Bargain Hunt (22)
Alice_AnneLancashire, Greater Manchester, England UK11 Threads 80 PostsWhat's the best bargain you've ever found at a car boot sale or charity shop.
Alice_Anne: What's the best bargain you've ever found at a car boot sale or charity shop.
a car, for € 5.00
I used to buy and sell jewellry and my partners sister had just got her spending money and bought these 3 rings for 10p each i said i will give you £3 she dived at the offer she was around 14 at the time i sold the one which was gold on silver with 3 big garnets in it to my mum because it was her favourite stone i sold it her for £3.50p the white gold diamond ring i sold for £30 and the other CZ gold ring i used to keep with my diamond tester for showing people sinthetic reactions
I also had this lad bring me a Rotary watch he said he wanted £5 for it i could see the gold hallmark and thought if he sees me get my loupe out he will know it's gold but i did and i said it's ok but only worth £3 he argued it's got to be worth a fiver so i gave it him and sold it for £75 i could fill this whole thread with my stories but here's 2 to start the ball rolling
I also had this lad bring me a Rotary watch he said he wanted £5 for it i could see the gold hallmark and thought if he sees me get my loupe out he will know it's gold but i did and i said it's ok but only worth £3 he argued it's got to be worth a fiver so i gave it him and sold it for £75 i could fill this whole thread with my stories but here's 2 to start the ball rolling
gussi: a car, for € 5.00
then i cleaned it up and gave it a valet for € 50 and flogged it for yep 2500 €.
best deal i ever made.
gussi: then i cleaned it up and gave it a valet for € 50 and flogged it for yep 2500 €.
best deal i ever made.
best deal i ever made.
Fantastic what car was it and why did someone sell it for 5 when it was worth so much?
Oh heck you two men have done well!!! ! my lil find seems silly compared to yours lol.
I bought a child's trampoline for my grandaughter for 3 pounds 8 years ago, it has been out in the garden summer and winter it is still going strong after my third grandchild is enjoying it now.
I bought a child's trampoline for my grandaughter for 3 pounds 8 years ago, it has been out in the garden summer and winter it is still going strong after my third grandchild is enjoying it now.
geminiman61: Fantastic what car was it and why did someone sell it for 5 when it was worth so much?
Saab 900 T with knackerd motor management box. (i had a spare in the workshop)
gussi: Saab 900 T with knackerd motor management box. (i had a spare in the workshop)
Thats mad you think it would fetch more scrap i used to break cars as a hobby i would buy smashed up or broke down cars and i would get £5-£10 for each little bit and up to £100 for the engines and £25-£300 for the interiors some cars are worth more dead than alive.Some people haven't got a clue but then it did put a smile on your face mate nice tale
geminiman61: Thats mad you think it would fetch more scrap i used to break cars as a hobby i would buy smashed up or broke down cars and i would get £5-£10 for each little bit and up to £100 for the engines and £25-£300 for the interiors some cars are worth more dead than alive.Some people haven't got a clue but then it did put a smile on your face mate nice tale
yep i know, but they would have had to pay for the transport and the scrapping cost at the breakers yards. Tight sods these germans (well some of them)
gussi: yep i know, but they would have had to pay for the transport and the scrapping cost at the breakers yards. Tight sods these germans (well some of them)
I thought the price for scrap had gone through the roof because the Chinese are buying it all
I bought a load of genuine Reebok leotards for 10p each they retail around the £30 mark and i thought what a bargain i did get a couple of quid a piece for them but I've got a few hundred left
I cant walk by a bargain that's my trouble i have gone to a market and had to take the car fulll of stuff home then return for my family and friends
a copy of alice in wonderland from the 1930s, paid 5p for it and its valued at 2 hundred and fifty pounds so it was a good bargain and a realy nice copy of the original
retroprincess: a copy of alice in wonderland from the 1930s, paid 5p for it and its valued at 2 hundred and fifty pounds so it was a good bargain and a realy nice copy of the original
Nice one is that all they had that was worth anything?
Did you know how much it was worth and did you feel guilty only paying 5p??
Alice_Anne: What's the best bargain you've ever found at a car boot sale or charity shop.
Don't think I've ever had a real bargain, maybe I'm just hopeless at spotting them 
TartanK: Framed pictures. The picture is worth hee-haw, but the frame can be terrific. Sporty Spice looks fantastic in my living room in a lovely wooden frame!
Yes, there always seems to be boxes of old framed pictures at my local charity shop. Usually photos of old ships though which put me off checking out 
the frames.
Zellarrone1: Yes, there always seems to be boxes of old framed pictures at my local charity shop. Usually photos of old ships though which put me off checking out the frames.
Hi Zella, you've been gone a while, found any good bargains on the way ? .... 
RDM59: Hi Zella, you've been gone a while, found any good bargains on the way ? ....
Only a bamboo small budgie ladder with a bell on for 99p. But, it cost me £1.49 in postage so turned out to be not much of a bargain after all Zellarrone1: Only a bamboo small budgie ladder with a bell on for 99p. But, it cost me £1.49 in postage so turned out to be not much of a bargain after all
So, it wasn't going CHEEP then ......
... Well I hope your caged bats are happy with it.
RDM59: So, it wasn't going CHEEP then ...... ...
Well I hope your caged bats are happy with it.
The budgie is happy with it, he plays budgie Well I hope your caged bats are happy with it.
with it, headbutt style The cockatiel gets no chance to be near it, have to keep those two firmly apart at all times, arch enemies those birds are plus cockatiel hates bells anyway Zellarrone1: The budgie is happy with it, he plays budgie with it, headbutt style The cockatiel gets no chance to be near it, have to keep those two firmly apart at all times, arch enemies those birds are plus cockatiel hates bells anyway
Harmony must be difficult to achieve in a house full of birds.
It sounds like cockatiel is jealous and needs a new toy also!
Do you have a favourite ?
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