Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

Sootzer

Today bought...
1 x brand new Carter fleece baby suit £2
6 x mix brand new Carter babygros and pop vests 10p each!
New Boxed set 4 side plates nice design £2
Junior monoply new sealed. £2.25
Ikea bathroom mirror new in packaging £2
New with tags surf t-shirt and kangaroo-poo t-shirt £1 each.

soolin

Good grief, I must go to the wrong boot sales :eek:

All I ever find is piles of unsold items where people want £10 for a hardback Terry Pratchett book 'because it's rare, oh yea, only several million ever published :rotfl:

tatty prams with wheels missing, Primark clothes at £1 a piece when they probably only cost that new, shoes I wouldn't even donate to a charity shop as I'd be too ashamed.

I must try harder!

Sootzer

chezba wrote: »

My first post on this thread which I've been reading enviously! Went to me first car boot of the year on Saturday and picked up the following bargains:

Hugo Boss shirt 1.00
Thomas Pink shirt 1.00
Versace jeans 1.00
Paul Smith jacket 1.00
Benetton cardigan 1.00


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Hi Chezba
Welcome to the thread.

chezba

soolin wrote: »

Good grief, I must go to the wrong boot sales :eek:

All I ever find is piles of unsold items where people want £10 for a hardback Terry Pratchett book 'because it's rare, oh yea, only several million ever published :rotfl:

tatty prams with wheels missing, Primark clothes at £1 a piece when they probably only cost that new, shoes I wouldn't even donate to a charity shop as I'd be too ashamed.

I must try harder!

I know what you mean - there is a LOT of tat out there and some things I woudl be far too emabrrassed to put out for sale. I'm planning on doing my first ever as the seller in a few weeks and judging by some of the sellers there on Saturday my stall will be the Harvey Nics of teh car boot!! :rotfl:

Richard_MacRae

i brought an original louis vuitton small hand bag last week on a local car boot,straight on ebay started bidding at £10 and was asked to end early and sell for £60 delivered..i only paid £2.00 for the bag,and yes it is genuine....

chazsucks

I've just sat and read through this whole thing and I'm soo jealous! How do you guys do it?! How do you find all these places?? I've found a few bargains before but nothing I could really sell on and make much money and I used to go to car boots every week! Maybe it's just my area? But people seem to know how much everything is worth grrr

china-doll_2

ooo this is such an interesting thread!

I pop into charity shops every now and then, the best thing I have bought was a karen millen dress, I was eyeing it up in the stores last year but was far too expensive at £150!! But managed to snap one up at £25, not a complete bargain but i did love the dress and I have also bought a vintage cape which i wore all winter for £5...I haven't been to a car boot sale before. Are there any good ones in London?? I find that some of the charity shops in my area are quite pricey, I saw a karen millen top going for £39, it had original tags on for £45...

Anyone know any good car boot sales in London?

ThriftyBelle

china-doll wrote: »

ooo this is such an interesting thread!

I pop into charity shops every now and then, the best thing I have bought was a karen millen dress, I was eyeing it up in the stores last year but was far too expensive at £150!! But managed to snap one up at £25, not a complete bargain but i did love the dress and I have also bought a vintage cape which i wore all winter for £5...I haven't been to a car boot sale before. Are there any good ones in London?? I find that some of the charity shops in my area are quite pricey, I saw a karen millen top going for £39, it had original tags on for £45...

Anyone know any good car boot sales in London?

thank-you

well i always go to the carboot sale in battersea, near where battersea tech college is. it is pretty good and always busy, but there will probably never be the bargains like buying vintage shoes for 20p and such :rolleyes:

gosh, charity shops around my area are pretty pricey too, and they are constantly selling primark clothes more expensive then they actually are in primark. though, saying that, there is a little charity shop near my house which often has some lovely clothes in. my best bargains from that charity shop is a zara cashmere and silk cardi for 50p, and a brand new paisley new look dress for £4

good luck for when you go to your first car booty

pinkclanger

JesaRose wrote: »

Welcome to the forums pinkclanger - I too love hearing about all the bargains

thanks for the welcome, i love hearing about all folks bargins, i've been carbootin for years now n hav got some fab bargins over the time, i think one of the best buys was a nearly new pair of rocket dog biker boots for £4, but unfortunally they were to small for me so someone at work bought them off me for £40...felt abit bad takin her money but she was well chuffed as they her size n she been wantin a pair for ages n din't want to pay £80 so she was well chuffed.
i'll keep you posted with any other bargins i pick up...i love tellin folk all the money i've saved on some really good stuff which i can't usually afford to buy in the proper shops :T

lucy*locket

chazsucks wrote: »

I've just sat and read through this whole thing and I'm soo jealous! How do you guys do it?! How do you find all these places?? I've found a few bargains before but nothing I could really sell on and make much money and I used to go to car boots every week! Maybe it's just my area? But people seem to know how much everything is worth grrr

You have to get there early, I reckon most of the best stuff is sold in the first hour (have been going to boot sales for 20 years and been a seller at a fair few too). So my local boot sale which is advertised as 8am-2pm, they let the sellers in from 6am, I get there 6.45am, have a quick walk around looking for anything that stands out as a bargain then I walk round again taking more time, rifling through boxes under tables, bags that look like no-one has rummaged through them. I can spend about 2 1/2 hours there, then I go on to the next boot sale, advertised as 11am-3pm but they let the sellers in at 10am then the buyers in soon after. Home by 1pm, Sunday lunch, glass of wine, perfect Sunday:j