Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

Jorsha

This thread is absolutely fantastic, Jazmine!
I love visiting it, to be honest I love looking at other people's bargains nearly as much as finding my own.
I'm glad that the thread is still going and hope it lives for a long time.

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Saffronsmum

My weekend bargains :rotfl:

Boot sale-
2 pairs of River Island jeans 2.00
1 pair of next smart trousers 1.00
Next black jacket 1.00
2 Next tops 50p each
board games 50p each
20 bits of childrens clothes (Next, monsoon, Boden) 20-50p each
Buggy board 10.00 (sold for 20.00 on ebay)
Shade a babe for a pushchair 5.00 (sold for 20.00)
Kiddy board (New in box) 15.00 (going on e-bay)
Wallis wool tank top 50p

Charity shop finds-
Boden smock top 4.95
Hippie style dress (keeping this one) 4.00
Jane Norman jeand 4.00
Childrens boden top 1.00
Green summer dress 3.00 (for me)

Looking forward to next weekend, fingers crossed the weather will be ok.

luvbargains

I love this thread, its so fab!
Thanks for starting it Jazmine. :T

I only got to one small carboot on Monday, so i only got-
A silver necklace that i really love- £1.50
A hardback book that i really wanted- 50p
DVD- £1

Hoping for some nice weather this Sunday so i can go to two carboots!:j

agnetha

My weekend bargains include:

A lovely pair of Dafna boots, barely worn. Probably worth around £25 - I got for £1.
Various CDs, one of which I got for 50p which may very well go for around £40 on Ebay with any luck.

I love car boots - I wish I'd done them earlier. Would have saved a lot of money.

mrs_lds

agnetha wrote: »

My weekend bargains include:

A lovely pair of Dafna boots, barely worn. Probably worth around £25 - I got for £1.
Various CDs, one of which I got for 50p which may very well go for around £40 on Ebay with any luck.

I love car boots - I wish I'd done them earlier. Would have saved a lot of money.

what cd's go for £40 on ebay?

tiff

Jaki Graham Breaking Away CD album is one (sold for £38.50 a month or so ago) and another sold for £33 recently.

mandragora_2

Old (slightly tatty) Radley shoulder bag - bought for £5 from the charity shop (they wanted £8, but I threw in a couple of bits of Poole crockery I had kicking around, and they were happy to deal!) - sold it on Ebay as vintage - it was big enough to put a laptop in, and the buyer was delighted to pay £64.


Bought a pressure cooker at the tip for 50p, sold it on ebay for £80!!!

Percy1983

I am quite new to this thread but have a question, it seems some of you get bargains for youself while others do it to sell on ebay and such like.

Those of you who sell on ebay, say for every 1 item you make a good profit on how many do end up stuck with or making a loss on?

How do you know what to go for basically? I may try it but get the feeling I will just end up with a load of rubbish I can't shift.

Saffronsmum

Percy1983 wrote: »

I am quite new to this thread but have a question, it seems some of you get bargains for youself while others do it to sell on ebay and such like.

Those of you who sell on ebay, say for every 1 item you make a good profit on how many do end up stuck with or making a loss on?

How do you know what to go for basically? I may try it but get the feeling I will just end up with a load of rubbish I can't shift.

I have bought things to buy on e-bay, got them home only to find they are worth nothing :mad: but after a while you begin to get to know whats worth money and what isn't. I only buy clothes in my size, my childrens size so if i can't sell them we will wear them. Also i get my OH to sit by the PC so i can get him to check items on e-bay whilst i'm at a boot sale . Part of the fun is not knowing how much the item is worth, its a bit like gambling and i get a huge rush when i see an item i have bought for 50p sell for 50 pounds (which doesn't happen often enough).

My house is full of things i pick up at bootsales for me, my family and for e-bay.

agnetha

mrs_lds wrote: »

what cd's go for £40 on ebay?

You'd be surprised. This CD I got is mint condition, original, one of the earliest CDs available, no barcode, and Swedish (that last bit is important). Previous ones have gone for £30 upwards - saw one go for £72 a while back.

Of course, after saying all that I'll get no bids...