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

Ballymackeonan

Got a lovely stool yesterday for £5 in a CS - it's a Victorian/edwardian piano stool wityh turned legs, cut down, just the right height for me and with the original horsehair padding. Came up beautifully with some shoe polish (an antique dealer's tip for dealing with scratches!)

Miss_Laid

Very happy with my
Leather footglove M&S boots new for £4
9 little notepads for 50p
Whole card of watch batteries 25p (Jeweller wanted £5.99 to fit and supply a new battery now I have a working watch again and 3 spare batteries)
Dress for friends g'daughter 25p
Levis jeans £1
Eeyore bag full of stickers/felts/activities 20p
Per Una denim skirt £1
New in packer 3 hairbands 3 hair slides 3 bangles 10p
3 dvds £1 for all 3!

smile88

some good buys today!

got

• a brand new set of 3 body butters £1
• a pair of jeweled flat sandals £2
• a river island top £2
• a new light eluminating makeup balm 30p
• a river island dress £2
• a green handbag (mulberry style)£1

joyce63

I picked up some interesting LPs in the shop I volunteer in yesterday though I'm not sure who did the pricing as they were all over the place, but it all pretty much evened out. There was also a big pile of old 60s 7" singles in really poor condition, but I couldn't resist picking up one by Rolf Harris - it's him introducing the Stylophone. Fantastic and only 50p

We'd received a donation of standard charity shop vinyl (James Last and the like) but in a really nice vintage vinyl case. I'd have bought that as well but I have nowhere to put it. The store manager isn't particularly on the ball over these things, the assistant who I work with on Sundays said she reckoned she'd have just chucked it out :eek:. Fortunately she's off this week so it should be saved!

smile88

smile88 wrote: »

some good buys today!

got

• a brand new set of 3 body butters £1
• a pair of jeweled flat sandals £2
• a river island top £2
• a new light eluminating makeup balm 30p
• a river island dress £2
• a green handbag (mulberry style)£1

since putting this up found out that the tess daly eluminating balm is in marks and spencer for £15 even happier now

Gaz70

ive been following this thread for ages now.
its great to see bargains people get.
but what is really interesting is what tat people call bargains lol some raggy old clobber form the 80s lol the mind boggles.

also charity chops they do over charge lol in the early 80s they didnt employ expensive managers to do a job someone would wilingly do for free. utter madness. charity shops should price their stuff to sell get off the shelves asap.

charlie-chan

I brought a Next dress for £20 in my charity shop. It was a bit steep but it still had its original price tag of £50! It is a gorgeous dress and I wouldn't have found it in the Next sale at £20.

joyce63

Gaz70 wrote: »

ive been following this thread for ages now.
its great to see bargains people get.
but what is really interesting is what tat people call bargains lol some raggy old clobber form the 80s lol the mind boggles.

also charity chops they do over charge lol in the early 80s they didnt employ expensive managers to do a job someone would wilingly do for free. utter madness. charity shops should price their stuff to sell get off the shelves asap.

I disagree that many people would want to manage a charity shop full-time for no remuneration. It's actually a pretty responsible job and you have to do cashing up, banking etc. I would not be happy to do that as a volunteer, certainly not 5 days a week or more.

I have no problem with charities employing managers, and from my time volunteering, I'm aware that shops struggle to get good, reliable volunteers. A lot of volunteers don't feel any need to tell the shop they won't be coming in for their shift - to me this is basic manners, but not all feel that way. If there wasn't a paid manager, the shop may not be in a position to open. And some volunteers only want to do one task (eg the till, pricing the books) which isn't offering best value to the charity.

I also don't think prices are unreasonable - charity shops still have overheads and are there primarily to raise money for charity - the more the better. Like it or not, they are businesses and run as such. I can't believe actually how tight fisted some customers are - my shop had some brand new cushions in for £5.99 each but a woman suggested she could get them cheaper in Next! Maybe during the sale...but even then, I don't think so.

clumsy_cupcake

hi guys, havent posted on here for absoutley ages! Have had some great bargains over the past few weeks. Here are some of them

breville hot cup kettle- 50p!!!!! Still retails at £45!! prbly my best bargain to date.
bnib popcorn maker £1.50- great to use for my daughters bday party
candyfloss maker £1.50
retro slush maker- 20p!
ceramic tea, coffee, sugar, biscuit and bread holder for £4
cupcake stand £1- great for my new found hobbie
4 bnin ceramic cupcake trinket boxes £1.50
Tinkerbell disney girls trolley £1
toddler girls next clothes all 50p,20p and 3 for £!
bn new girls clarks boots £2
whicker cd rack £1
double mammas and papas buggy £8
stage 2 car seat £3

there are loads more just cant remember off the top of my head. Will post later will some pics if i can figure out how to do it! lol

JesaRose

joyce63 wrote: »

I disagree that many people would want to manage a charity shop full-time for no remuneration. It's actually a pretty responsible job and you have to do cashing up, banking etc. I would not be happy to do that as a volunteer, certainly not 5 days a week or more.

I have no problem with charities employing managers, and from my time volunteering, I'm aware that shops struggle to get good, reliable volunteers. A lot of volunteers don't feel any need to tell the shop they won't be coming in for their shift - to me this is basic manners, but not all feel that way. If there wasn't a paid manager, the shop may not be in a position to open. And some volunteers only want to do one task (eg the till, pricing the books) which isn't offering best value to the charity.

I also don't think prices are unreasonable - charity shops still have overheads and are there primarily to raise money for charity - the more the better. Like it or not, they are businesses and run as such. I can't believe actually how tight fisted some customers are - my shop had some brand new cushions in for £5.99 each but a woman suggested she could get them cheaper in Next! Maybe during the sale...but even then, I don't think so.

Well said Joyce:beer:

I bought some lovely auction catalogues at this weekends car boot sale containing lots of stunning jewellery and silver. Thats my reading material sorted for this week - 50p each

Also got two shirts for my husband for £1 each and some lovely vintage earrings for 50p