How do you price your car boot items?

nonnatus

Well I know from the CUSTOMER point of view that i like little price stickers so i can glance over stuff quickly and make some decisions. I hate it when I have to ask "excuse me, how much is this please?" for everything on the table. I feel like an idiot if I ask about more than a couple of times, yet I might really want to know!
So I avoid sellers without stickers...:o

charlies_mum

Definitely price everythig. If it's anything like the car boot sales I go to, you will be mobbed as soon as you open your boot. If there are two of you, have one unloading the car, and the other watching what's goin on.

As has been said, overprice slightly so you can afford to haggle.

pineapple

Thanks everybody.
I have a range of cheap tat but some things are in good condition - like one of those coloured camping kettles used only twice.
I only did one before - in Halifax. Aside from the ones who descend on you when you land, I was surprised at the number of what seemed to be second hand dealers. E European immigrants too!
I have so much stuff I wondered about having it in sections - ie £1 section, £2 section etc.
I don't think anything was thieved but I'm definitely going to keep the more expensive items at the back of the stall. That said, if you are on your own and someone does a runner with something you are hardly in a position to leg it after them

Strapped

pineapple wrote: »

Thanks everybody.
I have a range of cheap tat but some things are in good condition - like one of those coloured camping kettles used only twice.
I only did one before - in Halifax. Aside from the ones who descend on you when you land, I was surprised at the number of what seemed to be second hand dealers. E European immigrants too!
I have so much stuff I wondered about having it in sections - ie £1 section, £2 section etc.
I don't think anything was thieved but I'm definitely going to keep the more expensive items at the back of the stall. That said, if you are on your own and someone does a runner with something you are hardly in a position to leg it after them

If you have anything valuable, consider attaching it to the stall or your car. Even small things can be put in a ziplock bag so they can be looked at but not removed easily. It can help to have anything really valuable displayed actually in the boot, which can be shut if you get swamped with people. (Might sound a bit paranoid but once bitten, twice shy ) The "sections" idea sounds great. Although remember that people tend to pick stuff up and then plonk it back down anywhere on the table so maybe make the sections different colours or something.

mum2one

You eyes in your rear I always have someone with me, so if one of us is busy theres a good chance that the other person can keep an eye out.

My worst seller - a lady from Phillipines, wanted to buya brand new 3 teir steamer, got £10 on it, (with the view to come down to £7),
She moaned-
The weight of it - she has to post it to Phillipies
The plug - UK plug - she would have to buy a convertor
The instructions - they weren't in her language
The box - Been opened!!

She had the cheek to offer me £3 for it............

She bartered, so i told her if she had have been polite and not moaned for England I would have sold it to her for £7, but due to attitude its £10 take it or leave it...........she took it for £10! x

gravitytolls

nonnatus wrote: »

Well I know from the CUSTOMER point of view that i like little price stickers so i can glance over stuff quickly and make some decisions. I hate it when I have to ask "excuse me, how much is this please?" for everything on the table. I feel like an idiot if I ask about more than a couple of times, yet I might really want to know!
So I avoid sellers without stickers...:o

Me too. Sellers often sell a type of item, which means I may be interested in several of them, which then means repeatedly asking 'how much?'