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OCTOBER

2012

FIRST EDITION

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34 County POST CODE

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Sellers: Buyers: 9.00am*

8-10 10.00am

1

Dates: 1 2 4 5 7 8

Average number of sellers

Link to our website

containing additional

information.

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(if provided).

Dates that the car boot

sale is running this

current month.

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for sellers and buyers

respectfully.

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The * indicates that pre-

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A message from the editor.. I would first like to say thank you for downloading your free copy of the Car Boot Journal. It has been a roll-

coaster of an adventure to get the idea into a functioning project, with many stumbling blocks upon the way.

Bu nevertheless we made it.

I would also like to say that out of the seventy or so boot sales contained in this issue certain regions lack many

(and in the case of Norton Ireland any) boot sales. I have tried to contact as many organisers as possible in all

regions and will for next issue place extra focus on gaining more additions from these areas which are short on

boot sales at the moment. My I remind any and all car boot organisers reading this that we welcome your

addition via our website for free.

Can I also take this chance to remind our readers we are both on facebook and twitter and would love to have

your support on these. You can 'like' us at www.facebook.com/carbootjournal or 'follow' us at

www.twitter.com/carbootjournal, both ways allow us to quickly inform you when our latest editions are

released which can be very convenient for you.

I hope you find our journal both useful and enjoyable and look forward to welcoming you to our next issue

with even more boot sales as we continue to grow!

Peter (Editor)

The Car Boot Journal Coffee Break To haggle or not to haggle that is the question being asked at the Car Boot Journal today.

To be honest Im rather sitting on the fence on the matter. If I am out at a car boot fair buying then

my policy is if the price being asked is below what I wanted to pay then I dont bother haggling. I

work on the principle that the five or ten minutes you waste arguing over 20p is giving another

buyer the chance to snap up the bargains on the next stall, plus if both parties are happy then surely

that is what matters. On the other hand if the price is close to what I am willing to pay I switch off

my natural British reserve and have a go. If the item is way over my budget then I go back to my

original principle and move on to the next stall, save yourself the time and a potential bargain being

missed.

When Im selling I work on the principle that if I have marked a price on an item then that is what I

want for it and there is very little wriggle room on the price. However, if I havent priced it up then

Im quite open to a friendly haggle.

Friendly is the operative word. We all agree here at the Car Boot Journal that there are a lot of

people out there that believe that haggling is the same being rude about an item to lower its price.

It is not and in my case it will increase the price of an item. An example of this was at recent clear

out sale I did. Everything on the stall was 50p. The idea was not to make a fortune, just to discover

whether there was still carpet on the floor of the childrens bedroom. It was first thing in the

morning and another trader who buys for their grandchildren demanded I sell them one of the

better items I had just put out for 20p on the grounds it was not much good and they were doing me

a favour by taking it away. I used my favourite tactic a polite decline of the offer and then restate

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the price. Now this seemed to make them even more determined to buy it pointing out all the flaws

in the item both real and imagined and ending with that famous phrase you hear time and again at

boot fairs across the land; You wont ever sell it at that price. Now at this stage I knew Id won.

Saying that is the same as a toddler threatening to scream unless you buy them some sweets. I

ignored it and gave another polite restatement of the price I was prepared to sell at. This time it

resulted in a 50p being shoved at me. It was the next bit in which they did something very strange

(proving that when you are angry you stop thinking straight). Grabbing another object on the stall

they shouted "I wont give you more than a 1 for this. I gratefully accepted the pound and they

went away happy to have paid a pound for something on a 50p stall.

My point is that haggling at its best is a piece of street theatre not an argument. People from many

other countries seem to understand this to a far great extent than the British do. My second

example was played out at a boot sale a couple of years ago when I was selling a toy rhino that

moved and made sounds. A foreign gentleman expressed an interest in the toy but not at the price I

had stated. I dropped my price a little stating that I had replaced the batteries in the toy. He

countered with the statement that he was buying it for his little boy back home and would have to

post it to him. This went back and forth for several minutes with declarations on his part how his

child would die of a broken heart if he didnt have the rhino and on my part of how my children

would be heartbroken if couldnt afford to take them out as I had promised and wouldnt be able to

do that if I couldnt make enough money that day. This was all done with a smile on our faces and

ended with a handshake and with us both being happy with the price agreed. It also delighted his

friends to find someone who knew how to play the game and it gave me a chance to sell to them

and the other people who had stopped to watch.

So my tips for haggling are:

When selling work out what you need to sell the item for and then give yourself some room

to manoeuvre.

Dont panic if you dont sell the item. Most boot sales attract hundreds of buyers, if one

person wont pay what you want someone else might.

Be polite and friendly. Its harder to argue with someone who wont argue back.

Remember you dont have to sell an item no more that some has to buy it.

When buying stay focused on the price you want to pay and dont let your heart run away

with your head.

A realistic price is more likely to get a result than offering something silly. We all want the

solid gold watch for 20p but in reality its not going to happen.

Be polite, there is no harm in pointing out a flaw in an item but do it nicely.

Be ready to walk away if you cant agree a price.

Being friendly to a stallholder especially straight after a rude customer is a good way of

getting a reasonable price.

And finally the best reply to a silly offer we at Car Boot Journal have ever heard was when a person

complained the jumper they wanted to buy wasnt pure wool. For a pound, you find me a sheep

for that and Ill give you the jumper.

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Derby High School PTA Car Boot Hillsway, Littleover, Derby

80 Derbyshire DE23 3DT

http://goo.gl/2RxqO

01332 514267 [email protected].

uk Sellers: Buyers: 7.30am

5 - 8

8.30am

50p

Dates: 14

Hilton Village Hall Indoor Car Boot Peacroft Lane, Hilton

Derbyshire DE65 5GH

http://goo.gl/BNqtp

01283 730300 hiltonvillagehallbookings@ho

tmail.com Sellers: Buyers: 9.00am

8 10.00am

50p

Dates: 28

C.L.I.C.Sargent Indoor Car Boot Sale George St. Lutterwoth

25 Leicestershire LE17 4ED

http://goo.gl/GmJaZ

01455 556426 [email protected] Sellers: Buyers:

1.00pm*

5 2.00pm

50p

Dates: 7, 21

Fun Farm Carboot A151, Weston, Spalding

150 Lincolnshire PE12 6JU

http://goo.gl/00gXq


Sellers: Buyers: 11.00am

7 - 12

12noon

25p

Dates: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31

Mad Mile Car Boot Sale Hardwick Road, Wellingborough

Northamptonshire NN8 6BS

http://goo.gl/oGEuC

[email protected]


5 - 10

7.00am

1

Dates: 7

Clifton Indoor Car Boot Sale Southchurch Drive, Clifton, Nottingham

50 Nottinghamshire NG11 8AB

http://goo.gl/AZG03


m Sellers: Buyers: 7.00am

12 8.30am

60p/Free

Dates: 21, 28

Oldcotes Car Boot & Sunday Market A634, Oldcotes

300 Nottinghamshire S81 8JE

http://goo.gl/RJfBs


5.30am

8 - 15

5.30am

1

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

"Like us on facebook to get

live updates" www.facebook.com/CarBootJournal

East Mid

land

s


Pulloxhill Bootsale Fitton Road, Pulloxhill

300 Bedfordshire MK45 5HW

http://goo.gl/crkK1


o.uk


8 - 10

9.00am

1/50p

Dates: 7, 14

The Olde Watermill Faldo Road, Barton Le Clay

Bedfordshire MK45 4RF

http://goo.gl/sNrfu


5 - 10

8.30am

1

Dates: 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30

175 Outwell Road Outwell Road, Wisbech

30 Cambridgeshire PE14 8BG

http://goo.gl/T7172

01945 589660


5 7.00am

Free

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Littleport Monthly Car Boot Camel Road, Littleport

Cambridgeshire CB6 1PU

http://goo.gl/ROSuJ


9.00am

5 - 7

11.00am

Free

Dates: 21

Graveley Fruit Farm Graveley

150 Hertfordshire SG4 7LS

http://goo.gl/iP91U



6 - 12

8.00am

3/50p

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Car Boot Event Great Expectations, London Road, Suton

30 Norfolk NR18 9SJ

http://goo.gl/5QQko


1.00pm

6 - 15

2.00pm

Free

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Wombling Indoor Car Boot/Market Locksley Sch, Locksley Rd, Norwich

Norfolk NR4 6LG

http://goo.gl/8I2XT

[email protected]


5 11.00am

Free

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Combs Ford Primary School Glemsford Road, Stowmarket

Suffolk IP14 2PN

http://goo.gl/PVSjx

[email protected]


5 - 10

9.00am

Free

Dates: 6

Dan's Meadow Bealings Road

60 Suffolk IP12 4RW

http://goo.gl/FLmp6



5 - 9

11.00am

50p

Dates: 7

Stonham Barns Traditional Car Boot Sale Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Rd

80 Suffolk IP14 6AT

http://goo.gl/pQRbv



3.50 - 7.50

9.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Weather not looking

great? Then call or email the car boot organiser to check it is still on.

East of En

gland

Recommend


Battersea Sunday Afternoon Boot Sale Battersea Park Rd

130 London SW11 5AP

http://goo.gl/fPgTZ


11.00am*

20 - 50

1.30pm

50p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 27

Bounds Green Boot Sale Bounds Green Rd

40 London N11 2QG

http://goo.gl/FZ08t


7.00am

10 - 40

8.00am

1/30p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Capital Carboot Lupus Street, Pimlico

120 London SW1V 3AT

http://goo.gl/3CgQZ

0845 0943 871 [email protected]


5-30

11am 1/Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 27

Crouch End Car Boot Denton Rd, Crouch End

London N8 9LN

http://goo.gl/C3i6F


o.uk


8 - 15

9.00am

50p

Dates: 28

Hounslow West London Transport Station

150 Middlesex TW3 3DH

http://goo.gl/sYFFn



11 8.00am

Free

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

450 (Kenley) Sqn Air Cadets Kenley Airfield, Victor Beamish Ave

75 Surrey CR8 5YG

http://goo.gl/ifbSx

02086 459260


10 - 15

9.00am

1

Dates: 29

Noticed a mistake in

our listings? Please tell us at [email protected]

Greate

r Lon

do

n


Daisy Chain Car Boot Sale Calf Fallow Lane, Norton

Durham TS20 1PF

http://goo.gl/zradf


8.00am*

10 - 15

9.00am

Free

Dates: 21

Want a car boot sale

you attend added? Ask the organiser to add their boot.

No

rth East En

gland


Overton Farm Car Boot Sale A72 Lanark Road, Crossford

150 Lanarkshire ML8 5RG

http://goo.gl/LD5iT


om Sellers: Buyers: 7.00am

12 7.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

We would love to

hear any feedback! Send to [email protected]

Scotlan

d


Wodley Town Centre Car Boot Sale Crockhamwell Road, Reading

70 Berkshire RG5 3JW

http://goo.gl/DQpKy

07530 412936 wingrovesnursery@btconnect

.com Sellers: Buyers: 7.30am

10 8.00am

Free

Dates: 14, 28

Denham Giant Car Boot Denham Roundabout, Main A40, Near Uxbridge

Buckinghamshire UB9 5PG

http://goo.gl/w8QmS



12 - 15

8.30am

2/1

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Harlow Indoor Winter Car-Boot Sale Abercrombie Way, Staple Tye, Harlow

50 Essex CM18 6YJ

http://goo.gl/b3aZn



8 - 15

10.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Horsley Cross Car Boot Sale Horsley Cross Roundabout, Junction A120/B1035

100 Essex CO11 2NZ

http://goo.gl/ykmwK



7.50 - 10

7.00am

50p

Dates: 5, 12

Lazybones Bootfairs Station, Belton Way, Leigh-on-sea

150 Essex SS9 2ET

http://goo.gl/dVE7n


7.30am

10 - 15

9.00am

1/50p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Lazybones Bootfairs Station, Station Road, Rayleigh

120 Essex SS6 7HJ

http://goo.gl/aX4SS


8.00am

10 - 15

9.00am

1/50p

Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27

Hillside Car Boot Sale A339, Alton

100 Hampshire GU34 4BH

http://goo.gl/iLQfZ


om


6 8.00am

25p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

MyCarBooty at Country Market Main Rd, Bordon

300 Hampshire GU35 0QP

http://goo.gl/KNej1

01420 472486 mycarbooty@countrymarket.

co.uk Sellers: Buyers: 7.30am

6 - 15

7.30am

50p

Dates: 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31

Ryde Car Boot Sale Qay Road Car Park, Ryde

50 Hampshire PO33 2HB

http://goo.gl/kXWVb


5 - 7

11.30am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Tadley Indoor Car Boot Newchurch Road

36 Hampshire RG26 4HN

http://goo.gl/RcCCU

0118 9814538 admin@tadleycommunitycent

re.org.uk Sellers: Buyers: 9.15am

5 10.00am

20p

Dates: 6

Hempstead Boot Fair Hempstead Road

60 Kent ME7 3QL

http://goo.gl/HpgK3

07776 415549 info@hempstead-

bootfair.co.uk


5 - 7

6.30am

Free

Dates: 7, 14

Caterham Indoor Market Harestone Hill, Caterham

35 Surrey CR3 6SX

http://goo.gl/hpH4X


7.30am

10 - 12

9.00am

Free

Dates: 20

Post a comment about a

boot sale via the website

link in their listing.

Sou

th East En

gland


Epsom Charity Car Boot Sale Epsom General Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom

60 Surrey KT18 7EG

http://goo.gl/vdTVW



10 - 25

9.00am

Donation

Dates: 7, 28

Ford Airfield Ford Road, Ford, Arundel

Sussex BN18 0HY

http://goo.gl/tV3lV

07850 399781 garybrown@fordairfieldmark

et.co.uk


8 - 15

7.30am

Free

Dates: 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27

Ford Airfield Sunday Ford Road Ford Arundel

Sussex BN18 0HY

http://goo.gl/tV3lV

07850 399781 garybrown@fordairfieldmark

et.co.uk


5 - 10

8.30am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Worthing High School South Farm Road

30 Sussex BN14 7AR

http://goo.gl/kNBGR


12.00noon

6 - 20

12.30pm

25p

Dates: 27

For more information

about a car boot visit the

website link in their listing.

Sou

th East En

gland


Clifton Car Boot Sale Clanage Road, Bristol

100+ Somerset BS3 2JX

http://goo.gl/xoZcx



10 - 15

11.15am

1.50/1

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Ashley Heath Car Bootsale Horton Rd, Near Ringwood

350 Dorset BH21 6QZ

http://goo.gl/qNmXK



5 - 15

6.30am

50p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Late starting boot sales are

a great way to do an extra

boot fair in the same day.

Sou

th W

est Englan

d


Bridgend Undercover Car Boot Cheapside

175 Glamorgan CF31 1BZ

http://goo.gl/oC89L


6.00am

7 - 12

6.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Venta Diner at Maesglas Port Road, Maesglas Retail Estate, Newport

300 Monmouthshire NP20 2NN

http://goo.gl/JMj6v



3 - 5

9.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Have a question you would

like to ask us? Email us at [email protected]

Wales


Essington Car Boot Sale Bognop Rd, Essington

250 Staffordshire WV11 2AZ

http://goo.gl/oMeJ9


6.00am

8 - 15

6.00am

50p

Dates: 7, 14,

Mill Lane, Thursday Boot Main A460 Cannock to Wolverhampton Rd

100 Staffordshire WV10 7LJ

http://goo.gl/3v1uo

07831 192116


8 - 13

6.30am

Free

Dates: 4, 11, 18, 25

Branson Cross Beoley, Redditch

300 Warwickshire B94 5HR

http://goo.gl/O3lJa



8 6.30am

1

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Mercia Carboot Lockhurst Lane

Warwickshire CV6 5PD

http://goo.gl/B0GZq



10.00 - 20.00

8.30am

35p

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Arrow Car Boot Sale Bartleet Rd, Redditch

175 Worcestershire B98 0DQ

http://goo.gl/ywmpy



10 5.30am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

Cob House Fisheries Worcester Road, Wichenford

Worcestershire WR6 6YE

http://goo.gl/56Sni


7.30am

4 10.00am

Free

Dates: 6

Lyppard Grange Indoor Carboot Sale Ankerage Green, Worcester

Worcestershire WR4 0DZ

http://goo.gl/38UUO


om Sellers: Buyers: 9.00am

8 10.00am

Free

Dates: 6

The Horse Shoe Pub Table Top and Car Boot Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath

50 Worcestershire B14

http://goo.gl/hUU4D



5 10.00am

Free

Dates: 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20

Bad weather forecast? Consider trying an indoor boot

sale instead.

We

st Mid

land

s


Alwoodley Community Centre Indoor Car Boot Sale The Avenue, Leeds

Yorkshire LS17 7NZ

http://goo.gl/l8GuB

[email protected]


5 9.00am

Free

Dates: 14

North Cave Market & Car Boot Sale Newport Road, North Cave

Yorkshire HU15 2NU

http://goo.gl/rV77W

01430 421188


6 7.00am

Free

Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28

York Racecourse Knavesmire Road, York

Yorkshire YO23 1EX

http://goo.gl/Se2cT

01429 881917


12 - 17

7.00am

Free

Dates: 6, 20, 27

Don't forget to check

out surrounding regions

for car boot sales.

Yorksh

ire and

the H

um

ber

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Be the king of the page for a great price of less than 1.00 a week!

Front Cover - Variable Prices

Be on our front cover so everyone notices your advert. Subject to availability of space.

Enhanced Advertising - 2.00

The standard advertising box made to stand out and give your car

boot sale the edge. Irreistable at less than 0.50 a week!

Email [email protected] for details

Advertising At Affordable Pricing

Full Page -

12.00

271mm height x 184

width.

A full page of advertising

for a fraction of the price

of our competitors.

Less than 3.00 a week!

Please Note:

Our prices do not currently include graphical design. If you already have artwork/flyers you would like to

use then this is possible, alternatively we can design an advert on your behalf (with as much or little input

as you desire) for a small additional fee of 5.00. Once designed this advert becomes your property (for

use in future issues and publishing).

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