Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

ThriftyBelle

goanmad wrote: »

Hey Thrifty! I live in the grotty West Midlands. Most people only seem to want Primark or River Island footballer's wives type-gear, leaving all the vintage/designer bargains for me!
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I'm liking your bargains, too. That 1975 Vogue mag sounds just up my street. I recently bought a book called "House Proud" which has some amazing thifty tips for customising furniture and it has a great idea for making placemats from vintage Vogue covers. xx

Haha, I see. Well I live in London (around Battersea if you know it) so obviously people are selling their things pretty expensive, even pieces of junk.

That sounds like a good idea with the vintage Vogue covers, though I think I would prefer to keep mine in one piece. I might sell it in a few years time. On ebay they seem to be going for around £18, and on this website http://www.vinmag.com/online/gbu0-prodshow/vogue-january-1975.html it is £25.

I am also keeping my Vogues I buy (I started collecting in December 2006) but I have a habit of ripping so pages out. (Though I do make sure I am only ripping out pages with adverts on both sides) I definately have to stop though, because I want to pass them on to other family members when I am older.

I have just roughly worked out that it will take me appoximately 12 years until my Vogue magazines reach my celing! :rotfl:

goanmad

Yeah, ThriftyBelle the trendier and posher areas know their labels and fashion so I suppose the pickings aren't as rich. When I've been down to Portobello and Camden I'm amazed how much they charge for 1950's cocktail bars and Art Deco furniture. In our local British Heart Foundation charity shop they are priced at around £10 a piece and hang around for months whereas Ikea sofas are priced at £100 and sell immediately.

Grammar Girl - I kept the Hermes scarf. I'll never be able to afford one again! I'm not the world's earlier riser but my taste is so off the wall I can turn up at a car boot or jumble sale late and still snaffle a bargain!! I've also held on to the Chanel handbag and Dior belt (£2 and 50p respectively).

I bought 2 1950's ballgowns from a jumble sale before Xmas and paid £2 for both of them. An old lady told me off and said I was being ripped off and should learn to haggle more.

monkeymonkeymonkey

Wow, you are SO lucky! You must have a good eye too, though!


Where exactly do you go in the West Midlands for bargain shopping? I have to have some :T

goanmad wrote: »

Yeah, ThriftyBelle the trendier and posher areas know their labels and fashion so I suppose the pickings aren't as rich. When I've been down to Portobello and Camden I'm amazed how much they charge for 1950's cocktail bars and Art Deco furniture. In our local British Heart Foundation charity shop they are priced at around £10 a piece and hang around for months whereas Ikea sofas are priced at £100 and sell immediately.

Grammar Girl - I kept the Hermes scarf. I'll never be able to afford one again! I'm not the world's earlier riser but my taste is so off the wall I can turn up at a car boot or jumble sale late and still snaffle a bargain!! I've also held on to the Chanel handbag and Dior belt (£2 and 50p respectively).

I bought 2 1950's ballgowns from a jumble sale before Xmas and paid £2 for both of them. An old lady told me off and said I was being ripped off and should learn to haggle more.

goanmad

I travel all over the West Midlands (but I can't give specific places away or I might get too much competition:rolleyes:).

My BF and I search local newspapers (and their websites) for jumble sales, car boot sales and church fetes then log into the Charity Association website to see if there are any charity shops close by to make it worth our while to travel: https://www.charityshops.org.uk/

I was brought up by thrifty parents and so rummaging around jumble sales was something I was brought up with. I've got an eagle eye, takes years of training. I can almost tell a designer item by touch alone. There's a great book called "Secondhand Chic" by Christa Neil which trains you to snaffle the bargains by recognising designer and high-end stuff.

I find it a good idea to dress up in the kind of clothes I love and look distinctive and never to dress down . I was at a jumble sale the other day in my vintage leopard coat and the ladies serving kept digging out animal prints and fake fur to show me. I'm also know in local charity shops and the staff often keep quirky stuff on one side for me.

monkeymonkeymonkey

Hehe, that's fair enough! You must be so proud of your bargains (I am of the few I have)! Good luck to you, and thanks for info!!!

goanmad wrote: »

I travel all over the West Midlands (but I can't give specific places away or I might get too much competition:rolleyes:).

My BF and I search local newspapers (and their websites) for jumble sales, car boot sales and church fetes then log into the Charity Association website to see if there are any charity shops close by to make it worth our while to travel: www.charityshops.org.uk/

I was brought up by thrifty parents and so rummaging around jumble sales was something I was brought up with. I've got an eagle eye, takes years of training. I can almost tell a designer item by touch alone. There's a great book called "Secondhand Chic" by Christa Neil which trains you to snaffle the bargains by recognising designer and high-end stuff.

I find it a good idea to dress up in the kind of clothes I love and look distinctive and never to dress down . I was at a jumble sale the other day in my vintage leopard coat and the ladies serving kept digging out animal prints and fake fur to show me. I'm also know in local charity shops and the staff often keep quirky stuff on one side for me.

Taloolah

I love car Boot sales and Charity shops, my favourite charity shop finds are

Jean Paul Gaultier Jeans Brand new (£3) sold on E bay for £107
Vivienne Westwood T Shirt (50p) kept this as a I loved it.

There are a few massive car boot sales near me but you have to get there early for any bargains.

JesaRose

A few times I have tried to start a thread to list car boot sales but never had any response from other interested parties - its a shame as there are no really good listings sites on the net, nothing really kept up to date

monkeymonkeymonkey

JesaRose wrote: »

A few times I have tried to start a thread to list car boot sales but never had any response from other interested parties - its a shame as there are no really good listings sites on the net, nothing really kept up to date

I think that's because people don't want the bargain-hunting competition! Does anyone know of any regular decent ones in the Sussex area?

gymfiend

I once picked up a lovely little Mandarin Duck bag for 50p, new and tagged...wasn't 100% sure of its value at the time, sold on eBay for £60

Also some LFA boots for £2, sold for £50.

Most of my clothes come from charity shops, regularly pick up Topshop jeans etc for under £3, I being thrifty, think I always will even if I had millions!

iieee

I haven't found anything as exciting as you lot but a couple of charity shops around here sell their baby clothes for 50p which is great for us. There's always tons of Next stuff in there. I even got a snowsuit for 50p once!

Unfortunately the prices for adult clothes are rubbish - women's tops £4.80, even when worn and bobbly and from a cheap shop to begin with. :rolleyes: