Sunday, October 22, 2006

Car Boot Sales

I can't understand where it's all coming from !
We decided that we had better start selling the things that are in boxes in the loft, as we are due to move out of the house around the middle of November, you know the sort of things old kids toys, ornaments and stuff you never even remember buying,
there is so much of it that we have done two car boot sales and estimate that it will take at least two more before most of it has gone, then the rest that's left to the charity shop.
If you had asked me three weeks ago about car boot sales I would have said don't really know anything about them,
But you soon learn and the people that seem to do them regular, How do they do it for a start we had to spend all day Saturday cleaning it, pricing it and boxing it, then load the van up ready for the off on Sunday morning.
And when I say morning I mean morning the first one we did people had said "you have got to be there at the latest 6am"
So we did we got there for 6am and we must have been the last ones to arrive and only just managed to get a pitch, everybody else was there paste tables set out and having a cuppa at the burger van, who if you ask me takes the most money out of everybody,
The second one we learnt our lesson and got there at 5.30am thinking that would be better "NOT" still the same everybody there looking at us gone out, like naughty school kids late for lesson,
and there's me before this didn't even realize there was two 5.30's in a day.
Mind you I must admit they are hard work and you don't half learn how to haggle.
As we set the stuff out and bearing in mind it's 5.30am and pitch black, people are coming round with torches and buying it then later you see most of your rubbish on other stalls being re-sold not that we care as I said most of it was out of the loft and can't have seen the light of day for at least 5 yrs. maybe even 10
But is surprising how much you can take from just basically rubbish that you had forgot you had even got,
still one persons rubbish is another persons treasure I suppose.
Some of the things you do remember buying and remember how much it cost and see what you are being offered for it can make you a bit niggly, but we just had to keep saying to ourselves it's only possessions and we won't need them on Lorimar.
I would have posted a picture but we where so busy, setting out firstly, then haggling and re-stocking that I plain forgot, I'll try and take one at the next one.
Off to the builders next weekend so should have some news to tell you and hopefully some pics.

6 comments:

Les Biggs said...

Ah! yes the good old car boot i remember them and funny enough my last was about this time a year ago.
Can`t wait to see a pic of NB LORIMAR even if only a few bits of steele taking shape. Keep blogging.
LES

Mo said...

Car Boots? Couldn't be doing with them. So much hassle and its always cold and wet. We chucked most of our valuables (old radios and TVs, car parts, odd bits of timber, car handbooks and the like) and gave away the rubbish (furniture, clothes, china and gold candlesticks).

Time to start collecting tiny little things, things that go in tiny little places like cupboards on your boat. Whatever you want to keep cut it in half first and it will probably fit in somewhere.

Don't give L all the cupboards, she'll only fill it with bedding or food and other unnecessary things.

Can't wait for the boat pictures.

Mo and Vanessa

Mo said...

Need more news.

Spent the carboot sale money yet?

Mo

Les Biggs said...

PICS???????

NEWS???????

PLEASE.............

Lorimar said...

Les,
have been having so many problems with the transition from home pc and broadband connection to using my laptop on mobile,
but have updated the blog now.
Regards Mark

Lorimar said...

Have spent all the money on trying to re design the eco fan and patent it. Ha Ha
and so far we can get it on the boat as long as we put it in before the roof goes on but Lorain's not too keen.