Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

lucy*locket

hornetgirl wrote: »

Back from my little trip to Devon. We found loads of charity shops but sadly most of them seemed to be like the one on the Mary Portas programme!
We did get a Pelham puppet for £5, a pair of PunkRose pumps £2.99 for me and a brand new pair of cycling shoes £5.99 for DH (this is a MEGA bargain).
Back to the local shop down the road today, where I got a M&S Autograph top for £1 and M&S pedal pushers £3.
Lucy*Locket, whereabouts in Hertfordshire are you? I'm in Watford and usually go to Nash Mills bootsale on a Sunday. I think I'll give it a miss this week though, even if it's on it will be very muddy.

Have pmd you hornetgirl.

JesaRose

I got a good book for my holiday £1 from our local charity shop but as predicted there are no bootsales on

Triker

Been to 3 bootsales with my hubby today.:D

Bargains

Big chocolate fountain £1

Le Creuset pan and cast frying pan small £5 for both

3 pasty makers £1


I didn't bother with the clothes, I need my eldest DD with me for that as she can spot designer stuff a mile off.

dazzle21

WOW! TRIKER i'm jealous of your Le Creuset pans! Not many sellers at my car boot, and although i got some bits..i didn't really get the best bargains ever! However i did get a bag of Barbie accessories including a barbie horse/moped etc for my neice for £1 (although i gave a little girl the Barbie horse out of the bag as she wanted it but i'd already brought the bag so that's my good deed for the day!). Hope next week will be better!

^!£$&

Aww so envious rained all morning so no chance my bootfair was on, and now this afternoon it's sunny dry and a little warm urghh gotta wait a whole week now :-(

smartcat04

2 car boots today although they were vastly amaller than usual.
2 tops (george and primark 50p each).
Pair of vintage dfaimonte earings £2.
Loads of old books about coronation and royal falimy from 1930's-50's 20p each.
Vintage teaset (was a wedding present of the ladies parents approx 31950's)
various vintage china.
Quite pleased with my lot to say there wern't many out today.

juliespencer

one cookin dish 20p

how sad thats all i got today, weather was ok but nothing around boo hoo

Mum_on_a_mission_2

A somewhat soggy bootsale yielded

Vertbaudert toy with zips, ties velcro bits etc 20p (its never been used)
Power Ranger walkie talkies 40p
Extending periscope 20p
Hello Kitty purses 10p each
Mr Frosty (unused) £2.50

so not bad!

Moam

Pennylane

In the last few weeks I've had several bargains. I got some Clarins cream for £1 (full, unused 30 ml tube), a Gund teddy for £1 and a very collectable animal ornament for 50p. I've also recently had a big pile of new craft type magazines for £1.

However, my very best bargain was in a charity shop - a beautiful bag with a name embossed on the front flap. Chucked in a big box with all manner of holdalls, bags and rucksacks labelled "All bags 35p". I didn't know the name but I could see it was FAB leather (but needed treating) so I bought it and came home and googled it and :eek::eek: these bags sell for anywhere between £650-£1000. :j:j I treated the leather, the inside was spotless anyway and I am delighted with my bargain find.

tyzer2001

Pennylane wrote: »

In the last few weeks I've had several bargains. I got some Clarins cream for £1 (full, unused 30 ml tube), a Gund teddy for £1 and a very collectable animal ornament for 50p. I've also recently had a big pile of new craft type magazines for £1.

However, my very best bargain was in a charity shop - a beautiful bag with a name embossed on the front flap. Chucked in a big box with all manner of holdalls, bags and rucksacks labelled "All bags 35p". I didn't know the name but I could see it was FAB leather (but needed treating) so I bought it and came home and googled it and :eek::eek: these bags sell for anywhere between £650-£1000. :j:j I treated the leather, the inside was spotless anyway and I am delighted with my bargain find.

Thats fab! Can you tell us the name so we know what to look for?
I'm hopeless with names of stuff like that but thanks to this thread I'm learning what to look for.