The Milton Keynes Money Savers Thread - Mark 3

chezmonster

Redbedhead wrote: »

Does this mean you are in your new house? If so, congratulations:T

Our house purchase fell through last week so we are back to trekking round the agents again. Had another bad experience with lying estate agents (one beginning with C and ending in L) so that is another one I wouldn't trust:mad:

What did they lie about?

Redbedhead

chezmonster wrote: »

What did they lie about?

Have PM'd you

nikkit72

SurfBowlSC wrote: »

MK Bowl is apparently one of the biggest in the South East.
We went about 5 weeks in a row up until the beginning of May and then had a break. Going back there this weekend.
Think it starts at 6am, but could be 7.
If you're going in to buy it's 40p entry. No idea what it costs to sell.

Just to give you an idea on size - it covers the entire outer ring, the base of the bowl and the area behind the stage. Pretty much the only bit not in use is the slopes!

Takes us about 2 1/2 hours to get around......

Has proven very fruitful when looking for toys etc. for the kids. As an example we picked up 30+ Mr Men & Little Miss books for 10p each. On ebay they go for ridiculous prices.

hi , guys,just to let you know, i do mk bowl every week, w egt there about 5.30am and its nearly already in the middle bit of the bowl, and is already busy with buyers, its £1 b4 8am then 40p after, will be doing super sausage this week as have been told this gets even busier than the bowl , so will let you know later on this one, another one i find good is finmere on saturdays this starts at 7 and is quite busy too, but def not as busy as the bowl though, happy hunting :j

gilly1964

Does anyone have any experience of here?

I know it starts at 11 and quite fancy the idea of getting there early to get set up as OH is away next weekend.

Thanks
Gilly

chezmonster

gilly1964 wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of here?

I know it starts at 11 and quite fancy the idea of getting there early to get set up as OH is away next weekend.

Thanks
Gilly

Experience of where?

gilly1964

Should have said -

Does anyone have experience of LIdlington Car Boot Sale?

Thanks
Gilly

MKwife

I have done a few car boot sales at Lidlington as I used to live in the houses next to the field.

I did a boot sale a few weeks ago, it was not great weather but I sold most of my clothes but absolutely no books!!

Pulloxhill is bigger and busier now I think.

nikkit72

gilly1964 wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of here?

I know it starts at 11 and quite fancy the idea of getting there early to get set up as OH is away next weekend.

Thanks
Gilly

the sellers start to arrive between 9am and 10am and buyers approx 10ish but advertisied to start at 1pm but by 2pm everyone is nearly packing up.

i did super sausage this weekend and had one of my best sundays yet , was really big ,(bigger than pulloxhill/liddlington/billington/finmere) and so many different kind of people compared to mk bowl, liddlington is quite small compared to mk bowl and sausage , but good luck in selling and have fun thats the best bit about boot sales, i love doing them every week and will be staying at super sausage for a while as enjoyed it much better than the bowl :P

MKwife

Where is Super Sausage?

MKwife

Don't know if this will interest anyone here or not...

Just seen a competition on theatre district site. Fill out a short survey and be in with a chance to win a meal for 4 in Spice Lounge.

Spice Lounge is an indian restaurant with a live band and dancing.