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

Gaz70

Ollieee wrote: »

First post, very interested in hearing other people great purchases !

My best buy ever has been a NES which is a 80's Nintendo console, it has the original box and polystyrene aswell ! I only paid £3 and they fetch around £30 - £50 on ebay, it's mint condition. The funny thing is me and my friends were on a road trip to the peak district and we happened to stumble across the boot sale in Bakewell at early hours, very lucky !

very nice find. well done !!!! probably worth more than 50 quid too if its in good nick and boxed.
wish i could find sommat like that.

Gaz70

boots rained off today..
still all of summer to come

Miró

Had an interesting first visit of the year to the Thirsk Racecourse carbooty. Spotted a pair of brand new, 'Christian Laboutin', red-soled, unworn, black suede shoes with crystal studded platform & heels. I'm pretty sure that they are 'replicas' but they do seem really well made and came with the box, dustbag and spare heel tips. I really love them even if they are fake but sadly they are just a touch on the small side for me, (I could just about cope with trotting from car to venue so long as the rest of the time I was seated:o)....but before I wear them and damage the soles I'm wondering if I should just stick them on a shelf and gaze lovingly at them for a while, unworn, and then try to sell them. In the meantime I was wondering if there is a way of telling if they really are fake, (any Louboutin afficionados on here?). Also, would I be allowed to try to sell them on EBay given their dubious status?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Will attempt to attach a pic......

booter

I'd say chances are they're not real, and if you're not 100% sure then I think putting them on e-bay would be asking for trouble
http://reviews.ebay.com/Fake-christian-louboutin-guide?ugid=10000000007555921
http://www.ehow.com/how_8259165_spot-fake-christian-louboutin.html
Hope this helps:)

Ellejmorgan

my best ever car boot bargains were a real louis vuitton backpack for £10, and two Chloe paddington bags for £25 all real with serial numbers in mint condition..am so keeping them..

monkeypuzzle32

fab shoes! Like you say, I doubt theyre real as they'd be @£700 I think, you could try comparing them with a photo online of the same style shoes, thats is sometimes enough to tell, I know for bags The Purse Forum ladies will tell you but I'm not sure about shoes. Sorry to not be much help, I wish I'd have found them!!;)

Outdoorlass

I bought a few little bargains at the charity shop at the weekend, I have just lost over 5 stone in weight and therefore need a whole new wardrobe, but money is very tight at the moment. So I had a peep in not expecting to find much, as I was used to going in and looking for size 22 stuff, which they didn't seem to have a lot of, only this time I was looking for size 12 and they had lots of stuff:D

I ended up buying

A pair of skinny jeans by South £2.00
A Grey thin knit jumper by Dorothy Perkins £2.00
A pair of Skinny Jeans by Dorothy Perkins £4.95
A BNWT top by Denim & Co £2.00

I was happy with my little haul, I think I will be popping in there more often:cool:

_sleepless_

Well went to my fave midweek bootsale today, can only go in school holidays due to work picked up a big bundle of clothes assorted D.perkins, New look tops, an animal top, roxy shorts, and 2 monsoon tops £5 for the lot

sleepless

Graciie__x

1st post in years

Brought lots of designer items from my local carboot, but found a designer hoodie for £1 and it sold on ebay for £62 very happy with my find...

Fhler

Was at a fab jumble sale yesterday - the Scouts always seem to be so well organised in collecting jumble!!
Bought a Bravissimo coat,
3 pairs of Boden linen trousers,
Jigsaw jacket,
Hobbs tweed jacket,
Topshop Baxter jeans,
ASOS black mini dress,
SoulCal pinstripe hot pants,
Gorgeous hand knitted aran cardie,
River Island chiffon blouse,
River Island white cotton pintucked shirt,
Can't remembeer the rest but my friends and me had a great time trying stuff on and swapping when we got home!!
All for less than a tenner - you can't beat it :j