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

lola34

Have been to 3 CB's over the past week, came back with a few goodies:

Various wrestling figures £1 each
Denim shorts £1
Topshop vest top £1
New Look Linen trousers £1
Gorgeous Topshop bandeau dress £2
Topshop crop joggers 50p
WWE quilt cover £1.50
River Island denim jacket, seller was asking £3, I offered £2 then when I got it home I found £1 in the pocket

Definately been bitten by the CB bug, can't wait until Thursday

JesaRose

I bought a lovely breton stripe polo shirt for my husband yesterday for 50p (River Island) and a nice canvas print to go on our living room wall, also 50p

New pair of suede purple t-bar shoes for £1 with big ruffles on the front

Valanita

theclonetrooper wrote: »

Just got back from my 3rd car boot sale that I have been to this past week, I felt I had to put "finger to keyboard" and comment on the things that I saw for sale at the 3 car booty's!.
1 word sums it up LANDFILL !.
Or am I being to picky?
My though is "do people see what sells on eBay etc and the TAT thats left over gets sold in the middle of a field", one example I saw today:- a dalek bubble bath bottle, both lights & eyestalk broken and sucker arm missing, the bloke wanted £1 for it, all the stuff on his table had price tags on them. My wife did get 2 nice pictures for our bedroom for £2 but thats all we got from 3 different CBS !:(

I know what you mean, there can be & often is, a lot of tat at car boot sales.

Daughter & I have been lucky lately & have managed to find several things we like at bargain prices. The most I paid this weekend for an item was £3 for a large Merrythought lion. The least 10p for a Mickey Mouse jelly mould.

plantpot87

Bought a few things from the carboot today. Got:

21 x ladybird books from 3 diffrent sellers for £2.50 in total
build a racer from the science museum - new and sealed £2
cooking book - 10p
stamps mini sheet - £2.50
and best of all 31 x first day covers (stamps) for my dad who collects them £5 making them 16p each!

Also had over the past couple of weeks at carboots:
electronic battleship game -£1
Working slide projector - £1 :j
Star Wars game - 50p
xbox360 game forza motorsport 2/pgr 3 - £2
Bt home hub - £2
A box full of car airfreshners £1.50

Also managed to get a jamie oliver recipe tin/cards for £2.99 from the charity shop.

curtis122

First car boot last weekend and together with this weekend got -

4 x Ikea square floating shelves - £1.50
Elle McPherson body scrub new - 50p
4 x new shower caddys in 2 sizes (£8-£12 in B&Q) - £2
New Sky + remote - £2.50
2 x Demi john bottles - £2 (starting own brew)
Fur beige boots - £2
Brown Evie ankle boots - £1.50
Hair Mousse + Nicky Clarke volume spray - £1
No7 gift box with no7 products - £2
5 x Shower scrunchies - 50p
No7 exfoliating wash new + small perfect & Potect cream- 50p
Avon pink shimmer nail varnish new - £1
Rimmel mushroom colour nail varnish - 50p
Elle McPherson gift set brand new - 50p (present my friend loves it)
2 books,' Knowing your Red wine' and 'Knowing your white wine' -50p (presents)
A new cute teddy bear - 50p (ready for sister in law's new baby)


So glad they are back on!

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

theclonetrooper wrote: »

Just got back from my 3rd car boot sale that I have been to this past week, I felt I had to put "finger to keyboard" and comment on the things that I saw for sale at the 3 car booty's!.
1 word sums it up LANDFILL !.

My thoughts precisely at the one I did yesterday (apart from the things on my stall obviously:D)

I did buy a Per Una jumper for £2, but apart from that alot of it was broken, grubby rubbish. I can't imagine who these people think is going to buy that sort of thing!

I had a good day though - I made £70 from my stall :j

stormchaos

Good week so far,
at charity shop,
60x30 fluval fish tank £3,
3 pc games, 3 books, small knife, big tube of sun cream for the horses, 2 sonic screwdrivers , altogether £2,
todays car booty,
1960 singer 185k sewing machine £5,
rolling stones voodoo lounge pc cd rom 50p
vision glass frying pan and lid 50p,
ann summers wonder woman outfit 50p (not for me !!)bnib
and my favorite thing a Sadler mad cow butter dish for £1.50, love it !!!

babyemily

I adore that butter dish - its fabulous x

Ma_Boswell

Not only a bargain, but a good omen...found a brand new Terramundi saving pot in a charity shop for £1.49 - as i am just starting a DMP i couldn't help but feel it was a sign...

misfire

OH the butter dish is superb. I would have snapped that up if I had seen it.

I went to a good booty on monday - got a few bits, incluiding a cotton trader small bag - it looks like the 'pushchair' bag that matches my pram which I have been after for ages as it fits snug behind the handles (petit star zia not much storage space lovely pram though) but they are expensive and hard to get hold of. this little bag fits perfectly 50p!!!!!and it was brand new.

They had lovely stuff on monday - Quinny 3 wheeler and carrycot mint condition £35... always wanted a quinny but have my prams now so no need but a major bargain. Plus a jumperoo £35 mint condition - again these go for alot second hand on ebay, did want one for my bubs but seeing how big it was in real life we could not store it - again a good bargain if you needed it. Got some wool for a mate £2 for 8 identical balls in a lovely purple shade (she often buys my baby bits at charity shop and wont take money for them so I get her wool for her knitting). Baby carrier £2. Vtech cot light and sound thing £1 and I got 7 items of baby clothes for £1.40p!

.... I thought the quality of stuff there was really good - a few tat stalls but not many. In fact hubby who hates boot sales and only went along under sufference also commented on the quality of the stuff available. It just depends on who is selling I suppose. It does amaze me some of the crap people sell, stuff I would feel ashamed binning!


Am after a bumboo - my friend got one for £2 from a boot sale .... I will find one!!!!!!!!!