Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

agnetha

Percy1983 wrote: »

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 tend to buy items I know about - mainly CDs, vinyl, the occasional DVD and tie-in books. No doubt I've passed over all sorts of clothes or crockery in the past but I know zilch about such things so don't have any real interest in buying them in the first place. The items I tend to buy are generally things I like (music-wise, unless I happen to see something I know will go for a fair amount) so if I get stuck with them for a while it doesn't matter.

soolin

The usual boring reminder...the moment you buy to sell on you are trading and must declare yourself as such to HMRC.

As for knowing what is valuable and what is not, I have been selling for years and still can't fathom it out! I bought lots of books on my weekend away, the ones I bought particularly to sell are mainly worthless, the ones I bought to read or to give to friends are the valuable ones. For instance I picked up an oldish magazine for my son on a subject that interests him, paid 10p and a quick look at completed items on ebay show two sold in the past 15 days for around the £4 mark. OK, not enough to retire on but assuming he lets me sell it a sweet little profit anyway.

soolin

Oh, and one other tip. The coloured wedgwood style pottery that used to be so popular is now worth virtually nothing, so don't buy any. I bought a box from an auction about 3 years ago thinking I was going to make a fortune and am still teased about it now when I go to the auction house as I was the only bidder and was very eager to buy and everyone including the auctioneer thought I was mad. I can't even give the stuff away at 99p.

Forget beannie babies as well (another cupboard load of them)

Percy1983

soolin wrote: »

The usual boring reminder...the moment you buy to sell on you are trading and must declare yourself as such to HMRC.

Being an accountant I am very aware of this, on the flip side the occasional item isn't too bad and won't raise the alarm. As for doing the right thing maybe you should, but I warn if you do a tax return once they will want one every year for a long time afterwards.

tiff

I left a load of teaching assistant handbooks in the charity shop today as I've made mistakes before. They were asking for £2, came home and checked Amazon and selling for £14+!

jasmineswhiskers

tiff wrote: »

I left a load of teaching assistant handbooks in the charity shop today as I've made mistakes before. They were asking for £2, came home and checked Amazon and selling for £14+!

And when you go back the next day they've usually gone.:rolleyes:

tsharp

I saw a LOTRs chess set today in a charity shop, priced at £15, which was enough to discourage me from an impulse buy. Went back to the office and checked it out on ebay - looks like they sell for less than £10 - if they sell at all. Not everything is worth buying up!

Wench

Recently got a Mr Frostie from my local charity shop. £2.50, Had wanted one since I was a wee lass... used it once, got bored.. sold on ebay for £26.00 :j

Also got a ORIGINAL Snarf Plush toy for 50p ( Thundercats character ) sold on ebay for £30.00, rather wish I'd kept hold of it now, because the new films coming out I reckon I could of got more. Mind you.. cant beat 29.50 profit can ya ?!

JesaRose

oooooooh what new Thundercats films Wench? I didn't know there were new ones coming out. I LOVED Thundercats!

I love retro stuff from my childhood. A couple of years ago I found Pigeon Street on video and really enjoyed watching it. Afterwards I put it on ebay and it sold for £26

I used to have a Mr Frostie and also used it once - it was rubbish - wish I still had it

Wench

:eek: How can you not know !

Planning to be released in 2010, Knowing my luck it'll get pushed back to 2011. According to IMDB it in development.