Best Car Boot, Charity Shop and Jumble Sale Bargains - New Thread 4/10/09

goanmad

Hello all!

At ThriftyBelle's request I taken the liberty of starting a new thread for us second-hand lovers to show-off our bargains.
Please feel free to share any amazing finds you've made recently, don't forget to tell us how much you've paid and what you intend to do with your purchases.

Our last thread inspired many people who'd never considered buying second-hand to explore their local charity shops and car boot sales. Hopefully we'll encourage more people to save their pennies, benefit charities and help save the planet by recyling other folks' cast-offs.

If any of you guys are interested I've started a daily blog sharing my finds and offering vintage hunting tips to anyone interested. Click on my user name and select my homepage and feel free to comment or ask questions - it'll be great to see you!

goanmad

To continue where I left off let me share this weekend's bargains:

Car boot sale finds today:

Vintage Liberty, London silk scarf (Early 20th century, fab condition) £2
4 x vintage silk scarves 50p each
Brand new VANS plimsolls £2
1940's tea dress £2
2 x 1970's maxi dresses £3
1960's tricel zip-up psychedellic tunic £1
1970's ditsy cotton blouse 50p
1950's "Troika" retro printed satin jacket 50p
Vintage pink satin evening bag 50p
Quilted "Chanel" style bag with chain strap by Ravel 30p
Fake fur stole 20p
Rohan "GOA" jacket £2
Trashy Versace printed culouttes 50p
Pringle puff sleeved merino wool sweater 50p
2 x glass apothecary jars
Ancient "shabby chic" biscuit tin with scenes of "Northern Spain" £1
Retro car radio with cassette player 50p

Shall keep the apothecary jars, biscuit tin, Liberty scarf, one of the maxi dresses and the car radio (VW camper restoration project). Some of the silk scarves will be made into cushion covers. The remainder will be laundered and eBayed.

stilernin

I have recently returned to 'booting' after moving to the NE and just love it.

With a 10mth granddaughter you can imagine how tempting everything is. Because I go every week though, I limit myself to buying only a couple of things.

This morning I picked up

ELC toddler truck £1
Usborne 'That's not my.....' books. 2 for 50p
Boots wind up musical alarm clock. 20p
Next hooded coat £1

Oh and 3 Nigel Slater cookery books for me............... £1

Never let it be said I get carried away!

Can't wait till next week.

Triker

I haven't been to a car boot for a while but recently got a fantastic ebay bargain.

Its a genuine Links of London sweetie bracelet with a genuine charm for £30.00, I had £20.00 in my paypal so in my head it only really cost me £10.00.:D

I love it and its an early Christmas pressie to me.

GrammarGirl

Triker wrote: »

I haven't been to a car boot for a while but recently got a fantastic ebay bargain.

Its a genuine Links of London sweetie bracelet with a genuine charm for £30.00, I had £20.00 in my paypal so in my head it only really cost me £10.00.:D

I love it and its an early Christmas pressie to me.

Oh fab! That really is a bargain. I have one too (Christmas present from OH) and love collecting the little charms for it. Well done on such a great buy!

I've just got back from a mini boot sale at our local care home. There were only a few stalls so not many bargains to be had, but I did find a Braun hand blender for £1.50 (wanted one for ages, they sell for around £15 on eBay!) and a current Topshop necklace for £1 (£14 in the store) so that was quite good.

I also got a BNWT Principles high waisted tulip skirt on eBay for £5.50.

katieclampet

I got a lovely monsoon handbag & matching shawl for £4.00
both as new, and will keep for my hols, also got

book 50p
gilet for dd1 50p
planter for kitchen window sill 75p
and a dolly for gd1 50p

weather was nice and sunny. so I enjoyed the fresh air & my bargains.

katiex

Jorsha

Hi everyone, I got some unusual finds (usually just games) today;
Ikea "Smila" Moon wall lamp, brand new in packaging for £1 ( for eBay, as I can't stand it )
Prima Candy Floss maker, boxed with everything for £2 ( getting used for a while and then probably eBay when everyone gets tired of it.
2 Really nice hand carved painted wooden masks for £7 ( for ebay
And back to the usual, with all of these ebay as well.
Way over 400 pokemon cards for £2.
4 game boy colour games, 2 boxed. £2.50
Zoo tycoon zookeeper collection, and a bix box of duplo from same stall; £2.
Had a nice time out and was back before the car boot officialy started!

Miss_Laid

Today I got
New Per Una denim skirt £1
New Sonnati shirt £1
Belt, been looking for exact one for ages 50p
8 vacuum storage bags £1
Black jeans 50p
Smallish trolley suitcase for our night away £1
Nike collar t-shirt £1

JesaRose

Our bootsale was rubbish this morning so I'm really disappointed as I could have done with some extra sleep today - all I got was some more mini champagne bubble bottles for our wedding next year. Total spend £1.50

luvbargains

Well done on your bargains everyone!

I haven't been to any carboots for the last few weeks but decided to go to 2 yesterday.
One was a bigger weekly one and one was a smaller once every few months type of one.
I actually got the best bargains at the smaller one.

I got:

4 Dvd's- £1 each. They are fairly recent ones.
Wall-e on Blu-ray- £1. It's £17.99 on play.com! :eek:
Warehouse dress- 50p
Next perfume 100ml (still in wrapping)- £2.50
Small Next perfume- 40p
A Sylvanian Squirrel- 10p
A lovely plaque with a little quote on- 50p
A set with matching cup, egg cup, bowl and plate- £1
Large cross stitch flexi hoop- 50p
A lovely set of coasters- 50p

lightisfading

Warhammer (fantasy roleplaying game with figures, very geeky!), full untouched game, £10 (currently selling for £49 at retailers, £40+ on ebay, and something I've been after :j )

1x kingsize and 1x double fitted sheets for £1.50 each (BNIP)