Carboot sales

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Ive done enough car boot sales to know what might sell & what might not. If I can't estimate that I have enough 'stuff' to make at least £100 I won't be incentivised to get out of bed at the crack of dawn (often 5am).

When I get back home most of what is left I donate to local charities.

GabbaGabbaHey

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I think that most charity shops have the view that if items aren't good/popular enough to sell at a car boot sale, then they won't sell in a charity shop either. The shops have to pay to get rid of unwanted items.

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I dont agree. The two of us have worked in 3 different charity shops and one thing stands out above everything else. Much of the stuff for sale that looks like rubbish to you & me will often find a buyer.

I've returned from boot sales with some great unsold items that have been gratefully accepted by charity shops. They all have a list of what they don't accept/can't sell but they are always happy to accept donations.

PocketWatchMan

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Not sure where you are, but where I am in the SE there are a lot of charity shops who pre-screen and will not accept a whole litany of things.

Plus a lot of people have strong opinions on a number of charity shops.

In the past three years, several people I know have had a friend or loved one deceased who made the mistake of leaving a charitable gift in their will, and they have then experienced the wrath of the charity as they demanded more and more money. because inheriting a 5 or even 6-figure sum is not enough and they want even more. Some of their actions have included but are no means limited to, threatening executors and blocking multiple sales of the property. Two families that I can name who are of course at this point already bereaved, have been driven to so much additional upset and distress that they have had relatives hospitalized.
I can name quite a few people who had given a big chunk of their life's work to helping charities, but would never ever give a charity a single penny ever again now.

Momogeew

@PocketWatchMan Your last paragraph interested me because i,too, have known people who have experienced that very same scenario, charity's are ruthless when they're involved in a persons property sales and they've also said never again.