Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

mrs_lds

great hope to meet her which boot sale was she from

gymfiend

Anyone know of any good midweek carboots around Leeds? Or any good charity shops that only open specific days? I know there's a hospice one near Headingley that's only open twice a week...

Just found out i've lost my job so am sure I can kill many a summer hour charity/boot shopping

pineapple123

MrsIDS,
this was one near Bournemouth. I have never seen a radley bag at a boot sale before, let alone several.

I get there really early 6.30 with all the traders, enjoy going that time and I leave about 8-8.30.

Car booting is a hobby of mine that I love, I never buy to sell on, I just love a bargain.

sotonsaverjen

Wow I love this thread!

I'm an absolute car boot and charity fanatic -

I usually go to a large one in surrey/west sussex on a sunday and always bag a bargain, my favourite things are headscalves - got a hermes one for 30p, and some little old lady sold me 6 gorgeous ones (vintage) for £1

I love pin badges and look out for unique ones that are made of good material - i prefer enamel ones too. not sure if they are worth much as I enjoy wearing them

I have also bagged a moschino handbag which I use all the time, it was £1.70

I am studying fashion and photography and have started picking up interesting pieces to use in photoshoots:

a vintage rabbit fur berret £1
hermes balloon print 80s jacket - 70p
yves saint laurent belt - 70p (think this is worth a lot!)
lots of unusual outfits/fancy dress etc

I am now in north devon for a month or so and they have boot sales on wednesday, saturday and sunday so I am in heaven!!!

I'm now inspired to go find stuff to sell on ebay (I always see kurt geiger and jaeger shoes in boxes but as not my size i never buy - now I'm going to flog them on ebay!)

thanks for inspiring me, I'm a skint student and it never dawned on me I could sell stuff! I have just got £50 back from work experience expenses and going to see how much money I can turn it into and maybe me and ebay can be friends again!!

thanks!:D

shelovestobuystuff

Bought a few things today in charity shops.3 of them were broken whenI unwrapped them so bit annoyed about that,I will do my own wrapping in future.
I got some lovely powder blue doulton teacups and saucers,10 of each for £5 in total,a bargain.
I bought a denby stoneware basket style pottery dish ,brown stripes and a sort of very pale green inside.Paid £2 for it but cant find it anywhere online to see how much it is worth.
My best buy today was a flow blue pot,I love my blue and white,paid £4 and saw it reduced from £125 to £95 on amazon this morning.I should sell that but I love it so may keep it for myself.

flipper_2010

sotonsaverjen where do you go in North Devon?

emmashine

Hehe- there are some serious baragins there- pretty impressive stuff!

I went to a car boot in Coventry last week and bought an entire vintage tea set for £3!

eBay's always good for vintage stuff though. This might be of interest - basically ebay are now putting up daily deals every morning on the homepage that are loads more cheaper than the standard eBay price - and some of them are awesome.

Sweetpeanut

• Love-in all your bargains, my bargains for yesterday were;= Large little miss giggles cushion, 50p,for DD1 she was very pleased:D Dora the explorer, rag doll (perfect) for DD2, 50p:D Bratz dvd, 50p again perfect:D. Gorgeous russian stacking dolls for me, in turquiose with lovely bold flowers on it. Ralph lauren trackie top, looking like BN, shocking pink colour £2 kids sunglasses (johnny rocket 1's) 20p, 2pairs Next jeans with embelishment and embroidery £1 a pair. H&M shorts & vest top, 50p, a great day, lots more to be had, but ive got to start making space:o.

hornetgirl

It took ages to get round my usual bootsale yesterday, and all I'd bought was a Next dress for £3 (BNWT £34.99). Then at just about the last stall, as I got to it, the seller reduced everything to 50p per item. I got a big chunky candle and wooden holder, Knickerbox camisole (BNWT), Gerald Darel shirt, plain black Wallis trousers (BNWT £30), white linen pedal pushers, H&M black cardi, and cream Zara trousers.
Now need to have a clearout!

luvbargains

Wow you lot have had some fantastic bargains!

I haven't managed to get to any really good carboots lately.
Although i went to a small school one on Saturday and got-

2x PB books- 10p each
Large HB cross stitch book- 20p
2x DVD's- 50p each
BNWT Next top- 50p says £16.99 on tags
A large old fashioned looking jewelrey box, thats not been used- £4
Oh and a new Barry M Red nail varnish for 50p

Hoping to go to a big carboot this Sunday! :j