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

KatiePrecilla

I managed to pick up a BNWT Monsoon Evening Dress....labelled at £160....i paid £2!!! Very pleased!

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kerrydrobertson

i went for a little rummage this afternoon with the kids and have not had anything nice in weeks. Managed to get a mr bump book, power rangers toy and a pair of Bench jeans in my size BNWT all for £1.20. will hopefully fit me! was 3 items for £2.50 but couldnt find anything else in my size but lots of good labels.

Also went into another one on the way back and got a Mr Frosty for £2.50. only realised it was brand new in all its packaging after getting back so really pleased!!

Saffronsmum

We only went to a small boot sale yesterday (as couldnt be bothered to get up early) I only bought 6 colouring books (un-used) for 10p each and 6 my little ponies 50p each.

goanmad

Nice day for the boot sale! Just a quick visit as we were expecting workmen at 10am.

Came back with:

Denim playsuit (£2)
Pair of 1970's cut glass pendant lights (£3)
1960's white vinyl suitcase complete with key (£1)
Frank Usher long-sleeved heavily sequinned bronze top (£1)
Two glazed retro Boots prints of big eyed children (50p)

Miró

Chazza shop finds been a bit thin on the ground lately

However, today, found a rust coloured lightweight cotton maxi skirt with gold embroidery around the hem for £1...great for forthcoming hols.

M&S T shirt in an orangey colour for 75p

Fab beige linen beach/travel bag with waterproof lining, BNWT for 50p

Whoop di doo....really cheered me up today :j

Gaz70

been skint all week and had to fix my car so loaded up and did a new thursday evening bootsale.. did great.. tooke 115 quid werll please and can get the car fixed too

Kaz2904

I got an FCUK denim jacket today in a charity shop for £4.49. It looks like it's barely been worn and it's what I went out for so I'm happy! After checking out ebay, I wasn't able to get an unbranded denim jacket for that price so I'm glad I went looking. I would have been happier if it had been cheaper though!

goanmad

Had to run an errand at a town close to us so it would have been rude not to have checked the charity shops out.

I was horrified by the prices Scope was charging. I actually worked as a volunteer for them for 10 years and whilst I believe it to be a fantastic and deserving charity there's no way on earth they can possibly be serious when they charge £5 for worn TopMan tee shirts (with "TOPMAN" written on the price tag like it was Chanel), £12 for TopShop dresses at least 4 years old and £8 for washed out Primarni tat!! The lady at the till was moaning to a customer that at 10.15am it was the first sale she'd made - I wasn't surprised.

Anyway at Banardo's I did manage to score a 1970's kaftan-style maxi dress for a pal who is off on a cruise and wants to really dress the part (£3.99) and at Age UK I found some Faith unworn and boxed wooden heeled clog-style mules for £4.99.

Ballymackeonan

Went to a boot sale since the weather was glorious yesterday PM - it was due to run from 6 to 8pm, but got to one car just as someone was packing up (he wanted to get back for the footie...) Anyway, there was a box with one a big wooden battery operated clock in it, and also a grandfather clock face and movement (1970s, and not my taste in a face, but it was the movement I was interested in. Asked him how much he wwanted for the movement, and got the whole boxful for £5. The clock movement is complete and working, with all the chaiins, weights etc. Grandfather clock movements are still being made by a firm in Germany, and new ones are about £200, so I reckon it's a bargain - and a nice present for a friend who has a case and face, and can now put the whole thing together. Plus there was another clock in the box, an Art Deco Smiths wind-up mantel clock, also working!

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Summer fayre today great finds including a l'occitane gift set with hand cream & soap £1
Soap & Glory Mini Hair treatment 25p & a gorgeous new boxed east of india candle in a jar for just 25p!