What sells best at car boots?

kiss_me_now9

It's been a while since I did one but I'm hoping to get one done in the next few weeks.

Is it worth me taking my old CDs and books and putting a blanket price of £1 on all of them? Do board games tend to sell?

I'm hoping to do a Christmas craft fair in December, selling some cards and home made crafty bits, would it be a good idea to take some along with me to the carboot and see what (if any) sells so might be popular?

Wywth

kiss_me_now9 wrote: »

It's been a while since I did one but I'm hoping to get one done in the next few weeks.

Is it worth me taking my old CDs and books and putting a blanket price of £1 on all of them? Do board games tend to sell?

I'm hoping to do a Christmas craft fair in December, selling some cards and home made crafty bits, would it be a good idea to take some along with me to the carboot and see what (if any) sells so might be popular?

Your're probably more likely to get offered a quid for the blanket than any used CD on top of it
Try bundling them all together for say a tenner

I see Ideal World are offering loads of Christmas crafting goods at present, so either they are managing to sell some or they won't be around come Christmas.

kiss_me_now9

Wywth wrote: »

Your're probably more likely to get offered a quid for the blanket than any used CD on top of it
Try bundling them all together for say a tenner

I see Ideal World are offering loads of Christmas crafting goods at present, so either they are managing to sell some or they won't be around come Christmas.

I can't get rid of them. I have a stack of about 100 CDs that I don't want any more cluttering up my bedroom... Gah. No charity shop near me will take them and I'm really loathed to throw them away!

Wywth

I was always amazed how, when my friend came back from a boot sale, she never brought any unsold stock back with her.

I thought maybe she had a secret sales technique so one day I asked her outright.

She explained it was simple. She took goods to sell at the boot sale as she no longer wanted them. Anything that remained unsold at the end of the sale was 'donated' to the local tip on the way home.

Simple, when you know how.

hellokitty08

I would say it depends on how you arrange them. I am quite happy to buy a CD at a bootsale for a £1 but I like to be able to easily see what they are.

Also it depends on the type of music, the more modern the better (I guess)

Whiteknight

When I have done boot sales in the past books have always sold well, of course it depends on the types of books and how much you are selling them for.

Go with the mindset that you are getting rid of stuff you don't want any more aim to sell enough to cover the costs and make a little for yourself and price accordingly.

Mistral001

There is a sub-forum on MSE on car boots. I suggest posting on it as well:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

I do not see many CD's being sold at car boot sales these days. DVD's usually sell for £1 or £2 at a push so CD's would probably need to be priced much less. Books if they are old can do quite well, but the type bought at airports for holiday reading or from book clubs you cannot give away usually.

mkooo

People don't want to pay anything in my experience. What you need is to invest a small amount of money in specific products that people really want. Such as perhaps childrens colouring books, or wristbands, hmm..?

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katsu

Why not look at music magpie - might be cashback via TCB or quidco too? - then see what they give you for the CDs?

McKneff

50p for a CD, if you really just want rid of them, then 3 for £1.

Books the same. I'm quite happy to pay 50p for a book. Its about the usual price for car boot sales.

Take something to eat and drink with you and a book for when it gets boring.
Good luck.