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

floydy

stormchaos wrote: »

get down to the one at sedgefield racecourse in the morning, (11am it opens) it was packed on thursday i can't go, i'm working

hi, i try and get there most thursdays, i love it....but it opens as soon as the cars drive in, so it's actually about 9.15hrs on thurs and on sundays

btw, it is £2 entry fee at this time, but thats when the best bargains are to be had

hth

misskaytee

anamcara wrote: »

Love reading about others bargins so thought I'd post some of my own.

Last week I got 6 paperback books on the Outer Hebrides - all ones I've been wanting to read for 50p each.

Today I got a Fortnum and Mason Wicker Picnic basket for £3 - do I keep it for rustic logs when we eventually get a wood burning stove or do I pack it full of goodies for a Christmas Pressie? It's quite big.

Also got what could possibly be an antique carved ivory necklace - with elephants on. I know you are not allowed to buy ivory now but if it is ivory then I think it is probably old. The beads that make up the necklace are quite small and every other one is carved with an elephant. The interspacing beads are also intrically carved. Anyway - I paid £1.99 for it.

Anamcara

Get it on Ebay, they make pretty good money!

stormchaos

floydy wrote: »

hi, i try and get there most thursdays, i love it....but it opens as soon as the cars drive in, so it's actually about 9.15hrs on thurs and on sundays

btw, it is £2 entry fee at this time, but thats when the best bargains are to be had

hth

I just couldn't spend £2 each for me and my daughter to get in, i'm too tight ! lol,
maybe we should all have a MSE badge to wear when we go, so we can wave to each other :rotfl:

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

lulu650 wrote: »

My very best? Burberry pink and check woman's shirt appears unworn for ..............10p!!! :eek: Bargain of the century!

:T Well done -fab bargain!

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

clearingout wrote: »

3 car boots - big box of lego for £5 (children very happy as it had a skeleton head in it!) and a Cath Kidston cup and saucer for £1. Must try harder as you lot are brilliant!

:rotfl:at the Lego skeleton head - my DS would've been well-chuffed with that too! And a great price for a big box of lego too.

Gaz70

o/h has had 4 days off work so spent them "chazzing" and booting.
getting fed up of both though.
everyone seems to be after the same things as i collect lol
oh weill will have to get up early at weekends and make sure im as ignorant at the other buyers, push in, and root in peoples cars.
did snag a few vintage gadgets and a satalite box
so not all bad. :T

floydy

stormchaos wrote: »

I just couldn't spend £2 each for me and my daughter to get in, i'm too tight ! lol,
maybe we should all have a MSE badge to wear when we go, so we can wave to each other :rotfl:

there's no charge for children :j

stormchaos

floydy wrote: »

there's no charge for children :j

Shes 18

lulu650

Just picked up a set of business CDs with books in a charity shop for £3. I was pretty certain the set was worth a lot more, as I've sold a similar set on Amazon. Was staggered to see the lowest price was £95!! Brand new around £150.

tiff

Gosh I am so excited, waiting for my charity shop to open at 10! Popped in there yesterday and found a vintage set I wanted to buy but put it back. Came home and did some research and the set of these items goes for around £100 (or has done) on Ebay and seems to be rare too. So I am off there to buy the set for around £5 and see how it goes!