Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

Jenna_Appleseed

I spend far too much time browsing/buying things from the local charity shops - mostly old books, cds, vinyl, tapes and dvds.

Got a good haul last week -
got 10 cds for under £20, including a 2cd Bluegrass set and a 3cd Gospel songs box for only 99p each.

Managed to grab a copy of The Baader Meinhof Complex for a fiver which I've been meaning to get for a while, wasn't sure about because most the dvds were only £1-£2.99 each, turns out even the cheapest second hand copy on amazon would cost @£8 (with postage):cool:
and the record of the second Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy radio series
for £1 (going for £5.99 + on disogs)


Favourite/best bargains (that I remember):
Missing out on an obscure single via the classifieds in Record Collector magazine
only to find a copy for 20p (It would've cost £15:eek:) - I put some extra money in the tin for that.
A cd randomly bought from the 50p/£1 'bargain bin' because it looked interesting and turned out to be Christian metal - went for about £10 on amazon.

Finding a nearly new t-shirt for my favourite band, that would cost about £15 new for £3, and last month : finding an copy of Roxio Photosuite 5 Platinum Edition (fully boxed with origanal 100+ page instructions book and in almost new looking conndition) for £1.99 : It's currently being on amazon marketplace for £22:eek:

goanmad

Picked up a gorgeous French Connection grey tunic top with long sleeves, drawstring waist and Mexican embroidery today for £2.95 plus a large hand crocheted blanket in grey, pink, yellow and orange for £1.

mrs_lds

Is it possible to sell used Birkenstocks on amazon?

princessmoneysaver

Today I spend £5 exact from a lovely little local charity shop & I got :-

A lovely long gypsy skirt (George)
Rachel Hale t-shirt with cute cat design on
White GAP Capri denim shorts
Pink/white blouse (H&M)
Body Shop 'Oceanus' gift set
NEW in packet BHS School tights
Miniature penquin bowling game
Father's Day Card

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mrs_lds wrote: »

Is it possible to sell used Birkenstocks on amazon?

Ive sold some crocs if thats any help??

rozeepozee

Hurray! There's a Saturday morning car boot local to me and I'm off there in half an hour. Hoping to get some early weekend bargains before the big car boot day tomorrow

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Its our local Schools Summer fete today so as I'm helping out am hoping to get a mooch around before it starts!! Then I'll be supervising the sumo wrestling lol

rizla01

I was bored and sitting at home one Saturday morning, when Mum came in from shopping, complete with a new coat that she'd got from the church jumble.

Get up there quick, if I were you, she says. They are selling EVERYTHING half price, and when I left, there was a moped still there.

On the lookout for a bike of some sort, I shot up there and there was a 98cc 1947 Francis Barnett, marked up as 5/- and reduced to 2/6p.

They were just closing and the little old lady said that if I wanted, I could have it for 1/3p

I jumped at the chance, gave her my money and cycled (Illegally, I later learned) it all the way back home.

Got it working and the only part not working was the lighting coil. I used to take that over all of the fields and footpaths that Summer. Gave me a huge intro into motorbikes and I kept that till someone offered me 27/6p for it.

That was back in 1965.

Best and most memorable 'find' at a Jumble sale that I have ever had. (and not a bad bit of profiteering, either)

Thanks Mum.:)

Wench

Does anyone know if there are any car boots/jumbles on in Northampton on sunday ?
I usually find out via the Chronicle and Echo website but its typically not updated again.

TIA

rozeepozee

Came home with plenty booty

Red Herring Leather jacket barely worn £2.50
Top Shop cotton shift dress £1
Two scarey action/superhero figures for my son £1
Bubble maker 50p
Bread maker barely used £5
Other toys for my son between 50p and 10p each!

My mum picked up quite a few bits too