Why do car boots start so early...?

Rupert_Bear

We had loads of good quality items for car boot and could have raised a few hundred pounds. However didnt fancy getting up at the crack of dawn and dealing with the great Brit public. In the end we contacted PDSA the animal charity and gave everything to them.

porto_bello

I admire anyone who has the drive to get up for a car boot at silly-o'clock on a Sunday. Personally I couldn't be bothered!

I did one years ago and hated every minute of it! Worst of all were the aggresive hagglers, who got angry when they found they couldn't set the prices! :mad:

Never again! If it won't sell on eBay, it goes to a charity shop!

custardy

get out of your beds you lazy sods

harveybobbles

I'm quite firm with my prices until about 10.30am, then I will happily let items go for less. Then when it gets to about 12.30 I put all the higher value items back in the car and fill the table with the crap that will sell for 50p and just should "everything now 50p cos I want to go home" and the table soon gets cleared

The annoying thing is, we often come home with more items than we went with as we do some charity carboots/auctions etc, so we get chatting to the people with stalls next to us and they usually donate any left over items to us as they leave lol.

Fallen8905

Heya

ive done a few car boots!! lol hate gettin up early. I was wondering if there is any good ones in birmingham or surrounding areas as the ones ive been too have been a bit slow.

Thanks

Kitty_Ears

Fallen8905 wrote: »

Heya

ive done a few car boots!! lol hate gettin up early. I was wondering if there is any good ones in birmingham or surrounding areas as the ones ive been too have been a bit slow.

Thanks

Mr.Kitty & I always go to one near Hamshall, near Drayton Manor. It's great.. I'm not from Brum but Mr.Kitty's family are, everytime we go and visit I love going there!

lloydyd

Try LAZYBONES bootsale in Leigh on sea station (Essex) It runs all year on hard standing as is usually pretty busy. Start time is around 8/9am so a nice lay in too :-)

yeslek

I'd be interested to know if there are any indoor or winter car boots
the one in stafford stops when the weather gets cold - usually sometime in oct

Hammyman

harveybobbles wrote: »

Often wondered what is the reason that car boots start at silly times like 7.00am... Sellers need to be there from 6.00 etc...

I did one last week and was up at 04.30hrs and it was vile lol...

I spent much of the last two decades either starting or finishing work at that time...

Mistral001

harveybobbles wrote: »

I'm quite firm with my prices until about 10.30am, then I will happily let items go for less. Then when it gets to about 12.30 I put all the higher value items back in the car and fill the table with the crap that will sell for 50p and just should "everything now 50p cos I want to go home" and the table soon gets cleared

I go either very early or very late.

Late has advantages as prices start to drop then, especially bigger items

Early and you have a chance of getting that Faberge cigarette case for a fiver (slim chance admittedly).

I think this last one is why they start very early as the serious buyers go then.