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May 30, 2015 18:43:47 GMT
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went to pedham place booty today. got this lot of us plates for £20 and as well lots of toys for the nipper including a 1959 fisher price toy for £1 I got this little lot the cool looking lamp is a heat lamp, works and is proper cool, the vice is brand new and the shell can will go in my collection. they where all a fiver each. the tool box is a US one. cost a tenner but had lots of sweet tools inside like thread gauge, micro spanners and calipers. some of the tools are 1940s and the box itself is 1962 (I looked up the patent number) so goes perfectly with my 63 us beetle. the grubby looking box below is a 1940/50s meat locker. its double skinned with an enamel top and louvres on the side an front. I'm going to strip it and repaint it. possibly for the house, maybe for the garage. that was a reasonable £40! Holeeeeee Pooooooppp !!! Your number plates !!!! I collect plates from around the world and the best I ever did was three for a fiver.
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May 31, 2015 11:58:13 GMT
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went to pedham place booty today. got this lot of us plates for £20 Holeeeeee Pooooooppp !!! Your number plates !!!! I collect plates from around the world and the best I ever did was three for a fiver. I belive pedhams one of your hunting grounds too grizz! and I bid the guy down cos I bought the lot! all I can say is mwah ha ha haaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
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May 31, 2015 16:03:53 GMT
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Holeeeeee Pooooooppp !!! Your number plates !!!! I collect plates from around the world and the best I ever did was three for a fiver. I belive pedhams one of your hunting grounds too grizz! and I bid the guy down cos I bought the lot! all I can say is mwah ha ha haaaaa!!!!!!!!!! You did immensely well. Never been to Pedhams though.
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May 31, 2015 17:32:26 GMT
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you should give it a go. can be massive if the weathers good.
was pretty chuffed with my purchases. never spent so much at a booty!
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May 31, 2015 21:36:16 GMT
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you should give it a go. can be massive if the weathers good. was pretty chuffed with my purchases. never spent so much at a booty! LOL. Micola and I spent about £50.00 one day three years ago. Came home and looked at what we had bough, Google valued it conservatively at £680.00 I sold a £10.00 jacket on Ebay for £50.00 the next week.
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we worked out we spent £130 on that day. no idea we had that much cash on us!
I did like to buy n sell bits but got fed up with time wasters. so now I just buy stuff I like and keep it!
..... I now have lots of stuff!
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slomoshun
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Going forward one nut and bolt at a time
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Jun 28, 2015 14:01:25 GMT
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Last week brand new roll cage fitting kit, all large under body washers etc seven pounds from boot fair Crawley West Sussex. Well handy as next day collected a five pound no bids roll cage less fittings. Once picked up an unusual alloy strut brace for two pounds that was identified as from a Porsche race car. Chap came quite a way to buy it at a lot more than the two pounds i paid for it. But have to agree time wasters take the edge of re selling nowadays.
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Traction and horsepower is nearing perfection
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Jun 28, 2015 17:30:22 GMT
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Rossi shirt, new..... £2.00 Going to South Africa as a random a to of kindness, to someone I never met before. In fact found a home already. Next bag, claimed by Nicola, new. £2.00 Large side drum....... Works fine. Will be a coffee table or my end up on EBay. £1.00 Wooden crate for spare room decoration....... £4.00 Leather doctors bag, handle needs restoring, fresh leather ........ Mine for work, £2.00 13 imperial spanner and a 1/4" ratchet to replace my welded one, 50p each. So £7.00 the lot. Seven G-Lamps £5 and mini vice £2.00 Love the vice.
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dungbug
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Jun 28, 2015 17:38:16 GMT
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My bargain for today; Paid a fiver, rear brake pad is dragging on 1 side so needs a bit of adjustment but not complaining for a fiver as everything is working nicely and in good nick
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Past: 13 VW Beetles from 1967 - 1974 Bay Window Campers (1973 & 1974) Mini's (1992 Cooper lookalike & 1984 '25 Anniversary) MK2 Polo Coupe S (1984 & 1986) MK2 Polo Breadvan (1981 & 1984) MK4 Escort (1989) MK2 Granada Based Hearse (seriously) Fiat Uno 60S (1986) Punto 60S (1998) Cinq (1997) 1998 Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat 2003 Ford KA
Current: 2004 Ford Focus (barely alive)
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Jun 28, 2015 20:25:02 GMT
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After dinner I ran a bowl of hot water, and took a scotch pad and some Cif scouring soap and cleaned up the outside, stopped part way through one side and took a pic, amazing how dirty the bag was. It clearly worked for a living before. After waiting for it to dry, I used leather food or saddle greas, also known as Dubbin where I come from and buffed it up a bit. Now just need to find some tan kid leather to cover the handle woth. [/URL
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smurf
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Jun 30, 2015 18:53:04 GMT
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Grizz, I'm at pedham place booty quite regularly, i can always keep my eyes open for numberplates if you want
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Laser cutting and cnc punching (up to 3mm stainless and ali, up to 6mm mild steel)
Mail me a dxf file and i'll get you a price Metal folding and custom fabrication service also available
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Jul 12, 2015 13:10:52 GMT
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Slim pickings today, but got a couple of nice bits. Typically not fiscal value but feel good. Three nice wooden toy cars with magnetic interchangeable sides, detail bits etc........ £1.00 26" ally rounders bat, impulse buy, but I like it..... £2.50 Garden sprayer.... Broke the one we have by tossing it............ 50p Rottweiler sign for mate Martin...... 10p Monsoon dress for Nicola, new with tags, fits and looks lovely.......... £2.00 Unused large bottle of Bayliss & Harding bath stuff.........£1.00 Great for winter when Mrs Boss only baths. Makes the house smell lovely. Big pack of Nostalgia collection post cards....... 50p Some of them. So not a great day, but a garden sprinkler that is on EBay for £21.99 for 50p and a dress for Mrs Boss that would be around £50.00 or more in the shop, for £2.00 can't be all bad.
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Last Edit: Jul 12, 2015 13:20:46 GMT by grizz
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Not a thing at two Bootfairs.
This year has seen the quality of stuff at Bootfairs drop considerably.
Unfortunately they are now overrun by non English speaking rude, people who push, shove and make it quite unpleasant to attend. Also seems more people just don't bother. Even my wife refuses to go sell stuff once a year as the last time was unpleasant with stuff being stolen and stupid offers made, then met with rude comments thrown at her along with the items if she stuck to her price.
Still, we will keep going, as they do still harbour gems.
We may also start traveling two hours to where her daughter lives and the dominant language is still English with friendly banter thrown in.
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chip83
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One day at a time....
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Not a thing at two Bootfairs. This year has seen the quality of stuff at Bootfairs drop considerably. Unfortunately they are now overrun by non English speaking rude, people who push, shove and make it quite unpleasant to attend. Also seems more people just don't bother. Even my wife refuses to go sell stuff once a year as the last time was unpleasant with stuff being stolen and stupid offers made, then met with rude comments thrown at her along with the items if she stuck to her price. Noticed this round our way, huge bootfair at Castle combe and harldy heard a word of english spoken the 2 hours I was there as a buyer.
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Last Edit: Jul 27, 2015 9:45:01 GMT by chip83
Quashqui and Yeti (needs must currently) SAAB 93 EST (Sold) Volvo S40(sold) Volvo V40(sold) MK2 astra aka "THE SHED"(sold) Mgb GT (crashed) Peugeot 405(sold) Orion 1600i (sold) Metro (scrapped) Mk1 Fiesta (Broken for spares) Mk5 Cortina (crashed)
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Bootfair Today included a pair of like new "Irregular Choice, Mutiny" shoes for £15 going straight onto Ebay. (Google it) US plate 50p Car parking sign 50p Jack Daniels buckle 50p Gorilla iPhone case 50p 2x Universal fit tips, new 50p each New baseball cap 50p Back to the future T-shirt, new £1.00 Union Jack flag £1.00 Stars n Stripes glasses stand 10p Plastic 357 Magnum 20p 4 small glasses £1.00 England flag 20p 5 packs drill bits £4.00 Load of Lego characters £2.00 Got to be good. Nicola bought some dresses etc £1-2.00 each. This whole gang of Lego figures for £2.00 are going straight over to friend Bret in Texas as he and his kids are Lego freaks. Thought they have to be worth more than the £2.00 paid for the job lot.
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Last Edit: Aug 2, 2015 10:53:02 GMT by grizz
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Got to echo a bit of what Grizz said no fun doing selling at a boot fair these days, not due to non English speakers or travellers though, in my experience they are the ones who will have a banter and haggle on prices without getting upset - they also kept their kids under control.
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I have only sold at one , and yes experienced the same problems . One family seemed to operate on the principle of annoying you to the extent that you would just want them to leave . 6 brand new boxed expensive glasses - 50p ' No i give 5p ' , ' No there 50p thats a bargain ' .
'OK 10p ' etc etc
Agree on ridiculous price of 25p to get rid of her , while I'm sure others had pocketed a few things . At the point of handing money over she them pushes a load of random items in with the glasses in a pile and give me the same money . So i stopped that and she started again with something else with the same result .
I find it extremely rude when someone is trying to force you by annoyance to give them something for absolutely nothing , when you are practically giving it away anyway .
They annoy me almost as much as the people walking alongside your car when you get there then trying to get in your boot before you are out of the flippin car !
Best one i went to was Henley on Thames , i got a small oxy acetalyne set for £10!!
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I have only sold at one , and yes experienced the same problems . One family seemed to operate on the principle of annoying you to the extent that you would just want them to leave . 6 brand new boxed expensive glasses - 50p ' No i give 5p ' , ' No there 50p thats a bargain ' . 'OK 10p ' etc etc Agree on ridiculous price of 25p to get rid of her , while I'm sure others had pocketed a few things . At the point of handing money over she them pushes a load of random items in with the glasses in a pile and give me the same money . So i stopped that and she started again with something else with the same result . I find it extremely rude when someone is trying to force you by annoyance to give them something for absolutely nothing , when you are practically giving it away anyway . They annoy me almost as much as the people walking alongside your car when you get there then trying to get in your boot before you are out of the flippin car ! Best one i went to was Henley on Thames , i got a small oxy acetalyne set for £10!! Got to agree. Every now and then I hear a seller say "why don't you just feck right off"" to some of these buyers. And it will always make me smile.
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I get a lot of my tat at the local recycling place, not all car related though, power washer £5, electric strimmer £5, old iron hand water pump £2, large wooden flower troughs £10, oil lamps £2 each. Also have a shelf of car and old bits in my workshop, will try to remember to get pics this week.
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awoo
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the last time i did a boot sale i was well aware people would rifle through my boot so just said everything 3x the price for the first hour and ill make up the price if you go in the boot. no hassle.
no sales either but didnt get any toe rags scraping up the paintwork looking for scrap gold, so all good.
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