Will childrens clothes sell at a car boot

clairelou44

Hi, I have hundreds and hundreds of items of baby clothing that I would like to sell and wondered if they are likely to sell at a car boot? I know i wont get alot for them but thought if i sell everything for a pound would I be likely to get rid of most of it? Dont want to go to the trouble of doing a car boot just to come home with most of what I started with?

archiesdad

Hi they do sell but I would say depends what size, I did a boot sale at the weekend and sold lots of kids clothes. Personally the newborn sizes didn't seem to sell as I suppose people get a lot of this as presents, and generally with a first child I have found people want new. You will probably be lucky to get £1 an item. I did get £1 but this was for things like gap more named brand, generally I was getting 50p an item. I did get a bit more for things that were bagged up though, like moses basket sheets etc.

paulofessex

I'm sure they will sell, in fact you may find you are overwhelmed by those who try to get everything for 20p etc. It is my opinion that there are some sectors of the community who go hell for leather to get everything for next to nothing at a bootsale they fire constant questions and offers so much so if your not careful you find yourself saying "ok then" and that is where it starts, they will then pick up loads more expecting the same price. Watch out for the light fingered people as well, they work in pairs or more.

Perhaps consider putting a clear sign up stating your price per item or £2 for 3 items etc and stick to your guns.

Also have at least 1 or 2 other people with you, not only handy for keeping an eye and for selling but also very handy for those all important loo and coffee breaks.

clairelou44

paulofessex wrote: »

I'm sure they will sell, in fact you may find you are overwhelmed by those who try to get everything for 20p etc. It is my opinion that there are some sectors of the community who go hell for leather to get everything for next to nothing at a bootsale they fire constant questions and offers so much so if your not careful you find yourself saying "ok then" and that is where it starts, they will then pick up loads more expecting the same price. Watch out for the light fingered people as well, they work in pairs or more.

Perhaps consider putting a clear sign up stating your price per item or £2 for 3 items etc and stick to your guns.

Also have at least 1 or 2 other people with you, not only handy for keeping an eye and for selling but also very handy for those all important loo and coffee breaks.

thanks for the advice, its been 6 or 7 years since I last did a car boot and I forgot what they are like

xxdaisyxx

If you have branded clothing such as Next you may be better using Ebay as you could get a much better price. I have listed my daughters outgrown Next clothing on Ebay and they have done very well on there. You would need to factor in Ebay/Paypal fees though.

toddles*

it also helps to have sizes all grouped together as much as you can, pregnant women like myself never fancy bending down and rumaging to find sizes for too long. Prices wise that I pay are, vests & baby grows 20p-50p but nice outfits, coats etc upto £1.50-£2
hth

lindos90

People dont want to pay much for baby clothes at car boots, and ive found its very difficult to keep mud and dirt off them when on display, which is very fustratin g when you have gone to the trouble of wahing, ironing and folding everything!

As a previous poster has said, any good names, next, m&s, monsoon in particular goes very well on ebay if you cream off your best stuff, then sell the other stuff that you are happy to get 20p or 50p for at the car boot.

I have also used NCT nearly new sales too, you label up all your items (baby/kids clothes/toys/baby equipment) and drop them off on the day and the local NCT do the rest, you go back and claim your unsold stuff after the sale, and they send you a cheque with all the sold labels a week later. (Minus 20% usually if you help out, but thats likely to still be more than you would get at a car boot sale!)

emma.b123

I'm baby-free, but I have friends and relatives that do the odd bit of car booting for children's bits - mostly for toys and books, but of course should they be baby-shopping, then they could probably be easily tempted. Make sure what you're trying to sell is all good condiotion - obviously parents wouldn't want to dress their babies in damaged/soiled etc clothes. I think my best advice would be to check out the clientel the week before. If it's mainly pensioners, chances are you'll be wasting your time, but if there's a younger crowd, then it may be worth the hassel. Failing that, bundled items tend to go quite well on ebay - make sure again they are near perfect conditon, and upload lots and lots of photos.