The Great 'top-selling items at car boot sales' Hunt

mtc95

jasperpop wrote: »

hi everyone, i am a manager of a charity shop and we are inudated during the summer months on monday morning with everything that didnt sell at the car boot sale and the vast majority of it is unsaleable.
NO one wants videos anymore, and as yet there is no way to recycle them, so they go in the bin and then landfill, books can be recycled but again thats usually LOTS of them. stuffed toys end up in bin. old clothes are recycled. but its lots of very hard work for the sake of taking it all to the tip. so please think before you leave it outside the shop sunday, but just to let you know the stuff is often (not always) stolen by the time we open, or strewn around the street.
i appreciate people wanting to give us their stuff but sometimes its just easy to leave it outside a charity shop.
thanks in advance and good car booting this summer.

Thanks for posting this. I always feel sorry for charity shops when people treat them as a place to dump their stuff that they cannot get rid of anywhere else. After all, if no-one wants to buy your videos etc at a car boot sale, then why would charity shops have any more luck? If you want to help the charity then you could donate any decent stuff you may own and no longer want - but take your rubbish to the tip.

WelshDragoness

Our local carboot last Sunday in llandudno junction was brilliant, what seemed to be selling well that I noticed were old camping equipment, books, I bought quite a few paperbacks 50p each or 3 for £1, a pair of ladies selling larger size clothing seemed to be doing well, household stuff like throws and cushions went quickly, as did some nice handbags someone was selling, the plant man always there nearly sold out, I bought a lot because they always thrive well and much cheaper than the shops, also lady selling stone type garden ornaments seemed to have a lot less by the end of the day. What didn't seem to be going were babies clothing, some of the sellers had loads left and also homemade'craft type' items, knitted things etc. I also heard a lady asking only £2 for a portable little fridge be asked to accept £1 , needless to say, the seller declined , saying they'd rather take it home again lol.

sillyputty

I did a car boot this week with stuff a friend gave me, the dealers flocked round as it had been in her garage for years. I expect I could have got more on e bay---as with the lego. However its hassle with e bay and unless I know something is worth a lot more than I'll get on e bay I don't bother. I enjoy the banter and its interesting that stuff I have looked up and know I can't get much for goes for a reasonable price to dealers. The lego I price for kids and make sure bags have bits in that they can work with---a man and wheels in each one. I have loads of Knex someone gave me and some polly pocket, both of those things will sell to kids for pocket money and that makes me happy so its all good fun!

U.S.A._to_Merseyside

hi everyone, I'm from America and don't know much about Car Boot Sales. I am coming to England this summer. Can anyone please tell me if big electronic items (like dvd players and tv's) can sell without their paperwork that came with them or do they need the paperwork in order to sell legally? Thanks!!!!!

John_Pierpoint

Sell than as "for spares" and wink as you do so.

Some of the larger well administered boot dales might object to the sale of items that are note PAT
certificated.

That stands for portable appliance testing, that registered electricians who have passed the relatively simple course can do - it is mandatory for situations like emplouers where there is a vattered old kettle that the staff use for making drinks. .

Mistral001

I go to car boot sales regularly (in summer anyway) as a buyer. perhaps if give a list of things that I buy or am always on a lookout for, that might help those who have stalls:


DVD's
Vintage electronic equipment
Good quality tools
Books of local interest
Books on hobbies (the older the better)
Text books
Maps
Shirts and jeans
Pictures and picture frames
Modern vases
Kitchen equipment


I hope this helps