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

cestlavie

found a kipling trolley suitcase in a charity shop today. it was filthy, but after a soak in the bath and a good scrub down it now looks like new. have been wanting one of these for ages as a close friend swears by them, but i could never have afforded to buy and don't travel enough to justify the investment. now all i need is to save up for a holiday!
best of luck all

dragonlily

Do you reckon we could have a new carboot thread?? Mods, thoughts? It is a new season after all x

soolin

dragonlily wrote: »

Do you reckon we could have a new carboot thread?? Mods, thoughts? It is a new season after all x

There is a sticky that has new 2013 in the last pages- all ready to be added to.

Good hunting!

Contains_Mild_Peril

My brother just got a new flat with big long windows and he didn't have curtains long enough, so I was pleased to find a huge 90 x 100" pair of lined curtains in my local Salvation Army shop for £8.49. I wouldn't like to think how much they'd cost new! I also got a nice pair of leather boots for £3.50 for my son - size 12 so not the easiest to find. Was hoping to go to car boot sale today but I think it will have been cancelled due to the very wet and windy weather here.

kendall17

Not so much a booty but went round someone's house who said they were moving house and had a load of stuff to shift. Got myself a working Flymo mower & Bosch Hedge Trimmers for £4 and a few other bits all at £2 an item. Was chuffed.

BargainJunky

At a very small local car boot a couple of weeks ago I bought a box of Playmobil for £5.00. It was quite late and I didnt really know if all the pieces would be there but thought my boys could at least add the figures to their own collection. We assembled it this weekend and they are now the proud owners of a complete farmhouse and some animals, a complete police station and a couple of the small accessory sets.

I reckon this would have cost over £100 when bought.

Edwardia

My recent (March & April)charity shop finds..

Signed First Edition hardback of actor Ethan Hawke's book ' Ash Wednesday' 2.99
Crown Devon Fortnum & Mason ceramic tea caddy 9.99
Abercrombie & Fitch navy cotton tshirt BNWT 9.99
Wedgwood white porcelain salt cellar 4.99
Murano gold/black Venetian glass hand-made bowl reduced from 99.99 to 49.99 to 29.99

soolin

Edwardia wrote: »

My recent (March & April)charity shop finds..

Signed First Edition hardback of actor Ethan Hawke's book ' Ash Wednesday' 2.99
Crown Devon Fortnum & Mason ceramic tea caddy 9.99
Abercrombie & Fitch navy cotton tshirt BNWT 9.99
Wedgwood white porcelain salt cellar 4.99
Murano gold/black Venetian glass hand-made bowl reduced from 99.99 to 49.99 to 29.99

In my area (Greater London) those are pretty much top prices. Wedgwood is virtually valueless for instance and the good ordinary porcelain table wear a couple of pounds a piece at most. I would probably shift mine at a car boot for a £1 at most.

Murano, whilst pretty and still popular goes for around the £25- £30 mark, still labelled at a bricks and mortar auction, much less second hand and I have sold a folded end long Murano glass bowl for less than £10 at a car boot befor enow as i couldn't get rid of it. There's loads of Murano ( although never take a sellers word for it, check the pattern) unsold on ebay for less than £10 a go plus postage of near £10.

Avaangeline

Last week was the best it has been in a while and got some really decent finds. I only really look for clothing shoes jewelry bags etc and rarely get anything else unless it really catches my eye.

I go to my local one (about 5 minutes drive down the road) at about 8pm then one thats about a 20 minute drive (an afternoon one) at about 11.

At my local one there is a charity dog shelter stall, always sells very cheaply and set price for all items.
Local one:
River island polka dot black and white bodycon dress- 50p (was in river island last month for £20
River island mesh top- 50p (rrp £15)
Long black tassel top-50p (rrp £10)
5 makeup bags- 10p each (50p) all from boots and superdrug
Basket of bracelets- 50p lot
Artificial flower in vase from next- 40p
Real rabbit fur coat- £10 (they sell on ebay for like £50 but keeping it for now)
Dorothy perkins fur gilet- £1
River island grey boots- £1
New look butterfly top- 25p
River island boy fit shirt- 25p
Office pink and gold heels- 50p
Primark floral heels- 50p
Clarks leather heeled boots- 50p (price on the bottom £24.99)

Then I went to one man who was selling 50p each jewellery or 3 items for a pound. He had argos necklaces jewelery and earrings all new and boxed so that will do for this years xmas gifts to aunties and cousins etc


Afternoon car boot sale
new look fur wedges- 50p
primark black wedges- 50p
asda plain tap shoes- 50p
LOUIS VUITTON (fake) massive holiday bag-50p
Gucci (fake i think) bag- 50p
4 dog coats- £2 for all
Newlook tiger top- 50p
River island elastic waist jeans- 50p
newlook tea party style dress- 50p
jane austin collection gilet- 50p
river island boob tube with metal tiger- £1(cost £50 rrp!!!!!)

Then I went to a lady who wanted everything gone, 10p an item came out with a massive bag full of decent river island new look topshop clothing for about £3.50!!!

Love carboots!!! cant wait till tomorrow

monkeypuzzle32

Avaangeline wrote: »

Last week was the best it has been in a while and got some really decent finds. I only really look for clothing shoes jewelry bags etc and rarely get anything else unless it really catches my eye.

I go to my local one (about 5 minutes drive down the road) at about 8pm then one thats about a 20 minute drive (an afternoon one) at about 11.

At my local one there is a charity dog shelter stall, always sells very cheaply and set price for all items.
Local one:
River island polka dot black and white bodycon dress- 50p (was in river island last month for £20
River island mesh top- 50p (rrp £15)
Long black tassel top-50p (rrp £10)
5 makeup bags- 10p each (50p) all from boots and superdrug
Basket of bracelets- 50p lot
Artificial flower in vase from next- 40p
Real rabbit fur coat- £10 (they sell on ebay for like £50 but keeping it for now)
Dorothy perkins fur gilet- £1
River island grey boots- £1
New look butterfly top- 25p
River island boy fit shirt- 25p
Office pink and gold heels- 50p
Primark floral heels- 50p
Clarks leather heeled boots- 50p (price on the bottom £24.99)

Then I went to one man who was selling 50p each jewellery or 3 items for a pound. He had argos necklaces jewelery and earrings all new and boxed so that will do for this years xmas gifts to aunties and cousins etc


Afternoon car boot sale
new look fur wedges- 50p
primark black wedges- 50p
asda plain tap shoes- 50p
LOUIS VUITTON (fake) massive holiday bag-50p
Gucci (fake i think) bag- 50p
4 dog coats- £2 for all
Newlook tiger top- 50p
River island elastic waist jeans- 50p
newlook tea party style dress- 50p
jane austin collection gilet- 50p
river island boob tube with metal tiger- £1(cost £50 rrp!!!!!)

Then I went to a lady who wanted everything gone, 10p an item came out with a massive bag full of decent river island new look topshop clothing for about £3.50!!!

Love carboots!!! cant wait till tomorrow

blimey, where do you live? Bargains galore there!