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

Mrs_Edwards_to_be

Hello everyone,

Went to my first car boot sale in ages today, was an indoor one and whilst not the best (mostly consisted of kids toys and suspicious DVDs!) I got myself:
-5 Marian Keyes books - £1 (20p each hurrah)
-1 giant vintage Adidas bag/holdall (to use when flying down to see fiance in Kent) - £1
- A Me to You bear for my Fiance's mum who collects them - £4.

So not very much but i'm still chuffed!

notlongnow_2

Gaz70 wrote: »

HI
does any of your vintage fans know anything about patchwork quilts?
i bought one from the carboot sale today for a fiver. it needs cleaning.
if its not worth owt im gonna use it as a throw or if it was a bargain i wanna flog it lol
any help would be appreciated.
thank you

Sell it sell it! Big market for them and they usually go for around £50 ish.

Or sell it to me for a tenner!!lol.

GrammarGirl

Ames wrote: »

Does anyone have any advice on how to save energy going round a cb? I'm probably going to one tomorrow afternoon, I've got chronic fatigue and last time I did it I was out of it for four days. I was thinking about taking my little wheely suitcase instead of bags, not sure if I'll look silly but I don't really care. Any other tips?

Ames, I seem to remember you go to the Otley carboot. In the summer, I bought a microwave there and had to carry it from the very back of the boot sale to my car which was at the very back of the car park. I nearly dropped it twice, had to get a man to actually lift it into the car and could barely move my arms for days afterwards. It was awful!

Don't overstretch yourself by trying to carry heavy things or too much. The wheelly trolley sounds like a good idea, as does the stick/seat thing. Also, there are tables and chairs set up near the bacon sarnie van, you could give yourself a rest there. Just take it steady and don't try lug a microwave back with you!

Gaz70

ames
take a trolly with you to carry your booty in, all the people there will be too busy bargain hunting to notice.
i dont know about where you go, but i know the ones i goto the footing is normaly either large stones or grass doesnt make it any easier.
i wish you all the best though and hope youre able to enjoy booting as much as possible.
i must admit though i like it best when my partners with me cos he carries all the stuff and never grumbles or charges lol.

Sell it sell it! Big market for them and they usually go for around £50 ish.

Or sell it to me for a tenner!!lol.

thanks for the offer but i think im going to keep it lol...

jtb2412

The jacket I bought the other day sold for just over £27 on Ebay :j :eek: . I'm keeping mine, I like it too much to sell it.

Hope the weather is good tomorrow (forecast not looking it though) - wanted to pop to the charity shops in town while I was running a few other errands.

Ames I'd get a trolley if I was allowed one :rolleyes:. Kids are threatening me with divorce if I buy one :eek: :rotfl:.

Haven't been to a car boot for a while as the weather just hasn't been good enough ...... maybe if we all keep our fingers crossed for next weekend I might get to go .

Right off to wash up after roast dinner (our dishwasher broke this morning .... eeeeekkkkkk ! :eek::() Don't think I'm likely to find one of those in a charity shop :rolleyes: lol :rotfl:.

Catch up with you all later in the week xx

Tootsiepops

I read this thread all the time, but don't post so here goes, went to my local car boot this morning (go every sunday and i love it!!) and i got a long-line black dotty-p's top very nice and BN for £2, some dress-up clothes for my DD's pink chiffony lace princessy type dress for my eldest (age 5) and black purple and silver tutu for my youngest (age3) £1 a piece, (there chuffed!!) and some handbags for them, barbie with beaded strap 20p, pink cup-cake 1 for 20p a fab one in the shape of a sausage dog in pink & brown ( 50p) and a florelli one black with gorgeous flowers on it in red, green, blue and pink with pink handles too (might even use that myself ). And a good selection of beads, wooden, diamonte type ones lovely big chunky black beads and some great pink ones, last year i went to New York for MIL 60th in november, and i was a avid e-bayer at the time in the space of 2 mths i made £400 selling bits of kids clothes and toys, that i bought at bootys, am now thinking i should start selling again!!

Jenna_Appleseed

Found a copy of the film Number 23 for £2.50 in the local corner shops bargin bin (mostly ex-rental dvds from a failed mini Choices revival but this one is the home edition and both cinema & uncut version of the film:cool:)

robz2008

not really a boot sale find but bought a sega nomad console in gamestation the other week, only payed £45 for it, sold for £150 on ebay.

also managed to pick up 2 copies of metal gear 3 subsitance in Game, £12.99p eack, sold for £40 a piece on ebay.

so keep a look out in game shops aswell lol

vickyd4v3

Only went to one afternoon car boot this Sunday, it was quite small i only bought 2 dressing up outfits, darth vader £3 and spiderman £1.

museumworker

yesterday I was delighted to pick up a pair of brand new, salesman sample Hunter wellies, black in ostrich moulding for £4.99. They are in my size, and I felt like royalty wading through the rain to get to work