To think getting angry shouty at buyers isn't the best technique at a car boot sale.

[QueenFrusso]

So I asked the price of something at a car boot today, it was over my budget of what I'd want to spend on said item. I didn't need it, but could have used it if a lower price
Politely tell seller It was more than I had on me and go to walk away, seller states it was worth over £100 new. I have to admit to rolling my eyes at that and stating to DH "no they're not."

Fwiw the most I've seen one new for is £70, and I could get one on eBay for around £50new, but either way imo original price doesn't mean much when it's essentially a used item. And one that I don't need.

Seller then at the top of her voice calls to other seller on stall, saying that's right isn't it X it was over 100 new? Other then says "and some" then they start this loud shouty conversation about it was worth more, and maybe she wants to look on eBay they go for £180 on there.
I was by this point about 3-4 stalls away.

So AIBU to think that shouting off like this is not going to make me or anyone else buy said item. Like I'm going to say, "180 on eBay you say, wow what a bargain, that's made me change my mind, I'll buy it now."

Meh, it's a car boot sale, I think sellers can try whatever techniques they like.

Note other thread where someone got huffy at eye-rolling by staff in Lidl, maybe the seller just has the same feeling about eye rolling.

I dunno, I think the British secretly admire a bit of fury. Didn't Gordon Brown's ratings go up in the Polls when we found out he could volcanically erupt at his staff? There was a very successful cheese stall on our market where the staff were pointedly & famously rude to customers.

Eh, yeah that's obviously not a great sales technique, but if you visibly rolled your eyes and contradicted the seller in earshot, that was quite rude too.

Ive been on the other end and wanted to shout too Good for her, she'd obviously had enough of you and all the other rolling eye tutting punters.

How much was the seller charging for said item?

Okay so I was BU to roll my eyes,
but
if she's spent the time telling people it was bought at twice the price they are actually sold at she may have had a few eye rolls.

But, what was "it" ?

She was selling if for £30 saucy, which wasn't a bad price, but it was more than I had left at that point. I'd already told the seller no because I didn't have £30 and because I didn't need the item, I wasn't going to ask DH for the extra cash.

It was one of these hunt really not that exciting

So what was this item that can cost anything for £50 - £180

I'm on your side then Frusso.

Selling a 50 quid new item for £30 second-hand isn't enough of a bargain to justify rolling your eyes at the punters.

If it had been a fiver, then she may have had a point.

Blimey! That's cool! Tell me - how do you push the push chair? Do you just stagger along spraddle-legged like John Wayne?

saucy if it had been a fiver I'd have bitten her arm off for it.
And I eye rolled at her.

balloon they go on one of the bars that come down from the handle.
I had one when dds 1&2 were little and they first came out, they were £70 then, the newer ones have a bucket style seat with a back, bit of a hassle with curbs and turning, but was willing to say sod that I'll deal with it as it could have been useful to use with ds when I use dds wheelchair. But like I said, I don't need it.

You do get some rude bastards at boot sales. We had some crackingly ride buyers last week when we did one, who wanted everything for tuppence. Mind you, some other sellers near us sold bugger all as they were asking for so much money.

I've only done one boot sale and couldn't believe how rude and grabby some buyers were. Dh had vinyl an American woman was riffling through, we were charging £1 an album, she picked out four and offered us 50p each, dh politely said "no, they're a pound". She got really stroppy and tried to put other buyers off by bellowing "all their stuff is overpriced shit", she made such a tit of herself.

Ah, thank you. Curiosity satisfied.

Car boot sales used to be fun when it was just people clearing their old tat - nowadays everyone thinks they are Srallan sugar and can either sell tat for top prices, or get everything for 2p (or both).

I go for entertainment occasionally, but hardly ever buy now.

A biscuit has to go to the woman in France at the local Vide Grenier - seeing DD espy an item and express interest, she removed it from display and added one euro to the asking price on the ticket! We didn't buy it.

Ugh. I have done one car boot sale in my life as a fundraiser for a friend. I had several fairly pristine work suits at a fiver each (jacket and bottoms) and a pair of Ted baker shoes (unworn, given to me as a gift and entirely impractical as shoes for anyone with actual human feet).
Two women were interested, but had a problem with the size. They would only be worth buying if they were a size 18 or a size 10. All were a size 12. I was supposed to offer them for free because they were neither her size or her daughter's

She came back 5 times to check that a) I wouldn't give them to her free and b) that I hadn't magically been able to change the size of the clothes since the time five minutes previously when she had last whined that they were the wrong size.

As for the shoes? I wanted a fiver. She wanted to pay a pound. I suggested £3 and she suggested that they were worth no more than 50p new. At that point I took them off her, flung them in the back of my car and told her I was donating them to charity. Her adult daughter burst into tears because she wanted them, and the mother stated that as I had been so unreasonable and cruel, the least I could do was find 'the black suit in a size 18'.

So, yeah. I'm actually surprised more buyers arent clubbed to death with pristine Ted baker shoes at car boot sales OP. I think you had a lucky escape