Car boot sales.

[pussnboots]

Following on from bigmammas Q about collecting things, have you ever done a car boot sale. What is the strangest thing you have bought or sold. Mine is a box full of door knobs. Mr puss once worked in a factory making pine furniture and there was a box of odd door knobs given to him, these knobs lived in a box for months if not years. We put them in a car boot sale when we were having a clear out, we had to fight the punters off it was door knobs at dawn. What are your experiences of these sales ??

[cazzz1975]

I have bought some very iffy things at carboots, normally the kids insist on buying total rubbish (we have limited this now) my son has a doll house obsession, my other son is obsessed with soft toys(in particular teletubbies) and my daughter is in full broody mode (for a puppy or kitten) so any soft toys that resemble kittens puppies ect she has to have.

[bensmum]

I went to some several years back when I wanted to offload some stuff but I don't really like them I don't like it that as soon as you arrive and open your car you are surrounded by people wanting to see what there is. Having said that some people will buy anything as your experience with the door knobs has proved.

[weeal]

I took part in one once, in a school playground, and it frightened me lol
Several women were fighting over a biscuit barrel which was shaped like a bear, for 50p
I think I ran away hahaha

[laurence2]

pussnboots.

i wish i would of known you was selling them.

I would of bought the ''WHOLE'' lot of you.

Luckily i have all my doors done now.

I'm always looking out for Antiques, but never actually done a car boot myself

[pussnboots]

The funniest thing at this car boot was a guy wanted to buy my old sewing machine ( a Singer about 40 years old given to me by my late mother) I only asked a fiver for it and he wanted a guarantee.

[laurence2]

Was it a sewing machine with the cast iron stand.

Worth a few bob them you know, working order or not

[cazzz1975]

omg..puss

some ppl!

[pussnboots]

Lawrence it wasn't the old treadle type it was one of those were you turned a handle.

[laurence2]

Very sought after them ones puss.

[ermintrude35]

somebody tried to buy my flask of soup once, I only put it on the table for a second while I sorted out my sarnies!

try not to buy anything at the boots, as I'm trying to get rid of my junk, but I do collect 50s, 60s, and 70s costume jewellry brooches, you know the tacky gaudy ones, I've picked up a few of those at boots, last time I went I got 2 beautifull 1930s hand painted mirrors, one half moon shape and the other octagonal...still havn't hung them up in the loo though!.....

[ELVIS68]

Car boot sales aren`t the same as they were ten years ago, so I just tend to sell all my stuff on ebay.

I used to buy horse racing pictures, I`ve got about 30 of them, 5 of them are up on display, the rest are in the loft gathering dust

[pussnboots]

ermintrude35 I have loads of them I was about to chuck them in the bin gaudy things with paste stones etc. give me your address (not on here tho) you can have them.

[pussnboots]

If you want these tacky [email protected].

[bigmamma]

Hi pussnboots , years ago my son and I had a stall , I was amazed how most of our stuff was sold from the boot of the car as people circled before the things were out on our table. :-)

[ermintrude35]

how very kind of you Puss....have sent you an email.... what a lovely act of ramdom kindness.....

[pussnboots]

ermintrude35 replied to your email, will post tomorrow.

[ermintrude35]

...no rush Puss, there's a strike on at the mo....how exciing...just like Xmas..... Santa Puss is sending me some treasure :o)

[shanx]

omg done one once, they were like bees round a honeypot as soon as we opened the boot ,they were buying off me and selling for more on there own tables didnt do another one

[cointreau]

Hello...I have never done a boot sale but the strangest thing I have ever seen for sale was a 1960s metal chastity belt which was rusty and had no key! (and no, I did not buy it...)

[bigmamma]

When my dog was just a couple of months old and an adorable black andrex puppy looking dog I was getting a drink from the kiosk . When I walked away I noticed some people cooing and awwing , only to notice my dog had taken a huge teddy off the stall next to the kiosk , out of a box on the floor, and was blatently walking off with the mouthful. :-)