Prices at car boot

lillou_1

Hello.

I was wondering how much to sell cds and dvds for at a car boot? I was thinking about 50p for the cds and £1.00 for the dvds, is this reasonable? Would you do a deal if someone brought a few of them?

Thank you in advance.

Flyonthewall

What price do you want? Be prepared for people to haggle. You want £1 for the DVDs, start them at £2 and accept offers. You'll most likely get £2 for at least some. If they have a couple you could say 2 for £3.

CDs are much harder to sell. At 50p you may get people offering less, but if you ask for more people who don't haggle may be put off. So perhaps say 50p but be prepared to go lower (possibly down to 20p).

If there's certain ones you want more for then ask for more and stand your ground, don't let it go for a low price when you want more. If doesn't sell then that's fine, there are other options. Better to keep it then regret selling it for so little.

soolin

It depends on your car boot, you wouldn't get anything like that at my local ones.

Kernow666

i have seen them range from 50p each or 3 for £1 or £1 or3 for £2 , loads and loads of stalls selling
at the end of the day depends on what you have to sell
newer ones will command more
i know of at least 2 local carboots to me where people will buy dvds off the cheapest stalls at like 50 or 3-4-£1 and then sell on there own stalls at £1 each

Flyonthewall

Kernow666 wrote: »

i know of at least 2 local carboots to me where people will buy dvds off the cheapest stalls at like 50 or 3-4-£1 and then sell on there own stalls at £1 each

Yeah, them people can be very annoying and despite buying to resell I bet they don't declare what they make. Obvious what they're doing as they come round and half the time you've not even had chance to open the boot and they're asking about certain items and attempting to get you to sell for pennies. You then see some multiple times because they still want more to sell.

Just say no to them though. Wonder how many go home with more than they came with and/or less money. Always a risk buying to resell.

jon81uk

Depends on what the DVDs are, Disney will get £2 or more. Low-budget films people forget about probably 50p or less. If you look at what Cex (https://www.webuy.com) are offering for DVDs that gives an idea of what is actually worth something.

Flyonthewall

jon81uk wrote: »

Depends on what the DVDs are, Disney will get £2 or more. Low-budget films people forget about probably 50p or less. If you look at what Cex (www.webuy.com) are offering for DVDs that gives an idea of what is actually worth something.

Cex is great for getting an idea of the price you could get if you can't sell each for more elsewhere. However, there are many DVDs they give 10/20p for (or less) that you could get £1 or more for at a carboot (or on ebay).

The actual value is somewhere between what they give for trade-in and what they sell them for generally (they buy really low, sell for a bit higher than other places for the most part). There are some exceptions though. If it's rare/hard to get hold of, but old they may not give much for it or they may not sell it at a high price as they have no stock, but that doesn't mean it's not worth something.

Basically, use cex as guide, but not a guarantee of an items true value.

It really depends on where you're selling and what buyers you happen to get. Where I live I'd say you can get £1 easily for any DVD. However, you may struggle to get more than £2 or £3 for a DVD that's worth more than that. If you've got any new releases or higher value DVDs you may do better selling them elsewhere, but it just depends. Kids films do generally sell well though.

soolin

I did a car boot on Sunday, my first for about a year, what a miserable experience. A stall opposite me was desperately trying to get 50p for DVDs and people were offering 20p and walking away. Talking to some of the regulars they reckoned the bubble had burst a bit, all the buyers are looking for stuff they can re sell on ebay and all the people that just used to buy bits for themselves are just not bothering.


I was selling a mix of personal and business items, the amount of people that picked something up and then started searching (ebay I assume) on their smartphones before making me an offer.


I had some commemorative mugs, dating from 1920s onwards, I had them out at 50p an item- one women offered me 50p for the whole box of around 11 mugs, and when I declined told me they were worthless and she was trying to do me a favour. Yes I know they are worthless, but I also know the charity shop does very well out of them- so that's where I delivered them this morning.


Spent nearly 5 hours in the sun and after my £10 entrance only 'made' £49.50...I am disinclined to do anymore.

Flyonthewall

soolin wrote: »

I did a car boot on Sunday, my first for about a year, what a miserable experience. A stall opposite me was desperately trying to get 50p for DVDs and people were offering 20p and walking away. Talking to some of the regulars they reckoned the bubble had burst a bit, all the buyers are looking for stuff they can re sell on ebay and all the people that just used to buy bits for themselves are just not bothering.

Clearly not the best carboot that day. The stall opposite you is where people go wrong though.

Asking for the lowest they were willing to accept and seeming desperate to sell them. People do haggle and of course people were going to offer 20p if they think the seller really wants rid that badly.

I bet none of them looking on ebay to resell have considered fees, packaging costs and time or declaring what they've made. I also bet that a fair few people look at auction prices and compare rather than BIN and a lot forget to add in postage costs listed.

The time of year and weather can have a big impact on carboots as well.

soolin

Flyonthewall wrote: »

Clearly not the best carboot that day. The stall opposite you is where people go wrong though.

Asking for the lowest they were willing to accept and seeming desperate to sell them. People do haggle and of course people were going to offer 20p if they think the seller really wants rid that badly.

I bet none of them looking on ebay to resell have considered fees, packaging costs and time or declaring what they've made. I also bet that a fair few people look at auction prices and compare rather than BIN and a lot forget to add in postage costs listed.

The time of year and weather can have a big impact on carboots as well.

I actually do believe that a very high percentage of people buying at car boots are looking to resell. There is a high amount of apparently casual buyers who happen to have a jewellers loupe in their pocket to check China marks or who know how to lick their fingers and rub it over impressed marks in glass to see if they can find a makers mark.

Just read some of the other forums on here, people go to car boots to find things to sell, or up cycle and then sell, there are several facebook groups I belong to for specialist China or glass where it is routine for people to post photos of their car boot finds on a Sunday ready to upload to ebay on the Monday.

Car booting isn't casual anymore, it is a business.

mandragora_2

soolin wrote: »

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Just read some of the other forums on here, people go to car boots to find things to sell, or up cycle and then sell, there are several facebook groups I belong to for specialist China or glass where it is routine for people to post photos of their car boot finds on a Sunday ready to upload to ebay on the Monday.

Car booting isn't casual anymore, it is a business.

I have to agree, but on the other hand, I have a loft full of stuff I'm never going to use again, and though I've done a fair bit of ebaying in the past I think I will start with a c/b sale just to see what I can shift to get the rest of the hoard down to a manageable size that I can then start making a dent in by ebaying through the winter. I've a pretty good sense of what a fair price is, and if someone wants the hassle of sorting it, listing it and selling it, then for me at the moment, I'm prepared to negotiate within reason and leave them a bit of margin - and risk! At our local biggie, I think there's still enough genuine buyers to make it worth the effort.

Secondly, when times were hard for us, I've been the person on the other side of the table looking for the hidden treasures, too, so I think I'm happy to give a little back and give younger, harder up people a bit of a break. Like I said, it'll be within reason, and it's only 'in theory' at the moment. Ask me again when I've actually done it and it might be a very different story!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: