RozeePozee

Just bought 12 bottles of my favourite shower gel at a car boot sale. 3 for £1 (she wanted 50p each but I wouldn't pay that!) Costs about £1.50 per bottle in Tescos. They were a bit dusty but brand new. Stock clearance goods or such like.

Yes, and everywhere else! For any reason I can think of.

 

Examples: if something has a fault as per the post above, if they offer a discount to a group of people, e.g. students, and I don't qualify, I ask for the same discount (good in restaurants, hairdressers etc), if I'm buying more than one of something, if it's the last of their stock, if I'm buying something out of season.

 

Basically the price of something is what you'll pay for it. I view a price tag as on opening gambit

 

Bought a new van last year and got 10% off the list price by emailing round about 10 dealers and then playing one off against the other. Do the same with holidays... I could go on....

Thanks for all your posts. I went to Accelarate and bought a very expensive new pair of trainers and they're worth their weight in gold! Now running 25 minutes and not a twinge to be felt.

Yes I think you should, tell them that you give them free advertising on here and yes we all appreciate what you do

Aww, shucks I wasn't brazen enough to ask at Bowshaw today - most unlike me!

First post updated

 

2.40am! I should be asleep!

Read my sig that is for every week, same price all year, PM me if you want Janets new number.

 

Do you think I could get free entry to these boots for maintaining the thread? Perk of the job LOL!

So I think that at the last count the ones that were charging for entry were:

 

Arena (70p per person)

Marsh Lane (50p per person)

Bakewell Showground (50p per person)

Bowshaw (position a bit unclear - was a pound to park but may be changing to 50p per person admittance from this week)

Thanks. I'll update the first post when I get a minute

not harsh at all,it does say in the title full list in first post,rozee works very hard on the megathread and should be applauded not citisized:rolleyes:

Thanks for leaping to my defence roughy, I'm very flattered - I was just joshing. I don't mind really.

To all those asking about car boots this week or in the future

 

PLEASE SEE THE FIRST POST!!!

 

Sorry to shout but sometimes it gets a bit tedious....

My feelings exactly. The simple answer is that we should boycott the ones who charge and go to the ones that don't. And before anyone says I'm a complete hypocrite by going to Bowshaw, yes, I know I am.

 

Oh, and thanks to Jenhoppy for putting me right on the charges.

I can see that charges will put some off, but probably not comitted booters. I always tried to avoid the ones that charged for parking before charges were introduced more widely. I dont think I object to it per se though. It's more a case that I hardly spend any money at a car boot so a charge is probably 20% of my total spend. Crazy really, as I think nowt to spending £3 on a coffee! The psychology of money is a curious thing.

 

Can you remind me which ones charge please and I'll try to include this info in the first post so people can make their own minds up on it? I don't mind paying if it's for a charitable event and I'll go to Meadowhead this week as it's local so I'll save on petrol!

Is there a 'boot on Monday at Norton Country Club or anywhere else in Sheffield for that matter? Sorry if it's been mentioned, not got time to trawl through the pages as it's for someone else and I am in a rush to go out x

For future reference, the first post usually has all the car boots and I try to keep it updated as much as possible (3 small children permitting!)

 

We sold at twin oaks on Saturday and although we made quite a bit - it was tainted by a few early buyers that stole a box from the back of our car and another that stole an single item of the table, both items together would have sold for about £8 so it wasn't too bad but how desperate do people have to be to steal at a Carboot !!!!

It's shocking that people steal at all but I reckon it's more likely at a car boot - if you have to go to a car boot, likelihood is you don't have pots of cash and a small minority of people are probably very skint and desperate...

My mum used to work the markets and you have to have eyes in the back of your head. There's always gonna be that tiny minority sadly.

Of course its for the car, what else would you pay for when selling at a car boot, there arent any other charges !

That's a bit harsh I suspect the £1 has thrown a few people.

Please post on the Car Boot Megathread.

 

I'll add this to the first post.

Hope isn't charging yet!

 

Pretty busy there though nothing of interest there for me - I spent 20p! Last of the big spenders, I am.

 

I talked to the stewards at the Motorpoint arena today and they confirmed that there definitely will be a car boot sale there on the 24th April, so could this be altered in the first post please?

 

There is a list of all the dates here:-

 

http://www.motorpointarena.co.uk/whats-on/giant-car-boot-sale/

Amended and first post updated again.

 

There's a few bits of info missing. Does anyone have any info on Grenoside this year?

First post updated. Let me know if I've missed any updates as I've been away

I had ivf privately through Jessops & thought they were fantastic. My first round of treatment was unsuccessful as the pregnancy was ectopic & the staff were very supportive. When I got pregnant again during my second round of treatment, they were great again, offering weekly reassurance scans in early pregnancy when I experienced some problems.

 

The twins (!) are almost one now & I was 41 when I gave birth to them so you can be successful in your late 30s or early 40s although it's correct that the odds aren't wonderful.

Hi Samantha

 

The trouble is that people go to a boot sale with their minds set on bargains, so unless you are happy to sell your cards at 5 for £1 or something similar, no one will buy them. The same people who would happily pay reasonable prices elsewhere will decide things are too expensive at a boot sale because the expectation is for things to be very cheap. You would probably be better at a craft sale as people expect the prices to be a bit higher there.

 

This is only my own opinion and others may feel differently.

I agree with henny, although we are clearly only one sort of car booter. If something is more than 50p I balk at parting with my cash, even though in the real world, I happily shell out nearly £3 for a coffee! It's not logical

 

There's a regular farmers Market at nether edge. Bet you'd do well there.

I went to Tesco and spent loads! Came back with about 6 bags of stuff! Agree some of it can be pretty low rent but you only need one stallholder who's getting rid of stuff that you want to make it worthwhile. In my case this was kids' clothes and shoes.

 

The beauty of Tesco for me is it's a ten minute drive away and on site free parking.

We have a dent in our van. Options are normal respray or, because of where the dent is, Go Faster stripes! Can anyone recommend somewhere to get this done? I don't even know what it's called!

Don't forget the clocks go forward this Sunday!

Does anyone know any more details about the Barlborough car boot on Saturday morning? Was all geared up for Marsh Lane before realising it didn't start yet.

 

Start times? Pitch prices? Need to book before hand? Is it any good?

Someone posted earlier that Twin Oaks is already going. Although I texted the number and was told 2nd April, so who knows? Tesco is on Sunday. It's often sold out pitch wise but you may be lucky this early in season. See first post for contacts.

Most people are still at work at 5 though... Probably why places don't open til 6ish? For when people are on their way home?

Or shift workers, maybe?

None alcohol related feedback: we have young children & before they arrived used to eat at a curry house once a week. Now they're here, bedtime is at 7 so we eat tea with them early, preferably before 5pm, but there are hardly any curry houses that serve this early.

 

I don't know if there's a market for early food. Surely we can't be the only people who like/need to eat early?

What lovely replies. They put a smile on my face. Good luck moving on OP.

I've been fairly strict about giving juice & sugary snacks. I dont view it as denying my kids treats, I view it as not giving my children something that's bad for them. You wouldn't give them alcohol, so why do you have a difficulty denying them sweets etc. My one year olds only have water to drink, never have sweets & rarely have sugary food, my son aged 4 has sweet things maybe once a week or less. Despite this, he still has tooth decay and the dentist says this is because of the fruit he eats - we do eat loads, thinking it was a good thing. On balance we've continued to give him fruit & just tried to pay more attention to his teeth cleaning. As a PP said, at least these are only milk teeth. Try & keep up your changes so they're well established before her adult teeth arrive.