Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

the_walking_dude

i have brought various books for 10p each and sold them for more then £5.

2 vending machines off ebay £50 delivered, relisted and sold for £200.0

Lord of the rings audio books £5 at a bootsale, sold £50 ebay!

and two weedburners (broken) brought for £4 the pair and sold for £90 (as broken)

i lived of this sort of stuff for about 6 monthes, not well, but i got by.

goanmad

Hi gang! Beautiful day here in the sunny Midlands and managed a car boot this morning. Managed a rather large haul but I'll try not to bore you:

3 x 1980's ladies hand-knitted ski jumpers with lion, monkey and kangaroo designs £1.50 each
1980's batwing cardi in red and black 50p
1980's snow washed denim shirt 50p
1970's big collar leopard print skinny blouse 50p
Vintage white faux fur coat £1
River Island black angora trilby 50p
Primark fringed suedette ankle boots - new with tags £1
Brown leather Chelsea boots £1
Vintage ladies red wool blazer 50p
Yellow 1980's ladies' blazer 50p
Electric blue 1980's blazer 50p
Electric blue 1980's jumpsuit 20p
6 x 1970's kipper ties plus a paisley silk cravat £1
5 x 1980's Italian designer label dinner jacket with labels attached 50p each
River Island men's pinstripe blazer 50p
3 x 1980's Italian designer high waisted linen trousers with tags 50p a pair
4 x 1980's grey batwing mini dresses with tags 50p each
Rocket Dog metallic blue shoes £1
Ladies black leather batwing biker jacket 50p
2 pairs paisley print braces 25p
2 x 1980's elasticated cinch waist belts with butterfly buckles 5p each
10pairs purple tights in packets £1
14 Dylon dyes (combination of machine and hand) £1 the lot
Tooled leather wallet 50p
1960's mans' orange wool blazer with silk lining 20p
2 x 1980's day dresses 20p each
Sicily souvenier silk scarf 1960's era 20p
Current Topman black V neck teeshirt 50p
1960's crazy turquoise fringed bed throw £1

:j

GrammarGirl

Nipped into our local Gemma's Hospice on my day off today, picked up two books but nothing else! Haven't been to a boot sale in a while due to hectic weekends, but my friend and I are planning to sell at one next weekend! :eek:

Little bit nervous, mostly about making change as I am terrible at maths and get all panicked! Think I might need a calculator!

Looking forward to getting there early and hunting for bargains though. Any tips?

MoaningMyrtle

BNWT Monsoon blouse £3.49
BNWOT Havainas 99p
Russell and Bromley suede boots (immaculate condition) £4.99

oliver2008

Just read through this thread and am now dying to go to a car boot sale!! Anybody know of any in the East Edinburgh/East Lothian area?

TIA

Sarah

kerrydrobertson

there is the one at the carpark at the Omni centre every sunday, meant to be the best one in edinburgh i think, very busy and lots of good buys and also indoor! the only other ones i can think of are the one at East Fortune market and there is one just started at the park & ride car park at Newcraighall on the last sunday of every month but not been to that one yet.
there is also one next to Asda chesser on saturday and sundays i think

happy carbooting!

mandragora_2

Alright Goanmad, there's nothig for it but to point you in the direction of this thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1157657

No two ways about it, you get some great deals:T,

but (and I'm not jealous, honest) - it could so easily be me - just where oh where do you find the room for all your haul??? I get to a point I can only describe as car-boot burn out, where I see fab things, but I just have no idea about when I will ever need/wear/use them, and so have to walk on by!!:cheesy:

goanmad

mandragora wrote: »

Alright Goanmad, there's nothig for it but to point you in the direction of this thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1157657

No two ways about it, you get some great deals:T,

but (and I'm not jealous, honest) - it could so easily be me - just where oh where do you find the room for all your haul??? I get to a point I can only describe as car-boot burn out, where I see fab things, but I just have no idea about when I will ever need/wear/use them, and so have to walk on by!!:cheesy:

Hi mandragora!

We've actually converted the garage to a room to store my eBay stock - I've got two industrial dress rails in there plus some super-large lidded boxes with jumpers, teeshirts, undies and scarves. The spare bedroom has an industrial dress rail with coats, suits and jackets and there's also a couple of shoe racks and crates with handbags - that bit's quite organised!

My keeping stuff is a different matter entirely - my wardrobe is full to bursting and everything falls out every time I attempt to get dressed in the morning. I've got a stash of vintage curtain fabric and retro material that used to fit nicely into an ottoman and is now threatening to take over. Maybe I should read the thread you've directed me to this weekend instead of going to more jumbles and car boots!

chezba

goanmad wrote: »

Hi mandragora!

We've actually converted the garage to a room to store my eBay stock - I've got two industrial dress rails in there plus some super-large lidded boxes with jumpers, teeshirts, undies and scarves. The spare bedroom has an industrial dress rail with coats, suits and jackets and there's also a couple of shoe racks and crates with handbags - that bit's quite organised!

Did you do a complete garage refit or do you still have the standard garage door. I was thinking of using the garage to store ebay stock but as there is a slight gap under the garage door it gets dusty in there and can also be slightly damp in winter so would worry about spoiling stock?

Miss_Laid

goanmad wrote: »

Hi gang! Beautiful day here in the sunny Midlands and managed a car boot this morning. Managed a rather large haul but I'll try not to bore you:

3 x 1980's ladies hand-knitted ski jumpers with lion, monkey and kangaroo designs £1.50 each
1980's batwing cardi in red and black 50p
1980's snow washed denim shirt 50p
1970's big collar leopard print skinny blouse 50p
Vintage white faux fur coat £1
River Island black angora trilby 50p
Primark fringed suedette ankle boots - new with tags £1
Brown leather Chelsea boots £1
Vintage ladies red wool blazer 50p
Yellow 1980's ladies' blazer 50p
Electric blue 1980's blazer 50p
Electric blue 1980's jumpsuit 20p
6 x 1970's kipper ties plus a paisley silk cravat £1
5 x 1980's Italian designer label dinner jacket with labels attached 50p each
River Island men's pinstripe blazer 50p
3 x 1980's Italian designer high waisted linen trousers with tags 50p a pair
4 x 1980's grey batwing mini dresses with tags 50p each
Rocket Dog metallic blue shoes £1
Ladies black leather batwing biker jacket 50p
2 pairs paisley print braces 25p
2 x 1980's elasticated cinch waist belts with butterfly buckles 5p each
10pairs purple tights in packets £1
14 Dylon dyes (combination of machine and hand) £1 the lot
Tooled leather wallet 50p
1960's mans' orange wool blazer with silk lining 20p
2 x 1980's day dresses 20p each
Sicily souvenier silk scarf 1960's era 20p
Current Topman black V neck teeshirt 50p
1960's crazy turquoise fringed bed throw £1

:j

wow you did really well, where is that boot sale please, Ive just moved to the West Mids and Im trying to find decent booties