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

stilernin

Yay!!! :j:j:j:j:j:j:j

The breadmaker works!!!

The woman who I bought it from gets all of her stuff from the local auction house. The £5 a box household clearance sort of stuff and she then sells it on at the car boot. She must be 80 if she is a day, bless her.

I'm going to make her some fruit bread next week and give it to her.

tiff

Lovely story stilernin, glad it works. I bet she will appreciate the fruit bread. I gave away a breadmaker on Freecycle as I originally got it from there. I stopped using it and it was a large appliance gathering dust!

stormchaos

Good week at the charity shops and car boot,
Got a singer 222k sewing machine for £4, they sell for between £200 and £500 on ebay, but shall be keeping it.
todays carboot,
modern crystal chandelier £1
Dreamfall pc game limted ed, £1
then for £3 got
4 enamel candle holders (wee willy winky style, lol)
2 national dried milk tins,
Gnasher cuddly toy (for the husband !)
box full of vintage sewing stuff( 2 darning mushrooms, crochet hooks, huge weird needles etc)
a book on the history of torture :T

mandragora_2

stormchaos wrote: »

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box full of vintage sewing stuff( 2 darning mushrooms, crochet hooks, huge weird needles etc)
a book on the history of torture :T

Handy, that - not often you can pick up an instruction book and a kit to do it with at the same time....:)

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

stilernin wrote: »

I am quietly celebrating the find of a Panasonic breadmaker for £2.50 this morning at the car boot. If it works okay, I shall be shouting from the rooftop.

Celebrate away - there was one at my local car boot this morning and the woman wouldn't take less than £15 for it!

Erichamster, I find the area the jumble is in does make a huge difference to the standard of items on offer. The one yesterday was in quite an affluent village, so the quality of donated items was good.

Having said that though, if a jumble was in a less affluent area, I would still go to it....you never know what you might pick up and that's the most exciting part, I think!

Today's car boot wasn't up to much - my children bought a few books each but my total spend was a big fat zero for a change!

Gaz70

Great Morning at carboot
2 ipods for 6 quid...
digital camer for a fiver but didnt work . now in a million bits lol
final fantasy 7 and 8 ... 8 quid for both
harry potter audio books 2.50
:T

Gaz70

tiff wrote: »

I'll reveal all when its sold, dont wanna jinx it. You'll have to wait 10 days though lol

how did the mystery set sell tiff? hope it did ok.. and youre gonna tell us what is was now .

AndersLimpar_2

Pair of metre long brand new stained pine shelves with brackets built in, £5 at the local commercial auction. Also two huge canvas prints (sunset over a field type scene) for £8. Bargain on both counts!!

Missed out on some interlocking rubber matting though...would have been pefect for the garage! Next time!

tiff

Gaz70 wrote: »

how did the mystery set sell tiff? hope it did ok.. and youre gonna tell us what is was now .

Apparently people will report me so I have removed my post.

jasmineswhiskers

Suze4Dan2007 wrote: »

* Rather kitsch looking vinyl fruit bowl (or any sort of bowl really, made out of an old record) 50p

They made these on 'Kirstie's Homemade Home' programme. Put an old record over a tin can and heat it in the oven!
Went to two car boots at the weekend that I haven't tried before. First was terrible and second wasn't much better - bought nothing! (And that's a first!) The best ones I find are the one off's at local schools. Maybe next weekend...:)