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Selling stuff at a car boot sale - how much to charge?

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tigerbear · 20/04/2019 15:24

Has anyone sold stuff at a car boot sale recently - what sort of prices do things go for? We are in a relatively affluent area of London. What’s the average for instance for:
New clothes with tags still on
Decent second hand clothes - some designer like Maxmara, other stuff Jigsaw, Zara
Second hand designer shoes
Does makeup sell - stuff still boxed?
Children’s clothes
Children’s books
DVD’s - does anyone actually still buy these?

Thanks in advance

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Handofglory · 20/04/2019 20:17

It’s amazing what sells! The ‘pros’ at the last one we did were after computer games and jewellery.
Stall next to us seemed to do a roaring trade in old saucepans Hmm
Loads of half used nail varnishes went (20p or so each)
Soft toys-people buy them for their dogs (dd was distraught at the thought of this!) so don’t want to pay more than 50p even for nice ones
Clothes-couple of pounds and the most so save your tagged stuff for fb

MsJaneAusten · 20/04/2019 22:16

We do one or two a year ‘for fun’. We don’t expect to make much money, but it clears the house and gets the kids involved in selling etc. My rule is that nothing comes back in the house, so the only things we take are things that would be going to charity shops anyway. There are two on our drive home that open on Sundays during the summer specifically to receive the things people haven’t sold at car boots so we drive home via one of those.

Bunnyhop1502 · 20/04/2019 22:26

I do one every year and usually make at least £100 selling clothes and bits and bobs. I don’t mind a haggle but I do mind women with suitcases stuffing clothes in and then attempting to hand me a few coins. Make sure you have at least one person there to help you to keep an eye on your stuff if you’re busy with someone else etc and take plenty of change to get you started. It can be a bit much if you have lots of people at once but be firm about prices.

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cestlavielife · 20/04/2019 23:21

Sell quantity, cheap... if you have 100 nice dresses you might make 100£ . £1 each. Or ypu could try asking £2 .....People will demand 3 for a pound. Even if individually each cost £100 new.

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