Car boot sale advice - updated 2013

Lovingitifitsabargain

Hi - am doing a bootsale this weekend - my son has a fully working Playstation 2 which he no longers uses (a few games too) what shall I ask for it ? - cannot be bothered with ebay - it's in full working condition a couple of marks on the casing ? thanks - aww and what price for games ?

Lovingitifitsabargain

Bellavita wrote: »

I am a carboot sale virgin, but am desparate to de-clutter my house. Can you advise - do I have to book a place at a car boot sale or do you just turn up?

I am in Bristol and know they have regular carboot sales in Keynsham and Bradley Stoke, but don't know whether I have to book a space or not.

Also - do people tend to sell straight out the boot or do they put tables out? :cheesy:

Hi
Just turn up but if it opens at 6 be there half hour before as queue are normally long - give you abit of time to set up aswell then -

Go to local B&Q or DIY store grab yourself a paste table (if you can't borrow one from someon or you so not already have one that is) Boot Sale is just the name given I have never seen anyone selling straight from the car boots
If you have clothes try and borrow a clothes rail as nice to hang the items on
Hope this helps

Bellavita_2

Thanks so much - wish me luck!

lucy*locket

Bellavita wrote: »

I am a carboot sale virgin, but am desparate to de-clutter my house. Can you advise - do I have to book a place at a car boot sale or do you just turn up?

I am in Bristol and know they have regular carboot sales in Keynsham and Bradley Stoke, but don't know whether I have to book a space or not.

Also - do people tend to sell straight out the boot or do they put tables out? :cheesy:

Good luck with your first boot sale, there's some good advice in the first post of this thread which you might find helpful.

bobbiely

Brammeldi wrote: »

Hi,

Myself, mum and sister are planning on pooling all our unwanted goods together and sell at a car boot sale. I thought this might be a good idea as it means we can split the cost of the pitch and have a wider variety of items to attract a variety of buyers. Some of the items that we plan on selling are:

• Plus size clothes

With the plus size clothes I would put up a sign saying something like "Plus Size Clothes 18-22" or whatever sizes they are. I know when I'm going round once either me or my Mum see a sign like this we're rummaging through the rails straightaway.

Lovingitifitsabargain

sorry to bump this up anyone ???

Lovingitifitsabargain wrote: »

Hi - am doing a bootsale this weekend - my son has a fully working Playstation 2 which he no longers uses (a few games too) what shall I ask for it ? - cannot be bothered with ebay - it's in full working condition a couple of marks on the casing ? thanks - aww and what price for games ?

juju11_2

Lovingitifitsabargain wrote: »

Hi - am doing a bootsale this weekend - my son has a fully working Playstation 2 which he no longers uses (a few games too) what shall I ask for it ? - cannot be bothered with ebay - it's in full working condition a couple of marks on the casing ? thanks - aww and what price for games ?

Hello

Me and hubby did a car boot a couple of months ago and sold an original (not slimline) fully working PS2, with 2 controllers and an 8MB memory card. We advertised it at £30 and it went for £25. We had a stack of games to sell too, which we sold for £2 to £3 each separately.

My advice would be this. Sell the PS2 for no less than £25 (assuming you have controllers and a memory card, otherwise £20 would be good going.) New ones can be picked up now for approx. £40, so sell it sooner rather than later.

If you do have an original PS2 Sony memory card, don't be talked into selling it separately for a few quid as they are worth way more than that, even on Ebay. It will help sell the PS2 as a package anyway.

Offer to chuck in a game (just one mind) if someone is dithering about whether to buy it.

I know you said you can't be bothered selling the games on Ebay but some games are worth a lot. We kept back quite a few of ours and sold those on Ebay to International buyers in Australia and Europe as they are willing to pay a fair bit more than UK buyers (use the Buy It Now feature on Ebay abd post using recorded delivery). Otherwise don't take less than £2 per game and be careful at the car boot about selling Age 12/15/18 rated games to kids and teenagers as this is still against the law.

I hope this helps you a bit.

mazz1953

bobbiely wrote: »

With the plus size clothes I would put up a sign saying something like "Plus Size Clothes 18-22" or whatever sizes they are. I know when I'm going round once either me or my Mum see a sign like this we're rummaging through the rails straightaway.

Plus size clothes are very popular at the car boots, so you shouldn't have any problems getting rid of them!

indebtbigtime

just wondering where do you think people get the bulk stuff you see at boot fairs.

last week I saw a guy with like 100 pencil cases, 100 hair braiding sets and about the same number of jigsaws

intrigued....

TizzyDizzy

I am doing my first car boot sale tomorrow and this thread has been a revelation. Many thanks everyone who has contributed with advice and suggestions. I feel better prepared and ready to go!