Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

flipper_2010

Hop farm in east Sussex??

onceposh

Hi everyone.
Please be gentle with me, this is my first ever post on this forum.
I have been following your threads with interest and spurred on by your bargin finds and sometimes huge profits have moved on from selling my own stuff on e bay to buying from charity shops to sell on at a profit.
My question to you all is:
When you buy from charity shops Do they know you are going to sell on for a profit ? and those that do what is their attitude ?
I am really interested in your replies.
thanks:D

JesaRose

Thanks Goanmad - have a lovely time

Our monthly best ever bootsale is this sunday so I am very exited

Welcome onceposh - hopefully someone who does will answer your question soon

Triker

onceposh wrote: »

Hi everyone.
Please be gentle with me, this is my first ever post on this forum.
I have been following your threads with interest and spurred on by your bargin finds and sometimes huge profits have moved on from selling my own stuff on e bay to buying from charity shops to sell on at a profit.
My question to you all is:
When you buy from charity shops Do they know you are going to sell on for a profit ? and those that do what is their attitude ?
I am really interested in your replies.
thanks:D

It doesn't matter what the shops think, its a win win, more so for the shops as they are given their stuff for free.;)

Once you've bought an item you own it and therefore you can do whatever you like with it.:D

agnetha

Well, my Ebay listings have finished:

A CD I picked up for 66p (actually it was priced at £2 but in among all the others I bought it worked out at 66p) went for £50. I knew it would go for at least £20-25 but rather pleased to say the least. Was very tempted to keep it as I'm a big fan of the artist in question (PJ Harvey) but because of the price I expected it to go couldn't really justify it.

Another CD a seller chucked in for nothing (a Madonna boot) sold for £36.

And another CD I found for £1 (Radio 2 Janet & John Stories) went for £16.

Not a bad week's listing. Hopefully will be finding more bargains over the weekend, paying close attention to the mere hint of Jacko tat treasure that, with any luck, people have passed over. Hmm, "passed over"... Probably not the best phrase I could have used...

I do wish I could expand my knowledge on clothes however. I bet I ignore so much good stuff but I just don't have any real interest and even when I've made a concerted effort to look it's all looked like rubbish.

onceposh

Hi Triker.
Yes i understand this but just wondered if anyone had, had bad experiences where shops did nt wish to serve them anymore. Why i ask is my local charity shop is very cheap. Most expensive item is £2.00. They have lots of good clothes and top names, I am now in there nearly every day buying lots of stuff, various sizes. The ladies in there are now looking at me a bit suspiously and i know its only a matter of time before they ask why.
Should i be truthful ? All thoughts appreciated.

Triker

onceposh wrote: »

Hi Triker.
Yes i understand this but just wondered if anyone had, had bad experiences where shops did nt wish to serve them anymore. Why i ask is my local charity shop is very cheap. Most expensive item is £2.00. They have lots of good clothes and top names, I am now in there nearly every day buying lots of stuff, various sizes. The ladies in there are now looking at me a bit suspiously and i know its only a matter of time before they ask why.
Should i be truthful ? All thoughts appreciated.

If asked just smile sweetly and say nothing. Its really none of their business.:D


I was recently in a charity shop and the worker waited for a lady who came in and then took her upstairs saying, 'I've got some things that will interest you'.....fast forward to another shop, same lady wanders in then I spot her in an antiques market where she has a stall........she was clearly being given first choice on FREELY DONATED ITEMS, which she obviously was selling on for profit.

To be frank I was a bit cheesed off that these items were'nt offered to everyone but there you go, the charity shops are also looking after their profit margins, you just look after yours if you do buy to sell on.

kerrydrobertson

got myself a pair of topshop skinny jeans with tag on yesterday for £3
also got some boys gap swimshorts, mini mode shorts for £1
also had a lovely chat with the assistant asking her about how much stock they get in etc and about how much things usually are and she said come back a couple times a week as we get so much stuff which was so nice

rozeepozee

agnetha wrote: »

Well, my Ebay listings have finished:

A CD I picked up for 66p (actually it was priced at £2 but in among all the others I bought it worked out at 66p) went for £50. I knew it would go for at least £20-25 but rather pleased to say the least. Was very tempted to keep it as I'm a big fan of the artist in question (PJ Harvey) but because of the price I expected it to go couldn't really justify it.

Another CD a seller chucked in for nothing (a Madonna boot) sold for £36.

And another CD I found for £1 (Radio 2 Janet & John Stories) went for £16.

Not a bad week's listing. Hopefully will be finding more bargains over the weekend, paying close attention to the mere hint of Jacko tat treasure that, with any luck, people have passed over. Hmm, "passed over"... Probably not the best phrase I could have used...

I do wish I could expand my knowledge on clothes however. I bet I ignore so much good stuff but I just don't have any real interest and even when I've made a concerted effort to look it's all looked like rubbish.

Hi Agnetha, what is it about these cds that make them so valuable to someone? I'm assuming they're some sort of limited edition? Well done too, btw!

JesaRose

Triker wrote: »

If asked just smile sweetly and say nothing. Its really none of their business.:D


I was recently in a charity shop and the worker waited for a lady who came in and then took her upstairs saying, 'I've got some things that will interest you'.....fast forward to another shop, same lady wanders in then I spot her in an antiques market where she has a stall........she was clearly being given first choice on FREELY DONATED ITEMS, which she obviously was selling on for profit.

To be frank I was a bit cheesed off that these items were'nt offered to everyone but there you go, the charity shops are also looking after their profit margins, you just look after yours if you do buy to sell on.

A lot of charities will have a book you can put your name in and what you are looking for and they will save stuff for you or ring you when something comes in, its not just for dealers. I run a chain of charity shops and have given all my shops a book for this purpose. My staff are trained to know their prices though so would not let them have stuff cheap but its good to have contacts like that to shift stuff quickly

Onceposh - you could always say you are buying for other people in your house too: mum is x size, little sis is x size, oh size 12 yes thats my big sis etc:D they are just chatting with you so most of them won't care what you do with it as long as they sell it for what they asked