Anyone else a carboot snob!!

mom23

My OH reckons i am a real snob when it comes to carboots!!
I never buy off dealers:eek: (cos they have obviously got the best price )
I always look at the people selling (ie there clothes) if they look scruffy there clothes will be!!:eek:
And there car:eek:
I tend to buy clothes and i think if they look clean there items will be!!
Am i the only shallow saddo !!!

tsharp

Walked a mile plus today for a car boot sale that was not on. The only benefit was that I got 2 plus miles worth of exercise out of it.

mom23

ooooh eck i would be a bit peed off!!
I admit today wasn't a good day loads of buyers but not many seller's!!

Loafer

LOL.. i never buy from dealers either.. I dont think thats what Car Boot sales are for as far as I am concerned. I like the little stalls where someone is just trying to shift junk... thats where the bargains are!!

I dont judge the Booters myself, but I do feel for them cos its obvious people will look at them before the goods on their stall and then make a decision as to go to their table/stall.

Car boot season's almost over now so for anyone in the West Midlands, there is an indoor one at Arrow Auctions in Redditch every Sunday.

Nelski

mom23 wrote:

Am i the only shallow saddo !!!

nope I can beat you on the shallow stakes - I wont buy from them at all - got to be new for me fraid:o

Did go to one a few weeks ago but it was as a seller and I was disgusted at how little money people would pay for good stuff - but hey as I wouldnt buy anything at all from the horrible places then who am I to say anything! Most of the people seemed to be dealers or selling knock off cds/dvds and the few that were genuine were getting next to nothing for stuff and then to top it all it started at 6am Why???????

Sundays are designed for a lie in and then a trip to the local outlet for some new bargains:rotfl:

Shallow Nels xx

btw mom 23 is that your swimming pool cos if it is you must be doing real well at car booting

jellycat40

No don't buy from dealers, like to buy from genuine people clearing their junk, one persons junk is anothers treasure and all that.

Louise

mom23

Nelski wrote:

btw mom 23 is that your swimming pool cos if it is you must be doing real well at car booting

Hi Shallow Nells:rotfl: i wish it was my swimming pool LOL:rotfl:
I have never done a car boot in my life!!!
And like you i buy everything new for me and my kid's !!
But i do love going to car boot's and buying good condition label's which i can sell in my ebay shop!!!:o

Blairweech

I don't judge people at carboots, but I do sneak a quick glance at the seller to decide if their clothes may fit me - I'm an 8, so if a seller is clearly not my size, I won't bother looking. Yes, I realise they may be selling their daughters stuff and I may miss some bargains etc, but my carboot is just so big I don't have time to root through everyone's things.

soolin

tsharp wrote:

Walked a mile plus today for a car boot sale that was not on. The only benefit was that I got 2 plus miles worth of exercise out of it.

Me too...well at least I took the car and didn't walk.

I wouldn't mind but it was only the second one I've been to this year and I'd checked it was on by reading the local paper before I set off.

Soo

tsharp

Yeah, we drove past the day before and there was a board advertising it and no cancelled sign, like there often is, so i thought it was worth a try. Don't mind walking tho, extra exercise is nothing to worry about. I would have been !!!!ed off if i got the bus there or something tho...

rdwarr

mom23 wrote:

My OH reckons i am a real snob when it comes to carboots!!
I never buy off dealers:eek: (cos they have obviously got the best price )
I always look at the people selling (ie there clothes) if they look scruffy there clothes will be!!:eek:
And there car:eek:
I tend to buy clothes and i think if they look clean there items will be!!
Am i the only shallow saddo !!!

I hope so! Fancy judging people by the sort of car they can afford. Remember it can be hard NOT to look scruffy on a wet and windy Sunday morning