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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:17 pm
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On Saturday I am doing a car boot sale. Can't actually believe it as I hate them with a passion. Anyway I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to make it successful such as pricing etc. I am doing it with my 12 yr old daughter and my mate is pitching next to me so that if we don't sell anything at least we can have a laugh [;)]
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Post by kallis3 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:26 pm
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Rather you than me!!!! I do Ebay and that's it.

Hope you do well footie. Can't help you with any advice but hopefully one of the other posters can.
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Post by dunkynuts » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:47 pm
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My biggest tip is don't charge too much,but don't take the lowest price offered- haggle first!

I once did one with a friend who wanted vitually the shop price for everything and sold hardly anything!

Did one with another friend who labelled everything with a price and sold everything!

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Post by Shining » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:08 pm
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Start off with a higher price in the first hour and then reduce it as time goes on if it's not sold. I usually make around £60-£80 on a boot sale once a year and do enjoy it when I do it. The thought fills me with dread but it gets rid of all my old stuff and on the way home what is not sold goes to the tip! x
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Post by Skippy » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:39 pm
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Hope it goes well! You're better than me as I refuse to do boot sales and I'm off Ebay at the moment after all the hassle I had - no wonder I'm skint!
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Post by vimto1029 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:52 pm
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I did one and put price labels on stuff so I didn't lose track of what I wanted for each item. Then as it got towards the end I just took them off and told people to make me an offer!
Good luck and watch out for the proper car booters who will rummage through your boot before your even unloaded! That's your chance to up the price a little ;-)
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Post by Shining » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:11 pm
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Now that is the bit I don't like, I would like to set out my stall and all they do is rummage and I end up saying, please come back in 15 minutes but it doesn't stop them. A silly price usually gets rid of them x
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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:03 pm
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Thats great - thanks everyone x
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Post by Shining » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:03 pm
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Let us know how you get on Footiemad, you can make a nice sum if it goes well for you. x
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Post by plasticdaft » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:16 pm
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Hope the weather stays fair for your car boot sale.

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Post by footiemad » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:52 pm
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Forecast looks ok x
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Post by Julie » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:49 pm
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I'm going to do a boot sale at Easter - the 1st boot sale of the holiday season [8D]

Good luck footiemad [:)]
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Post by Andy1964 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:18 pm
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Went to one the other week and snapped up this beauty http://www.wackyowl.com/wp-content/uplo ... -Boot2.jpg
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

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Post by Shining » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:20 pm
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Lol @ Andy!
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Post by footiemad » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:25 pm
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Well all done and I took £103 - had loads of fun with my best mate and daughter x
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