To tell this woman to leave my stall at carboot?

[rackhampearl]

Did a carboot today for a pre Christmas clearout. Had lots of great stuff to sell of my DDs lots of designer. Didn't want much for it was pricing like £1-£2 and item. Had a woman approach and pick a pair of Dr Martens child boots, some brand new school shoes and a pair of baby Tom new in the box so I said £5 for all which I thought was more than reasonable. She then replied that she would take them all for £2, I firmly said no and she laughed and said she wouldn't leave until I said yes. Then her mother picked up a bunch of baby towels new in the packaging they were persil ones that you get free in Bounty packs. I told her mum 50p for all free and she said 'No Mum you can take them cos she got them for free anyway' I laughed and said if you don't like the prices to keep walking so she said she would just have the shoes for £2 to which I replied I had some running shoes for sale for £2 which she's gonna need if she doesn't move it along. The neighbouring stalls were laughing but after she left I felt a little harsh. Should I have accepted with it being a carboot? Was I BU? What are your funny or horrific carboot experiences?

there's a pisstaker at every car boot. I so want to be that piss taker!

I can see I shall have to start scouting out car boot sales.

It's absolutely fine to tell someone to either pay the asking price or move on. Yes, haggling at car boot sales is OK, but you still get to decide whether or not you will accept a lower price than you started with, and close down the negotiation if the customer won't make a reasonable offer.

I did one once and someone grabbed the fold-up chairs we'd brought to sit on! Never again.

Car boots blow my mind. I'm not often free to go to them but, as somebody who doesn't buy new things at all (food/toiletries/presents for others excepted of course!!) and is addicted to eBay and charity shops, I'd say nobody has any right to argue with the prices generally charged at car boots - the sellers are practically giving the stuff away. Most charity shops know the worth of what they're selling now and won't let it go too cheap. Car boots on the other hand are a bargain hunter's dream.

Well done for sticking to your guns; you were more than reasonable.

I had a lying toad of a woman claiming she wanted something - a repro ginger jar -" only because her daughter likes blue and white china" - which indeed she may.. and trying to get it for 50p. I knew she was an "antiques" dealer whose shop sold them at £7.50... I didn't mind letting her have it for a reasonable amount - after all, it was free to me- but I loathed her approach and lies.

I've also seen a friend be really bullied by people to sell sonething she had already sold and put on one side, then they got aggressive, then they tried to steal it.

I am just glad to finally see someone posting they had a CF and dealt with them without having to first post on MN to be told to deal with them!!

JUST CANCEL THE CHECK!!

We park up, get out, lock the doors and wander off so that no-one can get in the boot.
Have also chosen boot sales where the sellers are let in an hour before the buyers so you get time to set up before the onslaught.
Had one woman offer a cheeky amount for something, I refused, she came back later and tried again, still said no. At the end she came back and offered less, so I packed it up and put it back in the car .

Not car boots but scout jumbles.

Bloody hell! We're talking pence here for a scout group to raise funds and yet people argued over 10p/5p.

My dad got so angry with some woman taking the piss (also being very rude and aggressive) over a really decent dining table, he said he would rather burn it than sell it to her after 20 mins of her haggling.
The prices were flexible but not to a silly extent.

She buggered off and someone paid the asking price, she rocked back over later offering another 50p and was most annoyed that it was gone.

The group stopped doing them as it wasn't worth the hassle.

We have a neighbour who had lots of lovely children's clothing, all either new or hardly worn. It was all made up into sets and tied with ribbons. She sold all of it. I thought she should have charged more.

We did one recently, first one in a couple of years and came away very despondent about the way most people behaved. My DD said she would rather give it away than sell to the greedy ones! Lots of sob stories too

Winebomb you'll never sell a bag of clothes on Facebook for £40, the people shopping on there most likely can't afford to spend that sort of money in one go. You're better off breaking it down into smaller bundles.

We've all had similar experiences then? Couldn't believe the whole thing to be honest. Especially when she told her Mum she could take the towels for free I was seething at that point. I stood firm on most prices and packed a lot of stuff away to give to charity.
Made about £60, will buy a couple of pressies to put away for the kids for Christmas.

musicalfrog - not necessarily, it depends why you shop on facebook. I've spent £100 on facebook on one item (an old welsh dresser) and would definitely pay £40 for what winebomb described. I just see it as a local eBay. I'm not struggling for money, I just object to buying new things on ethical grounds when there's so much out there already.

OP you were not BU at all. I did a car boot on BH Monday. Vast majority of people were lovely. Families, people out on a sunny morning. Polite hawkers at the start asking nicely if we had fragrances, etc. no shoving and trying to get in the boot while we were unpacking. I was there with my mum and we did get a couple of cheeky fuckers haggling over pennies for really nice things. My mum didn't stand for it and sent a few people away. It was a good experience though and personally I like seeing things go to a good home and getting a few quid back.
Deliberately picked one in a naice area though, last one i did was awful, people accosting you at the start and stealing stuff from your boot.

I would rather pay £40 on a few nicer pieces of clothing. You can get some lovely stuff for not very much.

I have spent a fair amount of money through my local Facebook page as DP and I are buying our first house and can't afford new.

I did a car boot once a few years ago. Vowed never to again. Could not handle people haggling over pence. Maybe that is part of the fun for some people but it just irritates me when you're selling stuff so cheaply. Made ok amount of cash but realised that I'd been there since 3.30am to 3pm and could have made a low more money doing a days overtime. So now everything gets charity shopped and if I need some cash I work a day more.much less hassle.

The early bird rummagers are quite intimidating sometimes. I've turned round to unpack before now and found someone's arse sticking out of my car and they're on the back seat rummaging! Ye Gods!

Had someone try to buy my lunch sandwiches. (A car rummager). Had someone else try to buy my sweeteners for my coffee.
Had someone buy a (massive) green glass ashtray for £1 and expected it to be wrapped to take home!

Friend and i used to do a lot of car boots and had so much stuff it was like setting up a shop each time with 2 pitches as one - different areas - home wear, clothes, toys, tools, records/CDs ect. We had a strategy for mid afternoons and to keep the stock levels down: We'd put any half decent unsold 'stock' back in the car for next time and then say everything still on the tables was 10p.

We'd still have hagglers even at the 10p stage

Meant to add, mate and i used to make between £100 and £200 each, each time. And would only do it in the summer :) Hard work but we did have a laugh.

I've just moved house and have given loads of stuff to charity. I saved a few boxes of stuff that I couldn't quit bring myself to part with for free to do a car boat sale. This thread is putting me right off!! I can't bear cheeky fuckers who haggle over 10p and are so blatant about it. I'd have trouble keeping my temper in the face of a hoard of people rifling through good stuff and wanting to buy it for next to nothing. I think I will have another look at what I've got left and sell a few bits on eBay and give the rest to charity. Would much rather a charity benefited than some cheeky tosser. Grrr, makes me mad just thinking about it!!

That man who bought a bagful is probably going to resell for more. Week in, week out, you see the same faces buying in bulk pretending they are poor. They take them back to their own stall or sell them online

We did a car boot sale about 4 years ago and everything we didn't sell, would have been going to charity shop on way home. Anyway, this man came up with a boy about 3 and was looking through a box of old cars (we'd already removed the valuable ones) and asked how much they were. They were 5 for a £1 or the whole box for a fiver (around 300 cars) the little boy kept saying, "Daddy I love them" and the Dad said he only had £4 so because we wanted rid, said he could have the box.

I then saw him on a walk round with the box of cars on his stall with the whole box of cars for sale for £25 and labelled as retro collectable cars!

This is why I sell on eBay, much as the fees annoy me, I can't be doing with that sort of person! I buy from Facebook selling groups but don't sell on there as I've heard too many horror stories about people turning up and haggling.

I can't be bothered with hassle and always give away to charity shops. At least my cast offs are going to a good cause.

YANBU, some car boot buyers take the absolutely piss, I have caught them stealing from mine. Not desperate people nah, picking the nicest stuff whilst smoking a fag and trying to shove it under their coat whilst I was distracted.

I ask peanuts for good stuff and they still want you to let them have it for 10p and throw in a carrier bag.

This is why kids clothes go to the Sally Army ( who often give the clothes directly to needy families)
Any thing household wise still usuable goes on ebay for a quid after horrific freecycle experiences.
If it goes for a quid i mark it as paid and tell them to put the quid in a charity jar.

I wouldn't do one for this reason. Would rather give it away