Cauterize's UK Car Boot Sale Thread!

[cauterize]

Okay! From past experience, alot of people outside the UK havent a clue what a Car Boot Sale is!
Basically, its a Flea Market, where vendors/sellers drive their car onto the field/area where the Sale is happening.
They open the boot of their car/van, set up a few tables and place all the items on to sell...

Confused, here is a picture from google:

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Anyways, im gonna start posting my finds in here.
I have over a Months worth of finds to post. I used to post them over at DP, however it seems dead and this place seems nice and lively

These finds are mainly car boot finds, but ill slip in a few eBay finds
Please note i DIDNT buy all this in one go! Its a few months worth of my best finds!

Car Boot Sale: Sunday 5th November 2006

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Two separate Gamecube Bundles (merged for the photo) - £55


Arrived in the Post from a private sale on Wednesday 8th November 2006

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CD32 Games - £35 Inc. Postage


Car Boot Sale: Sunday 12th November 2006

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GBA Games - £20 for all 6


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Gameboy Goodies - Approx £7 Spent


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Goldcliff Game & Watch - £1.50


Later in the Week from eBay

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Megaman X3


Car Boot Sale: Sunday 19th November 2006

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Gameboy Bundle - £8


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Gakken Circus LCD Card Game - £1.50


Later that Day I took up to the local Gamestation a massive bundle of spare consoles i had lying around from the boot sales to trade in towards games i wanted. I got everything below on store credit (So free really yay!)

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In the post from eBay 23rd Novermber 2006

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Megaman ZX


Car Boot Sale: Sunday 26th November 2006

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Sega Saturn Bundle - £5 (No RF/Scart Lead or Pads)


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2 Sega Master Systems with Games (1 Boxed, 1 Unboxed) - £6


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4 Sealed Sonic Jigsaw Puzzles (With Free Badges & Posters!) - £2.50


In the post from eBay 27th & 28th Novermber 2006

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Finally tracked it down nice and cheap!
Needs replacement battery though (Ordered a Gamebit to open it up!)


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NES Bundle - £15 inc Postage


*phew* Ive had those images sittign here for a while, ill be sure to post more of my finds when i get them! Comments, feedback etc appreciated

[James]

Bloomin' Northerners.

Everyone down here always quotes ebay prices saying "I could get this much on eBay". Why not sell it there, then?

Last time I went to a car boot sale all I got was a £30 parking ticket. That was my first free weekend for a year, my first chance to go to a boot sale for 6 months and I got bugger all. The main ones have all finished for the season now.

I've moved away from collecting now that I've got my 360, so I'm not bothered about getting as many games as possible.



You always seem to get great bargains, Adam.

[Rejinx]

that looks awesome.  The only thing you can buy out of a trunk here is drugs, guns, and rap CDs.  Is there any cost to sell your shit at these?


p.s. yall talk funny 

[James]

Is there any cost to sell your shit at these?

Yes. The cost varies depending on how big the car boot sale is. The ones around here are between £5 and £10.

Then buyers pay an entry fee, usually only around 50p.

[AndyC]

Nice car-boot finds, I can never be arsed getting up early enough to go to the car boot sales. Maybe I should start if you can get stuff for that cheap there. Are they just in Leeds the car-boots you go to?

[bum-man]

Nice finds, seems like November was a good month for you.  Do you always find that much stuff or was this an exception?  Seem like the flea markets here run hot and cold.

I love the pac-man sheets you use as a back-drop in you pics!

And Welcome to RFGeneration!!

[Tynstar]

Thats a lot of nice stuff.

I love the Pac Man sheets, Sonic shirt and Sonic puzzles.

[Ando]

...Punk.
Man, yard / garage sales around me stink. I've never found a single game-related item. Although there was that $1 17-inch monitor.

Anyway, those are some awesome finds. I'm not too fluent in Euro-to-Dollar translations, so I'm assuming that the costs are low as well.

[Pop Culture Portal]

Hop over from DP with your massive finds and make the rest of us feel like poop....

No, no...those are awesome!  I don't think I've ever found anything at a yard or garage sale either...other than records and used underwear...

Nice score on the Game & Watch!

[cauterize]

Nice finds, seems like November was a good month for you.  Do you always find that much stuff or was this an exception?  Seem like the flea markets here run hot and cold.

I love the pac-man sheets you use as a back-drop in you pics!

And Welcome to RFGeneration!!

Cheers mate!
Im usually very lucky with finds, there arent too many Retro collectors around here (to my knowledge) and the few that are, i know and they arent as devoted to huntign as i am.
I have good and bad weeks, so i guess the stuff i showed above was obviously from good weeks... however another good weeks finds are about to be posted

Thats a lot of nice stuff.

I love the Pac Man sheets, Sonic shirt and Sonic puzzles.

Heh cheers, the sheet was also something i found a few months back. Someone had set up a stall and the Pacman sheet was in place to use as a table cover to put items ontop of. Of all the things the seller could have sold that day, he sold the sheet! lol

Hop over from DP with your massive finds and make the rest of us feel like poop....

No, no...those are awesome!  I don't think I've ever found anything at a yard or garage sale either...other than records and used underwear...

Nice score on the Game & Watch!

Appologies if the photos seem a little show-offy... But do you know that feeling when you snag something real good and you want to shout about it!? Well i do my shouting here, at a place where people understand why im shouting about a piece of plastic (ie a snes cart!)

Cheers for all the good words Im gonna post this week(ends) finds now

[cauterize]

The weekend just gone (including Friday!) has been awesome for finds!
Lets begin!

The best eBay score in a long long long time! Arrived on Thursday 30th November 2006

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£1.99 BIN - I got it within seconds of it being listed, due to pure luck of checking newly listed items in the SNES category.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/...tem&item=150065125846



In Leeds (While Xmas shopping) Friday 1st December 2006

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...as priced


A Slight Detour on Saturday 2nd December 2006

On the way to the Leeds United Football (Soccer) match, i popped into a charity shop on the way. There was a Sega Saturn bundle sat on the front desk (waiting to be tested and priced)
I leaped on it and they said it was £20... Unfortunately it was missing the power cable (I wasnt too worried, as they are easily aquirable)

I asked if they knew if they had the cable..
The guy said to me 'Do you know what it looks like!?'
I nodded, he then said 'Follow me'
He took me into the storage rooms for the charity shop and let me rummage thru the goods for the cable i needed...

After a brief chat, the guy decided i could change the hunt for a single cable into a hunt for every last drop of gaming goodness within the storage!
So this is what i came out with!

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He wanted £50 for the lot. I was happy to pay this (as it was dirt cheap) and i was helping charity in the process

Awesome eh!?


Car Boot Sale: Sunday 3rd December 2006

It was raining down hard, lucky the boot sale i visit is covered over

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£8 for the PS1 lot


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£4 for the Games
A bundle with some NES & MD cables £3. These will go with some barebones systems and will be traded into Gamestation for Store credit


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£6 for the unboxed games
£1 for Tennis


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£4 for all the PC Games


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50p for Sonic
£1.50 for the Pacman game
and my Dad found the Gundam Model kit while hunting around. Its new inside

A good sunday haul!


During my lunch break from Art College today around town, 4th December 2006

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As priced

A good weeks haul! Lots ive got to sort out!

[sailorneorune]

Nice finds so far, man... question though... how many of those plush Sonics do you have now (or maybe I'm thinking of another DP refugee?), and how do I get one? Must have one for my desk...

[cauterize]

Nice finds so far, man... question though... how many of those plush Sonics do you have now (or maybe I'm thinking of another DP refugee?), and how do I get one? Must have one for my desk...

I have approx 5 or 6 of them, lol
This one is for sale/will end up on eBay,so if youre interested in him let me know!

[Fuyukaze]

It aint often I can say this but I....envy your good fortune.  Dont have that many great finds around here all that often.  Sometimes I can find good stuff, but more often then not everyone knows e-bay and prices their stuff by it.  Even some of the local thrifts and pawn shops.

[Ghost Soldier]

Seems like your getting in good with your local thrifts.  I have a few ladies at the thrifts here watching out for goodness for me.  Nice finds all around.