Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

bobbiely

Yesterday: a Penguin "Boy's Adventure" book set with some real classics and retro covers: £3 (rrp: £80 - who pays 80 quid for a set of paperbacks )
Today: 3 Oxford Library Classics booksets for £2 - was going to offer the bloke £3 til he said have the lot for 2... I snapped it up lol.
Hand made glass pendant for £2.50 - gorgeous had to stop myself buying a whole more.
And... a delish burger. Seriously best burger I've had for a long time for only £1.50! lol

lucy*locket

Great to hear about everyone's bargains, well I couldn't resist it, I was planning to stay at home and get on with some gardening but the thought of the extra boot sale going on without me.....
It was clouding over as I arrived, a few spots of rain and everyone, buyers and sellers hoping the heavy rain would hold back for a while which it did. There were less sellers than usual and mostly families with kids selling toys/games/kids clothes. I didn't buy much despite going round twice but i didn't want to spend much as I did buy lots yesterday.

Today I bought

2 lap trays, brand new for £1 each, for those Saturday nights when we eat in front of the tv watching Britains' got talent:D

Bottle of Clinique Aromatics Elixir for £3

Loads of make up, Chanel/Estee Lauder/Dior, all like new, about 10 items for £3, she had piles of stuff, think she must work on a beauty counter. I should have looked more closely the first time I passed her stall:rolleyes:

Pair of Converse plimsolls for DD, like new, £2.50

A Stanley insulated food container 50p, I've been looking out for one for ages, DD can take some home-made soup to college in it.

Just not much there for me today, but never mind roll on next Sunday.

I'm off work this week so will have a mooch around the charity shops one day.

I-Owe-You

I love reading all your finds!!

I just wondered what you guys do when you buy thing's and they don't sell on eBay?? Do you continue to re-list until sold or just re-sale at a booty??

Here's some of the bargain's Ive got my hands on over the years... I'm lucky enough to live a stone's throw from brick lane which is home to many vintage stores to guide me in the right direction to what im looking for!!


Bootsale/Chartity shop finds

Faux fur coat from TXMaxx still labelled for £1 - sold on eBay for £22!

Vintage style "t-dress" - bought for £2.99 sold for £32 on eBay!

Boxfull of Marvel/DC comics for £3 - got them home to find one was signed by Stan Lee (The Mavel creator!)...had the expense of getting this verified in a store in London... & now the boyfriend's nagging to keep...but I see on Ebay these comic's going for £100's!!

Black quilted chain bag £1.50, similar to the sort after gucci quilted and still made a £7 profeit on eBay!

What I thought was a cute little monkey teddy for £2... turns out to be some high end Japanese designer streetwear brand "Bathing Ape"...got £60 for it... my jaw was on the floor!!!

I finally I bought myself a purple Maxi-Dress in Primark about 2 years ago... seemed like a good idea at the time but never wore it! Couldn't believe it when I made double the money back...!!

I have made losses though... so dont be fooled, it's not all good! I never want the additional eBay fee's of having reserve's so let everything start at 99p!

I'm doing my first ever bootsale as a seller on Sunday - bit concerned as I dont want to let my things go for just 20/50p!!

Been great reading all you're finds!

lucy*locket

I-Owe-You wrote: »

I love reading all your finds!!

I just wondered what you guys do when you buy thing's and they don't sell on eBay?? Do you continue to re-list until sold or just re-sale at a booty??

Anthing that doesn't sell on Ebay I take to the charity shop, I don't have a lot of space to store things. I used to do boot sales but can't be bothered these days:D, and I feel I'm doing my bit for charity. I usually buy something while I'm in there too

I-Owe-You wrote: »

I have made losses though... so dont be fooled, it's not all good! I never want the additional eBay fee's of having reserve's so let everything start at 99p!

I'm doing my first ever bootsale as a seller on Sunday - bit concerned as I dont want to let my things go for just 20/50p!!

Been great reading all you're finds!

I start everything at 99p too, I think everything finds it's price whatever price you start it at. Good luck with the boot sale, bear in mind most buyers don't want to pay more than £1, and 50p even better:D so if you want to get a decent price you might be better selling on Ebay.

shelovestobuystuff

Yey!Charity shop bargains this morning.I spent a grand totaal of £5.30 and worked out the resale value of my bargains to be just over £90.
Best one today is a whitefriars vase cost £1,value £40-£60.Thats the kind of profit margin I like.

Saffronsmum

Sunday was a great day, the sun was shinning and i went to 2 boot sales, i picked up..
ELC keyboard and stool for my daughter for £5.00

Vintage Fisher Price Garage £3

Lots of Vintage fisher price cars and people for £2 (which will go with the garage)

Next top (looks new) 50p

Next trousers (new with tags) 50p

Some puzzles for my daughter 50p each (when i got home i noticed one was New and sealed and would have cost £10 new)

Some childrens clothes (Next and Boden) 50p each

Vintage fisher price house and people £1

On monday i went to a small boot sale and picked up

A fisher price jack in the box dated 1970 for £6

Disney puzzle 50p

And some childrens Next clothes 50p each.

Roll on next sunday, lets hope the sun shines.

BlimusOreilly

lucy*locket wrote: »

Also the funny conversations you overhear, and it drives me mad:mad: when sellers tell you something cost them a lot of money and won't give you a straight answer..... I DON'T CARE how much it cost them new I just want to know how much they want me to pay for it!

So true!!:rotfl::rotfl:

The other one that drives me mad is "that's old, that is" before they give a totally unreasonable price! Just because it's old doesn't mean it's worth something....:rolleyes:

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BlimusOreilly wrote: »

So true!!:rotfl::rotfl:

The other one that drives me mad is "that's old, that is" before they give a totally unreasonable price! Just because it's old doesn't mean it's worth something....:rolleyes:

I get annoyed by the well I've only just started so its £xxx

linni

Or you look at a pair of slippers and they say "they're slippers". Of course I know what they are - do they think I'm stupid!

MoaningMyrtle

I recently picked up a second-hand necklace from a table at a car boot sale. I almost fell on the floor when the stall holder said, 'I wanted six pounds but you can have it for three'

On I went to the next stall where all clothes were 50p per item, I bought a few bits for my daughter.