observation about bootsales

twentypenceoff

My boyfriend said this this morning and i hadn't noticed till he said, that we go to several different bootsales and they all seem to be stalls in these proportions -

25% plants
25% new stuff eg cards, poundsellers, butchers/vegetables
20% collectors and business bootsellers
20% genuine bootsellers asking ridiculous money eg £5 for a recent papaerback whic can still be bought in tesco for £4
10% really genuine bootselers who just want to get rid of stuff cluttering up the house asking 50p an item, etc

niknaknoo1982

twentypenceoff wrote: »

My boyfriend said this this morning and i hadn't noticed till he said, that we go to several different bootsales and they all seem to be stalls in these proportions -

25% plants
25% new stuff eg cards, poundsellers, butchers/vegetables
20% collectors and business bootsellers
20% genuine bootsellers asking ridiculous money eg £5 for a recent papaerback whic can still be bought in tesco for £4
10% really genuine bootselers who just want to get rid of stuff cluttering up the house asking 50p an item, etc

We don't get many bootsales in our area anymore but as far as i remember, bootsales round here have always been like that!

twentypenceoff

something else i noticed, more and more stalls selling for charity, the bootsales have put up notices saying that charities do not have to pay for stalls pitches, so if they are genuine maybe it is because they are being forced out shops premises by high rents, i think it is great, and gives even more money to the charity

Bowling_4_Gold

twentypenceoff wrote: »

25% new stuff eg cards, poundsellers, butchers/vegetables

Butchers!?!:eek:

I do agree though and I feel it is increasingly had to come across a genuine bargain that, to be honest, we are all after.

twentypenceoff

Bowling_4_Gold wrote: »

Butchers!?!:eek:

I do agree though and I feel it is increasingly had to come across a genuine bargain that, to be honest, we are all after.

yes, butchers with vans and loudspeakers you know the type, "all this here beef and a couple of lamb chops for a tenner, uyou wont get that in tescos no you wont"

seabright

Our local ones are full of DVD sellers. Some adverts in the paper now stated "DVD sales only by prior approval". There are sometimes 25% DVD sellers; do people really watch that many DVD's?

twentypenceoff

seabright wrote: »

Our local ones are full of DVD sellers. Some adverts in the paper now stated "DVD sales only by prior approval". There are sometimes 25% DVD sellers; do people really watch that many DVD's?

oh yes, thats true as well, i hadnt thought of it

^!£$&

Ours has a pick n' mix van/ stand

Bowling_4_Gold

twentypenceoff wrote: »

yes, butchers with vans and loudspeakers you know the type, "all this here beef and a couple of lamb chops for a tenner, uyou wont get that in tescos no you wont"

Oh yeah, that brings back memories! Thanks for clarifying

twentypenceoff

snowbrow wrote: »

Ours has a pick n' mix van/ stand

oh yes i saw that as well

twentypenceoff

boyfriend went out to enormous boot sale nearby this morning while i had a lay in just called me to say its boring, full of the same stalls as previous weeks/full of stalls we have seen at other bootsales in the area on other days of the week