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jay-jay

Im a first time carbooter tomorrow. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to hold one, told to give out lollies to any adult buying with child in tow, and have lots o bags and price things up before hand. Does anyone have any others please
jay-jay

love_lifer

def price things or at least be clear about what youre charging beforehand. get there early. wrap up its always cold. take drinks- flask, wtare etc- and food, so you dont have to spend all your profits. have a £1 or 50p box of stuff- people seem to like this. depending on area be realistic about your prices
and smile a lot...
hope it goes well

jay-jay

Like the box of 50p things, as lots of books videos I have priced at 50p. Thankyou

Contains_Mild_Peril

If you're using a flimsy pasting table, don't even think about putting any fragile valuables on it! Take a clear plastic dust sheet if possible, to cover your wares without concealing them from view in the event of rain showers. Make sure your float money has plenty of different denominations of change. Be willing to haggle, within reason. I expect you'll have been to car boot sales in your area as a customer, which will give you an idea of prices. If not, you should generally be aiming for somewhere between jumble sale prices and charity shop prices. Good luck!

jay-jay

How much do people have in their float, I though £5 x 2, £1 x5 and some loose change??

Contains_Mild_Peril

jay-jay wrote:

How much do people have in their float, I though £5 x 2, £1 x5 and some loose change??

I'd keep a couple of notes too, just in case someone wants change of a £20 (unless you're too worried about counterfeit £20 notes to them), and make sure you have plenty of small change too.
I was planning on doing a car boot sale stall tomorrow, but the weather forecast is lousy (as is today's weather), so I think I'll give it a miss, put some of my junk on eBay and the rest back into the loft until next year's boot sale season starts.