebay.
Ted Baker denim skirt 50p to ebay.
Next purple crinkle dress 50p to ebay.
2 x 12 boys lacoste shirts 50p each to ebay.
2 x leappad books and cartridges £1 each to ebay.
Angel outfit with wings and halo £3 - for my DD (7)
load of winnie the pooh character teddies for £2 for DD(7) and DS(5)
Disney Tigger T Shirt and Eeyore long sleeve top for DD(7), 50p each
Red shirt for DS(5) 50p
Mario soft toy 50p for DD and DS to fight over - they are Mario mad!
6 x DVDs for £10 to watch then ebay
Vintage clutch unused bag with diamante and long/short chain to wear to a wedding next year then ebay after! £1.50
Silk bag within a bag within a bag within a bag within a bag which DD has taken a shine to £1.
Boxed "egg" (£2) and "moonbeam" light (£3) hidden in the boot of my car to wrap up for kids for christmas. Both come with batteries

All in all good fun, got me away from the kids and hoping to make a profit on ebay.

P.S. Off to watch the Will Smith "Ali" film now!

Amazing prices - I never seem to get anything that cheap!

goanmad

Well done, sukey13 :T

piratefairy

Got some fab bargains at the weekend from my local charity shops..one vintage monsoon floral dress, great fit - £6. One vintage Laura Ashley floral dress which is soo cute, £4.99, and a floral print oversize shirt in a v similar print to thje ones in Topshop atm, £1.25 (I'm thinking beach cover-up etc for it).

Also, a pair of navy blue curtains with a gorgeous cream rose print on them, £2.50, which are in the process of becoming a new dress for me!!! Yay!!

smartcat04

Bought Delia's "How to Cheat" cookbook for 50p today from my local CS. Really chuffed as I nearly bought this brand new last year when it came out.

GrammarGirl

Very excited, got an email today about a vintage clothing, homeware and textiles fair happening in a village near me on Saturday. Can't wait to discover some treasures (hopefully)!

jasmineswhiskers

GrammarGirl wrote: »

Very excited, got an email today about a vintage clothing, homeware and textiles fair happening in a village near me on Saturday. Can't wait to discover some treasures (hopefully)!

So that'd be a jumble sale then

GrammarGirl

jasmineswhiskers wrote: »

So that'd be a jumble sale then

Well... you'd think, but actually lots of genuine vintage dealers go to these fairs - there's lots of Victorian costume, 60s furniture and fabrics from all manner of periods! It's really good fun as people get dressed up and really get into the spirit.