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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112 comments
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
Raj i have not insulted anyone on here so i suggest you turn your anger towards someone else, further more i am not chatting rubbish so i suggest you get a life. And .... you were not included in the conversation at all neither have i seen any of your comments on here previously so f*** off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry everyone but i do not take kindly to idiots.
well mary i think you take yourself a little bit too seriously with all the rubbish you come out with. I bet you vote labour
Err have not been on here for a short while but have to say i am surprised at how many people are robbing people of having their own opinons, i wont say any names as it is very obvious who... but like i previously said i can not stand when others dont like someone's opinon beacuse it is not the same as theres! To be honest even if there are some boot salers here trying to plug there bootsales i think that is fine beacuse its all about opinon beacuse after all they may think there's is the best, which is fine as this site allows others to comment it is a great way to see who is bluffing and who is not and i think those who are doing that are very obvious, however people please dont get on your high horses beacuse someon's opion is not the same as yours that sort of stuff really does p*** me off. Everyone should be able to have their opinon whether it is good or bad and it does not even mean that it has to be constructive to be honest( although it would be nice) beacuse it is down to the individual... I want to know if someone thought a car boot sale was rubbish and if the people were rude!! The same way i would like to know if it was really good and you made friends etc. STOP BLOCKING PEOPLES RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEMSELFS. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
THANKYOU CAROL, IF ANYONE ON HERE HERE KNOWS THE PEOPLE THAT RUN KILBURN CAN THEY PLEASE TELL THIS SILLY FOOL RICHARD THAT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT I AM GETTING REALLY FED WITH WITH HIM,TALKING GRAP..WHAT A SAD MAN HE IS THANKYOU
Hi Marella
Yes the bootsale is still going on at Kilburn on Saturdays, I was there a couple of weeks ago. It has been split onto two sites. One has the walk-in pitches and the other has vehicles. There is a mini-bus service that operates between the two sites.
marcella i told you that was not your name we now know its RICHARD!!!!!
THE COMENT BELOW WAS FOR RICHARD........CAN ANYONE PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT ANY GOOD BOOTSALES ON SATURDAY.......THANKYOU
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SITE TO ASK QUESTION ABOUT BOOTSALE, NOT TO PLUG THEM, I HAVE BEEN ADDICTED TO BOOTSALES FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW, AND LOVE THE BUZZ OF GETTING UP IN THE SUMMER AND BUYING GREAT BARGAINS, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH OF A BUZZ IN THE WINTER I CANT BELIVE THAT PEOPLE LIKE RICHARD HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THEN SAY SILLY COMMENTS ABOUT ME PLUGING KILBURN WHEN I REALLY DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS BOOTSALE, RICHARD MOVE ON .....AS I DONT CARE IF YOU BELIVE ME OR NOT .....HOW BORING ARE YOU ....MARCELLA
Yes margaret I agree that this site is for constructive comments and opinions only - I gave an opinion and was called strange. Katie plugged the boot sale at princess may so much that she is obviously a part of it by what she said - breath of fresh air, polite organisers, reasonable, enjoyable, stall availability, successful, well worth a visit. Let people judge for themselves like I did. No more advertising thank you Princes May!!!!
i still dont believe you marcella!!!!!!