Selling useless items at a carboot sale rant

mrsHall2b

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Some people operate on the basis that "one man's rubbish is another man's treasure", and will simply put everything they don't want, even broken stuff in the car boot.
Last week, I bought a map of Dartmoor and every other word in the map is circled with weird notes next to it. I actually opened the map before buying it and didn't see it.
These people would fall foul on eBay and not last 5 minutes, but they are still live and well at your local car boot sale.

My general advice would be to carefully asses sellers and their prices and see if your expectations are in sync with what the seller is actually offering and buyer beware.

the map maybe worth something, or useful to someone, my OH has maps from all over cornwall with notes about the mining works and how deep holes are, whats joined to where etc.

adonis

I done a boot sale last year and took loads of good stuff and people wanted to pay pennies for it even new goods in boxes , next time I will take all old rubbish to sell.

Not a rant at you Scarymary just my feelings on the first boot sale I have done in years.:)

ballisticbrian

the map maybe worth something, or useful to someone, my OH has maps from all over cornwall with notes about the mining works and how deep holes are, whats joined to where etc.

No, this at first glance looks like a travelling salesman has put the names of all the farm owners next to their farms, but then has continued circling everything else, like outcrops of rock across Dartmoor. A bit of a puzzle.

forgotmyname

Some good bargains, But also too many house clearance type people at my local one.

I spotted a gas torch he said £20 i said £15 as i only wanted the end bit for a project coming up. He said the bottles worth £20, I said i dont need the bottle, I will give you £15 just for the torch, he declined.

6 weeks later its still on his table. Not something that most people want.

Scarymary

missjacks wrote: »

My kids have this, Playdoh is to heavy, it originally comes with putty/slime. What you need is this http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/creativity-music-partyware/c-550/pocket-money/p-4521/toilet-noise-putty/

Its lighter so the air that pumps through the dog can push it out, if you put to much in it will get stuck still but you can just blow into it to get it out. you need to just use a piece about the size of a 50p

Hope this helps.:)

:T Result I bought this today and it works.

Thank you so much missjacks.

My kids are delighted and thought it was so funny when it made the rude noises and the poo(putty) came out of its bum.

I'm now intrigued to learn more about the writing on your map ballisticbrian.

missjacks

Scarymary wrote: »

:T Result I bought this today and it works.

Thank you so much missjacks.

My kids are delighted and thought it was so funny when it made the rude noises and the poo(putty) came out of its bum.

I'm now intrigued to learn more about the writing on your map ballisticbrian.

I'm glad it worked and the kids got to have their fun, having kids myself I know how disheartened they can be when let down.

And yes mine always roll around laughing over the rude (farting) noises it makes, the joys of children and small pleasures:rotfl: