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Car Boot salesI did my first, and last, car boot sale of the year this morning at Lacock. Not a bad way to re-coup £160 from getting rid of stuff that you either never use or don't want any more.:old_thumbs:
Does anyone else do a car boot sale?
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Biggles
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I was at lacock this morning which one was you lol
i did a sale at Lacock last Sunday amazing what you can shift
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Local lass
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i used to go to daunstey but its just got far to big and there are to many new stalls there.
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Chepfer
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Yes we have been to the Dauntsey one a few times this year too.
It is just so massive, with all the kiddies bouncy castles and stuff too .... we have found we've made quite a bit of money there though ... though the best one for making money for us was castle coombe ... where they have bus loads in from bristol !!!
Never been to lacock or seend - any good ?
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Local lass
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both seend and lacock are better as they are only bootsellers no market people.
one thing that really annoys me when doing a boot sale is when you have things marked up real cheap and they want a riduclas amount of it.most of the time its ithe english either
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My mother who was selling some stuff with me had a brand new skirt for sale which cost her £15.00. A lady picked the skirt up, had a good look over it and even pointed out that it still had the shop label attached to the skirt, indicating that it was unworn. She then asked my mother how much she wanted for the skirt. 50p Was my mother's reply. I'll give you 20p was this ladies reply. Needless to say she didn't get the skirt!. What bloody cheek!
Biggles, I was at the bottom of the field with the white Landrover and trailer. 
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Biggles
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Musta seen you then i had a good wander around there Sunday after coming back from Castle Combe Boot which is now more antique dealers and professional market stalls its got over run with them this year not the proper normal people boots it used to be maybe thats why not so many have been there this year
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GTB
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I was chatting to a bloke at Lacock who had also been to the Castle Combe booty - he said much the same as you, Biggles.
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Local lass
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That would be one hell of a coinsedence 
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Biggles
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i was chatting to a seller at Lacock about the very same thing
omg eeeek twilight zone or what
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The funny thing about boot sales is that everybody who uses them thinks they are going to pick up the ultimate bargain and end up on Antiques Roadshow or something. I'm sure that in some very rare cases this does happen but in the vast majority of sales they are just buying the usual tat.
What's the best bargain you have ever bought at a car boot sale??
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Chepfer
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I bought 6 Silver crowns (coins) about a month a go for £5. I sold them for £5 each on ebay !
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daffy
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I used to go to the boot sales alot especialy Dauntsey ,i went there after about 3 yrs and was supprised how huge its got ,i got board and didnt bother looking at half the stalls,when my children was toddlers it was great for the ride on toys and clothes.Depends what your after.
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