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

funlovingprincess

Gaz70 wrote: »

i wouldnt know a label if it smacked me in the head. radley is easy cos of the little dog... but i wouldnt buy it in case its a knock off...

been to car boot today .. got a boxed mint condition gameboy advance sp for 10 with games.
will add it my collection for a rainy day.

hoping to get along to one tomorrow 1st of the season so might get some bargains..

best buy from last season. a toy from the 80s bought for 2 quid sold for 42.00 :T

Well I can assure you (and I do know my labels) that the bag I got is 100% genuine!!!

MiniMoo

Think i did quite well today i got 2 kodak digital camera with rechargable batteries the battery charger dock, usb lead, other leads, software instructions in the box for one of them for £3. OH said they are not as good as his but hey i'm not complaining they both work lol.

Moo x

Suze4Dan2007

Been to two carboots this morning and both were really disappointing, not good considering both carboots are quite large and well established.

I got

* 9 various rock/metal cds for my OH £3
* Warehouse floral skirt £1
* 2 X New Look floral high waisted skirts £1 each
* Vintage electric blue/black polka dot tea dress £1
* Baby pink vintage jumper £1
* Silver chrome plug socket brand new £1 (doing up our new house atm and i'd been paying £10 per plug socket from B&Q til now :O)
* Russell Brand New Book £1
* Various DVDs £1

There were a few other clothing items that i wanted to buy too, but lots of the sellers were asking high prices this morning. Some of the clothes were lovely (e.g Dorothy Perkins black diamante jumper bnwt £35), but the seller was asking £10 per item! Have a feeling they'd do better on ebay as i never really pay more than £2 for clothes at a carboot.

Looking forward to next Sunday now because my favourite carboot starts back up =]

Off to make banana and fudge cakes now =] hope everyone had a better day than me!

Suze x

anamcara

I missed out today - my own fault. A stall was selling 2 Victory gold box jig-saws (vintage - no picture on front) for £1.50 each. I didn't buy them and made the mistake of checking ebay on my return home! They are selling for £20 upwards each! Oh well.

I did, however get a gorgeous Monsoon seethrough cardigan with fur trimmings top for my granddaughter for 50p. She had £2 to spend and bought a fairytale castle (tent thing which she is going to play dens in!)

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

Went to a car boot this morning, but didn't buy much, there were an awful lot of obvious traders there selling and I tend to avoid them as they charge alot!

I got some troll dolls for DD, a pretty plate for my stash (I did want the matching serving bowls too but DH's eye-rolling and tutting made me swiftly put them back!) and a 1980's necklace that looks like a string of Smarties. Total spend £2.25

Gaz70

funlovingprincess wrote: »

Well I can assure you (and I do know my labels) that the bag I got is 100% genuine!!!

I dont doubt that:) ive still got the opinion if its too good to be true, it probably is these days.
but two quid for a bag, even if it is a knock off, great bargain.

jasmineswhiskers

anamcara wrote: »

I missed out today - my own fault. A stall was selling 2 Victory gold box jig-saws (vintage - no picture on front) for £1.50 each. I didn't buy them and made the mistake of checking ebay on my return home! They are selling for £20 upwards each! Oh well.

So annoying.... My OH bought me an iphone at Xmas - great for situations like this. It's more than paid for itself.

JesaRose

Ours was very disappointing this morning - not impressed after getting up at 6am and staying in last night instead of going out for a mates birthday just so I would be up and fresh as a daisy.
I got a lovely pair of wellies in a vintage rose print although I did have to shell out a fiver. They look good quality and are as good as new
Got half a dozen huge free range eggs from a local home farmer stall for £1

verynewmoneysaver

Got a nice stripped cotton cardigan from Wallis for £4.25.

erichamster

Went to the first car boot of the proper season yesterday in my hometown. It was really good and so hot and sunny, times like these I love living in Cornwall!
Anyway on the bargain front I got:

2 brand new with tags small rugs in navy with cream coloured stripes, look really nice and will go well in our new house, £1.50 the pair.

Monsoon loose long sleeve printed kaftan style top 50p

Topshop broderie anglais pale blue shift dress 50p, its slightly see through though, guess I'll need a slip to wear with it.

Dorothy Perkins grey with bright pink print knitted short sleeve jumper £1

Tesco florence and fred green printed strappy camisole £1

Primark shirred waist mini beach cover up dress in black with cream edging £1

Peacocks E-vie cream and navy striped loose fit elbow length sleeve woven jumper, this is my favourite from the day and it looks like brand new! £1

It was a great booty, even my OH enjoyed, happy bargaining! x