Car boot sales in London
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By Maggie Davis
Posted: Tue Aug 1 2006 
Wimbledon car booters eBay vs car boot
Car boot sales offer a very different shopping experience from eBay. From a seller’s point of view, eBay can be hugely profitable – there will always be someone interested in that limited edition Matthew Williamson-designed Coca-Cola bottle or those Biba boots – but at a car boot sale people expect to get bargains. A car boot sale is the right thing to do if you have an attic/car load of junk to get rid of, whereas eBay is better for the odd unwanted designer item. If you’ve got more than 20 things to sell, it will be hideously time-consuming putting them all on eBay. That said, some people make a living on eBay by shopping at car boot sales. It’s amazing just how many first edition books, rare records and pieces of antique china you can find. In the chaos of a car boot sale they may look cheap and worthless, but dust them off, polish them up and get them photographed nicely and you could make a lot of money on the internet. On a recent trip to a Wimbledon car boot sale I found a first edition Enid Blyton book, ‘The Adventures of Pip’ for £1; a set of original Spice Girl dolls (pictured) and a handmade leather Victorian photo album both a fiver each. Any one of these items would sell on eBay for at least five times that. Feature continues
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Alerted by a thicket of pensioners bristling at the entrance I wandered into my first jumble sale by accident. Deep in the basement of the Sally Army on Hackney’s Cambridge Heath Road I discovered an Aladdin’s cave of musty clothes, broken bric-a-brac and age-old children’s books, most for under a quid. The fact that jumble sales have an esoteric aura – to find listings you have to scour local papers or look for posters outside church halls – merely adds to their appeal. To date my best buys include a cream satin blouse with a pussy-cat bow, 50p; a grey wool tailored jacket, £1.50; and a set of ceramic Midwinter storage jars, £1.
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107 comments
Hi Marcella, Just to let you know that the Car Boot Sale at Princess May School, Stoke Newington has an indoor area aswell and tables are provided.
has any one been to the boot sale at mumsford lane gerrards x i have heard its rubbish but i need to go somewhere on a sat thats open
cor mary you ain arf testy are you sure!!!!!!!
HI PEOPLE......QUESTION IS THERE ANY UNDER COVER BOOTSALES ....PETER CAN YOU GIVE ME THE POST CODE FOR THE ONE IN ENFIELD...AND THE BEST TIME TO GET THERE ..OHH WHAT DAY IS IT THANKYOU
Richard.... One my comment is not just to you!!! ( As you do not represent this forum)
and furthermore all i did was just respond to yourself (Raj) saying that i was speaking rubbish the only thing i am appoligies here for is swearing beacuse everything else i did was just me voicing my views. So stop with the snarky comments its getting old now. Thank you.
thats alriight mary totally accepted, its just that if you give some you got take some. Over and out
Wow look what has started here, you know what i appoligise to everyone and don't want this site to be full of this stuff. Sorry....
lets keep it about the car boots everyone, its just going well off strack and although i dont believe i am alone in terms of insults etc i know i am a part of it, so once again Sorry guys. Mary
peter suuch language! I bet yOur real is mary
Ok Ok people its over now lets get back to the car boot sales... I still think Battersea is the best but im waiting for a challanger, i made £80 last week what others are good..
Carole i am on the hunt for some more too so i will let you know..
And Mary only got offensive when he said she ws talking rubbish i would have told him to fuck off to!!! A totally stranger what a cheek!
mary where are you
Car Boots, sad to see lots close in the winter. There are still plenty of people prepared to run them but lots of popular venues from previous years do not re open. Whats changed, is it the safety laws or inability to provide toilet facilities. I live close to Heathrow and Windsor. Please anyone let me know, if there are any good venues. Thanks
From passionate about car boots
a note to mary 7thnov I suggest you practice what you preach!
thats democracy, mary talks about free opinions and everybody has a right to say what they like. along comes raj tells mary what he thinks she tells him tof!!!k off. true to the cause mary!!!!!!!!
mary are you sure you are not a labourite