Car Boot 2026.

Body bag??😱
Think you mean ‘bum bag’, !! ( unless you’re planning to suddenly drop dead!!!

Janiepops

Body bag??😱
Think you mean ‘bum bag’, !! ( unless you’re planning to suddenly drop dead!!!

You are absolutely right, yes I did mean ‘bum bag’.

But seeing as it goes across my ‘body’…?

The last one I did with my son i made £9. I said never again. I just donate to charity shops now, but it was fun doing it.

Well done you but cannot be bothered with all the faff! 🤣

Gosh what a fun thread to read. I have done loads of car boot sales in the past, always by myself except for when the children were small and they wanted to do one selling their toys to buy new ones for the money they made. I loved doing car boot sales. I find it hard now but still do fetes and fairs but at more civilised times and always with another volunteer. I also sell on Vinted which I like, always price everything slightly higher than what I expect to get so there is room for bartering, which is what people appear to love. Good luck with your car boot sales everyone. Such fun.

pce612

Is a ‘car boot’ sale indoors (no cars) not just a jumble sale???

That would be a table top sale 🙂.

When my niece was about 16 we did a few together. I had done some previously so on the way there I was giving her the heads up on what to expect. People pinching, haggling and trying to go through your stuff while you are still unpacking the boot! I said “one of us must stay near the boot while we set up”

As we drove through the gates this woman was almost leaping on the car and peering through the windows. She started banging on the windows shouting “how much is the china hen”. I kept driving and said “just ignore her”. She actually ran alongside us banging on the window. When we parked up and got out she was literally trying to get in the boot! She was trying to get to a china hen in which you store eggs. I stood in her way and she was asking how much it was. I said “£6”. She said “There’s one on another stall for £5”. I told her to go and buy that one then. Many years on my niece still laughs about that.

Have sold at and enjoyed many car boot sales over the years. Never made a fortune but with a young family it all helped. And doing it with friends or family made it fun. Now I’m older I would struggle with the loading up, setting up, dismantling, storing away palaver. Enter stage right - Vinted!! Soo easy to use and the perfect alternative for me. Can sell just about anything. All from comfort of my own sofa !

Is Vinted any good? I looked at clothes on there and it looked like a load of rubbish. Also prices were so low it didn’t seem worth bothering with. Would be interested to hear people’s experiences.

I love it. Bought and sold loads. I only sell what i would be happy to buy myself. You need to ignore the rubbish. There are real bargains to be had. Just like car boots. Lovely things at great prices. And if you dont like what youve bought or it doesnt fit or whatever then pop it back online and sell it on.

No offence but absolutely never.

Years ago when our children were small we had a go at a car boot but times have changed and I just give things away now.

Calendargirl

Janiepops

Body bag??😱
Think you mean ‘bum bag’, !! ( unless you’re planning to suddenly drop dead!!!

You are absolutely right, yes I did mean ‘bum bag’.

But seeing as it goes across my ‘body’…?

Isn't there something called a cross body bag which is basically a shoulder bag that you hang from your shoulder to your opposite hip? (nothing to do with cadavers as far as I know)

Totally of topic. It amuses me that Americans call 'bum bags' 'fanny packs.'

Millie22

No offence but absolutely never.

Years ago when our children were small we had a go at a car boot but times have changed and I just give things away now.

The things we take to boot sales are the things we haven't been able to give away, rusty tools, plastic boxes, odd hanks of different coloured rope or string, sheets of polythene, things that are broken or half there.

It constantly amazes me at boot sales at the things people will buy. I never take anything good or worth having because quite simply it won't sell.

I never take anything good or worth having because quite simply it won’t sell

That’s quite a sweeping statement though.

I bought a nest of tables at a car boot sale a couple of years ago. (I know they are not ‘in’ nowadays, but no matter).

Really solid, pine tables. I asked the price and when she said ‘A fiver’, I didn’t barter.

Win win. I was thrilled with them, and am sure she was chuffed at not having to take them home again.

(It was getting to the end of the morning).

Well, we did our car boot sale today.

Not hugely profitable, (£46) but we got rid of some stuff, which was the aim.

DH did well with old tools, a couple of old chairs, a Jigsaw summer dress, a pair of M&S wide legged trousers, a few books and games, toys, plants, bits of costume jewellery.

I had hoped to sell a Dormeo bedding set, but didn’t, and a few more clothes, but overall, a pleasing result.

Many items were 50p or a £1.

We took a big big box of assorted plant pots (free) and they all went! One lady insisted on giving a donation. We were just glad to get rid of them.

It was a lovely warm day, and enjoyable.