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

verynewmoneysaver

Got a a pair of BHS shorts for £2 and a Next sleeveless T-shirt for £2. That's my summer gardening wear sorted.

wookeyhole1

there is a car boot at asda bedminster bristol on easter sunday 7am for sellers 8am for buyers £5 per car.

its a one-off aparantly as the store is closed. all fees go to charity

hth someone x

babydaisy

Picked up an old garage in a box a couple of years ago and thought the kids might play with it but they were never interested it was too old and dusty and the box never even got opened.

The other day I was having a massive clearout and giving a load of boot sale stuff away on freecycle - someone was coming at 2pm to collect the lot. I saw this under the stairs and thought oh, that can go and put it in the pile. For some reason I decided to check there was nothing else in the box - when I opened it up there was a Dinky set in there from the 70's so I thought I'd keep it and put it on ebay.

Within half an hour of listing it I'd had 33 messages offering me £100 for it to... £1250!!!

:j

Gaz70

babydaisy wrote: »

Picked up an old garage in a box a couple of years ago and thought the kids might play with it but they were never interested it was too old and dusty and the box never even got opened.

The other day I was having a massive clearout and giving a load of boot sale stuff away on freecycle - someone was coming at 2pm to collect the lot. I saw this under the stairs and thought oh, that can go and put it in the pile. For some reason I decided to check there was nothing else in the box - when I opened it up there was a Dinky set in there from the 70's so I thought I'd keep it and put it on ebay.

Within half an hour of listing it I'd had 33 messages offering me £100 for it to... £1250!!!

:j

how much did it go for? 1250? or more? nice little suprise. bet youre glad you checked!!!

monkeypuzzle32

babydaisy wrote: »

Picked up an old garage in a box a couple of years ago and thought the kids might play with it but they were never interested it was too old and dusty and the box never even got opened.

The other day I was having a massive clearout and giving a load of boot sale stuff away on freecycle - someone was coming at 2pm to collect the lot. I saw this under the stairs and thought oh, that can go and put it in the pile. For some reason I decided to check there was nothing else in the box - when I opened it up there was a Dinky set in there from the 70's so I thought I'd keep it and put it on ebay.

Within half an hour of listing it I'd had 33 messages offering me £100 for it to... £1250!!!

:j

now that really is a bargain!!:T

Suze4Dan2007

Did my own carboot this morning with my OH and made £100 selling my old clothes.

Managed to sneak away from the car though and buy a few little bits for myself
Bargains of today include:

* 2 pairs of handmade flower earrings brand new 50p each
* Topshop Nautical Anchor Print vest 50p
* H&M red t-shirt 50p
* H&M Red gingham vest 50p
* Reko @ Topshop Red Strapless Dress BNWT (Eiffel Tower/Bird Print) £2
* Topshop Nautical Strappy Top £1
My OH wasn't too annoyed with me for buying things because i got him a load of vinyls that he wanted (3 for £1) and a couple of metal CD's! Winner.

Really tired now! I'm hoping to go to an Easter Monday boot tomorrow and cant wait to get back into my 4 carboots in a row Sunday next week!

x

smile88

Easter weekend car booting brought

A coast dress £9, more than i would usually spend but was beautiful and girl said she paid £120 for it.
A topshop dress £2.50
TU dress lovely and in trend £0.50p
Prestige dvd £1
Toy Story 3 £3.50 been wanting for a while

Wondering if Monday will bring anything else good my way

shelley_crow

My first bootsale of the season -

Gloworm baby toy - 50p, have been watching them on ebay for £7
A pile of Next baby clothes, 15 items for £2
Six baby vests - 60p
Little tykes floor puzzle - 50p (got it hom eand there was a piece missing)
Cuddly batman - 50p
Batman on a motorbike - £2 (son has been looking for one for ages)
Leapfrog activity station - £5
A book on brewing cider - 50p
2 transformers mugs in boxes - £1
Activity dinosaur - £1
Iron man dressing up set with mask - £4

Not a bad haul for the first car boot, I could have bought loads but held back. I saw a Janome sewing machine for a tenner, I don't need one though, luckily a friend was there to tell me I didn't need it.

cookie54

had a good day at carboot

brought loads of paper backs 3 for a a£1
jamieoliver 30min cook book 1.50
3 massive storage boxes for 3.00
new in box headphone 2.00
and loads of plus size clothes for me

Giggles_Fairy

Went off to a big car boot for the first time this season.

I bought
A Lurpack Butter Disk = 3.00 (have wanted one for ages!)
The Baby Natwest Pig=3.50 (have always wanted one of these for ages! Now just the rest to try and find haha)
The Friends Game Still Sealed= 1.00 (having a friends themed fancied dress in June so will be perfect for this!)
3 tops = 1.00. (2 are not in my size bu it was 3 for £1 so will sellor give away)
Toy Plastic Crown= 50p (fancy dress fo royal wedding tea party haha)

Really enjoyed myself today! Only thing is the car boot is a 40 min drive away so I cant get there every week . Really want an open top picnic basket though so will use this as my motivation haha