Whats the best item you have found at a car boot sale and sold it on for a profit

[DanTheMan3]

I had a silicon graphics keyboard that I had given me and that went for £300 plus £95 postage.
You can pick them up now for next to nothing.
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[shezz]

If it's hand carved and signed, it could be worth a packet

Nah that's not the kind of luck i have, but will check it out tomorrow see if it has anything on it


Will also put a piccy on here see if it is what you say, 99% sure it is,

it still scare's me dont know what possessed me to buy it

[raindropsies]

Nah that's not the kind of luck i have, but will check it out tomorrow see if it has anything on it


Will also put a piccy on here see if it is what you say, 99% sure it is,

it still scare's me dont know what possessed me to buy it

If in doubt have it checked out

Auction houses normally have a free valuation day at least once a month, some have them weekly

[canuckbid]

What is a car boot sale? Never heard of such a thing. I have a vision of people getting together in a parking lot and selling out of their trunk. (cargo hold)

[meebo1]

What is a car boot sale? Never heard of such a thing. I have a vision of people getting together in a parking lot and selling out of their trunk. (cargo hold)

That is the right idea, though most people set up a trestle table to show off what they are selling. It is on similar lines as a garage sale, just this is for a number of people. The seller pays for his parking space too

[poppa501]

We call 'em flea markets. Have some around here that covers acres!

Love to all
Poppa

[meebo1]

We have those too. Might even catch one while on holiday.

[cornishmaid1961]

We call 'em flea markets. Have some around here that covers acres!

Love to all
Poppa

We have flea markets too Popa but those are usually professional traders with stalls in towns or cities. Car boots are usually held in a field somewhere where anybody can pay about £8 to park their car and try and clear their unwanted stuff. You do get traders turning up to the car boots but the best stalls are usually just ordinary families having a spring clean !

The worst thing about a car boot is trying to unpack your stuff as the dealers cluster around you, even trying to pull the things out of the car, like a load of vultures in case they miss a bargain !!!

[victorfrank]

Our local car boot sales specialise in nicked mobile telephones, blue badges, MOT certificates, Albanian 'vodka' and fake IDs.

[shezz]

Our local car boot sales specialise in nicked mobile telephones, blue badges, MOT certificates, Albanian 'vodka' and fake IDs.

I think ours are policed quite well ish

Have many a time seen raids on our bootsales, the other week i done a bootsale, and had a cap gun for sale, a man came up to me and told me to take it off my table as it was illegal to sell it, said he was an enforcer but was not on duty so would not do anything, anyway there is a stall there that sells all sorts of guns, so my son went and asked them if that was true

sure enough the law and changed last year, i never new, so i took it off, if he was on duty i could of been fined quite a bit