Car boot sale advice - updated 2013

Marg2k8

I often go to the car boot sales in my area, but whilst I was away, I went to a car boot sale in a different town. Whilst there, I noticed someone going around buying all the brass ornaments up cheaply. Is there a market for brass at a scrap metal merchant? Would it be worth buying up any I see when I go to car boot sales, with a view to collecting a job lot to sell to a scrap metal merchant? Anyone know what the going rate for brass is?

Thanks to anyone that is able to advise.

shelovestobuystuff

lydiandrew wrote: »

I am trying to sell a few bits but find the thought of a real car boot daunting! (am having no luck on ebay as I can't get it to work for me!) and no luck on yahoo swapshop.
Anyone have experience with ibootsale? it seems a bit too easy and I'm slightly worried!
Lydia

For the free pitch on ibootsale you can only have 25 items on at a time.I had a go with the 90 day pitch last year and sold one item for £20,I did tick haggle on the listing as I would have sold it for £10,you know like a real car boot sale haggle experience,but she just bought it for full price.
I didnt bother with it for a while as I only sold one item in the 90 days but I have just started it again and will let you know how I go this time.
It isnt busy at the moment so I expect sales will be slower than ebay BUT no fees other than paypal if you take payments that way.So if you dont sell it doesnt cost you a penny.Thats why I am giving it another go.

BrunoM

Really really basic question, as a seller is it universally the case that you need to bring your own table/whatever?

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Bruno Yes own table/ clothes horse/ mat etc...

sharnad

mrsmoneyspender wrote: »

hi just wondering if there is a posting of sites for car boots
i live north east england and want to do a boot sale saturday or sunday
thank mrs ms

There is a site somewhere with some on think most of the ones if you google noble promotions it will come up
Hie where do you live in tyne and wear south or north of the tyne
North of the tyne they are ones
There is one on at wallsend and north sheields which are indoors and arent to bad you leave your car outside and get one table and two chairs
There is the outdoor one in morpeth which is great as its in the afternoon on a sunday and in the afternoon
There is an early morning one on at whitlybay on some fields will have to ask my mam exactly where and monkseaton highschool have also started to do one
I would have to ask someone about south of the tyne

sharnad

BrunoM wrote: »

Really really basic question, as a seller is it universally the case that you need to bring your own table/whatever?

Most of the time but I know a couple of indoor ones where you get a table and two chairs but have never known an outdoor one to do this

John_Pierpoint

snowbrow wrote: »

Bruno Yes own table/ clothes horse/ mat etc...

It is a "boot" sale. If there are two of you, you will have all the back seat area too for your valuable cast off's. I would recommend at least trestles and an old door with a blanket thrown over it. Personally I take an 8 x 4 sheet of reinforced plywood and a couple of paste tables to flank it. Give me a pitch next to a chain link fence and I will colonise that too. I'm in the process of trying to find a "shop" style clothes rack at an affordable price (say 20 GBP).

I have seen people manage by simply throwing the said blanket(s) on the ground and plonking their stuff on top, but I would not recommend it, unless you are selling chunky stuff.that does not need close examination or careful handling. (Car spares, DIY leftovers?)

It also helps if you can give your pitch a gimmick that makes it recognisable for someone coming back at lunch time to see if they can (re)bargain on one of your "heirlooms". I've currently got a "flagpole" but anything memorable on top of the car would help.

lufcgirl

Theres a good one in Seaham, County Durham by the beach, it was huge last time I was there!

MikeysGirl

We did our first carboot in Bristol at the weekend. We're hoping to emigrate so starting to clear the house of clutter.
Made £90 (minus a couple of cuppas and bag of chips) which we were pleased with for a first go with just garage clutter.

now we've got a bit of room in the garage we're gonna start going through the house and relocating unwanted stuff to the 'stockroom' :T

:beer:

[Deleted User]

Few questions:-

1. Do you need to take a table to put stuff on or is it literally out of the car boot?

2. Do you need a clothes rail to put clothes on?

3. What sells best? I've got clothes, tapes, VHS tapes, LPs, toys, books?

4. How much do things sell for and should I label things?