Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

shelovestobuystuff

OMG!OMG!OMG!
I am sooooooo excited,I just got a prada bag for £15!Its nearly the most I have ever spent in a junk store(I spent £20 on a painting once).I had a very close look at it to see if it was fake and checked it online before going back for it.I wasnt about to risk £15 on the offchance.Yeah!!!

benbenandme

By the way, if your buying with the intention to sell on (and make a profit) your supposed to declare this and pay tax...!

Not sure if this was aimed at me but I am registered as self-employed for mystery shopping/ebay etc

katy-lou

benbenandme wrote: »

Not sure if this was aimed at me but I am registered as self-employed for mystery shopping/ebay etc

Not at all Just letting those who may not know that your technically supposed to.

lola34

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

OMG!OMG!OMG!
I am sooooooo excited,I just got a prada bag for £15!Its nearly the most I have ever spent in a junk store(I spent £20 on a painting once).I had a very close look at it to see if it was fake and checked it online before going back for it.I wasnt about to risk £15 on the offchance.Yeah!!!

What a find - I popped into a CS today and picked up some reebok trackie bottoms for DS2 for 75p, VGC just for everyday can't keep up with the constant grass stains from footie, my Mam did get a Burberry mac in the local hospice shop - for...........£1 there are some fab bargains out there - if I had the time I'd love to help out in one but I'd spend all my time rummaging and take it all home with me:rolleyes:

Maysie

I got a per una gorgeous jacket for my mum today £4 in animal charity shop. It was hung up on the wall good job as i never look in coats and jackets in the summer.

I think the shop is having the mary porteus effect! Its looking spucer they are arranging stuff better and i recognise a new face in the staff. The prices are staying the same luckily for me.

mess0804

I just found this thread ... searching for something else...

How can I find where there are decent car boot sales in london? (I would love some bargains... for myself, not ebay). i visit a few charity shops but they have big prices (sometimes still something nice for £4-5 ... but sometimes they are really expensive)

lynzpower

Hi Mess

try carboot junction on line.

Also keep an eye on your local press - ie east london advertiser/ south london press. they sometimes advertise them.

Over the last few weeks we went to the one at Wimbledon stadium ( not a lot and loads of traders, didnt think it was that good tbh) Battersea colllege - pretty good haul from there, and over the weekend went to one out in Hertds ( north of barnet)

Theres a time out page to london car boot sales online, i think they are all still quite current.

shelovestobuystuff

I am taking one of my charity shop buys to an auction house to hopefully sell and I wonder if anyone could give me some advice about how to present it.Its a little limited edition artwork and is currently just in the horrible little fake inlay frame it was bought in,not mounted or anything.Do you think I should mount it and put it in a better frame.I am not talking about spending much money,probably buy an plain wood ikea frame for £3ish and mount it myself.Do you think I should change the frame to sell it or assume that whoever buys it will change the frame anyway.I think it will look more impressive in a new frame.What do you think?

china-doll_2

it looks like Im going to have Saturday free so I think I might check out some other London car boot sales. I might try Wimbledon, but I heard they don’t have many clothing stalls there or kilburn which has a better start time of 11am

JesaRose

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

I am taking one of my charity shop buys to an auction house to hopefully sell and I wonder if anyone could give me some advice about how to present it.Its a little limited edition artwork and is currently just in the horrible little fake inlay frame it was bought in,not mounted or anything.Do you think I should mount it and put it in a better frame.I am not talking about spending much money,probably buy an plain wood ikea frame for £3ish and mount it myself.Do you think I should change the frame to sell it or assume that whoever buys it will change the frame anyway.I think it will look more impressive in a new frame.What do you think?

I would leave it exactly how it is - most auction buyers like things as they come so they can do as they will with it

Let us know if you get a good price for it. Has it been valued by the auction house already?