Saturday car boots a rarity round here. I'm not going out tonight so (weather permitting) I'll be hitting one super-early tomorrow. Means the difference between getting good stuff and ending up with the crap no one else wants.
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Saturday car boots a rarity round here. I'm not going out tonight so (weather permitting) I'll be hitting one super-early tomorrow. Means the difference between getting good stuff and ending up with the crap no one else wants.
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"Super-early" means getting there before 6:00, otherwise all the 'vultures' will have swooped down and picked up all the good stuff (though sometimes they can miss a trick).
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Are you refering to llil old meOriginally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Some folks won't walk on pavement cracks, others are hoarders. The worst ones collect big speakers and boats, and try to justify it by calling them birthday treats... sorry didn't see you there Al
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Wants Macca's Babies
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I'm Steve.
The car boot I'm mostly using these days is at Horwich (just outside Bolton), and it gets pretty busy, sited in the shadow of a rather less successful football ground
When I went last month I found the cheeky buggers have started charging 50p per buyer's car. But I arrived at 6.30 and was informed that it actually is £1 if you want to get in before 7am. Last week I offered them a twenty pound note (sorry I haven't any less) and they let me in for free, rather than have to part with £19 worth of shrapnel. May try that again tomorrow, if it's a different bloke.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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50p per car is cheap, around here it is either 50p or £1 per head!
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Just out of interest what makes the difference between you and a vulture? Do you not try and pick up all the good stuff and instead leave most of it so that others can share in the good fortune?
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Have you ever been to a car boot sale? It's so great that they're complaining about having to pay ten bob to get in!Just out of interest what makes the difference between you and a vulture? Do you not try and pick up all the good stuff and instead leave most of it so that others can share in the good fortune?
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It's like the difference between a traveller and a tourist; no-one except the traveller/tourist can tell which is which. Anyway, getting there before 6:00? Maybe to catch a plane to somewhere exotic; but to attend a car boot sale? Nah.Just out of interest what makes the difference between you and a vulture? Do you not try and pick up all the good stuff and instead leave most of it so that others can share in the good fortune?
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I'm malcolm.
I loved bootsales, but unfortunately their heyday has gone. It peaked, for me, 20-15 years ago, incredible bargains, lots of good vinyl and hi-fi. In fact I used to make a lot of money buying collectables on eBay, mainly computer games and consoles, board games, etc etc.
But the bottom fell out of that market when other 'dealers' locally watched what I was buying and selling so I had to try to keep one step in front of them, which kind of took the fun away.
Then TV programmes telling everyone that their stuff was worth a fortune and the masses discovery of eBay finally killed it.
I rarely go now, can't be bothered to get up so early anymore, and when I do I find very little of interest...they seem to be mostly clothes, toys and cheap household tat now.
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