setting up a roadside stall

ET03

read with interest ideas on selling books and alittle extra money would be handy too, but not got a lot of books
I do grow lots of flowers and veg though, mainly for home use and friends and family but thought maybe i could sell it at side of road,
seen these types of stalls around,
any thoughts on wether a good idea or not

Edinburghlass_2

I guess it would depend if you can easily get a street traders license and how long that would take, then there is the tax man to consider!

ET03

thanks edinbrughlass
thats the kind of things i was wondering
do i need one for a stall on my property??

se999

Hi,

I'd like to know the answer too, thinking of doing it hopefully in the future.

What I was going to do was find out if anyone nearby was doing similar, and ask if they had problems.

Also do you have close neighbours who could be upset with cars stopping/starting or noise?

Is it a busy road where it could cause an obstruction, or are there local byelaws - a phone call to the local council would clarify that hopefully. But it does run the risk of running into full officialdom!!

Not sure how official you have to be, it's probably one of those things like Busking, where every area as it's own set of rules implemented to a greater or lesser extent.

If I couldn't do that I was thinking of the classic fallback of selling at carboots if I had a 'glut', combining it with selling normal clutter clearance.

ET03

reading through threads on selling books and things and people there coming up with some good ways of getting round tax paying so that would be ok
not a prob with cars stopping as new rd been made and my house down the bit of old rd

apprentice_tycoon

If it's a glut of fruit /veggies could you try taking them to a local cafe to see if they want them? (I know that this was a storyline on the Good Life, the restaurant owner was reluctant to take the surplus because he would upset his regular veg man) a small cafe would probably shop at a cash and carry so might welcome some local produce. The fall back idea of a boot sale is good too.

Edinburghlass_2

I don't think anyone on MSE should be promoting ways of getting round paying tax as this is a legal requirement.

As regards license it would depend on your local council requirements

ET03

Edinburghlass wrote:

I don't think anyone on MSE should be promoting ways of getting round paying tax as this is a legal requirement.

As regards license it would depend on your local council requirements

oops as i've seen people saying its ok not to pay tax when just earning pocket money on lots of posts here thought it would be ok

Edinburghlass_2

ET03 wrote:

oops as i've seen people saying its ok not to pay tax when just earning pocket money on lots of posts here thought it would be ok

They may well be saying that but I'm afraid that doesn't make it okay

Edinburghlass_2

Another thought regarding selling "food stuffs" might well be all the new hygiene rules may make restrictions?

terriermama

Interesting post as I need to clear many items as well and have been contemplating ways to do this. Ebay never works for me. I'm hoping to give a car boot sale a shot once I get everything organised. I have recently seen a man (in a quiet welltodo area)set up a whole lot of items for sale in the tiny front garden of his property and was wondering whether that was OK. I won't be able to do it in my neighbourhood (nosy neighbours/strict council).