[Lord Summerisle]

Just gone with Her Ladyship to the local car boot to get rid of assorted unwanted bits of cak. You could write a thesis on the clientele there. First the swivel-eyed enthusiasts dive on you as you try to unpack, with torches strapped to their heads. The next wave is usually fairly normal bargain-hunters. After that come the 'dribble-when-I-nibble' brigade with their internet-obtained Oriental wives. The last scrattings are impoverished old age pensioners looking for anything at all for 10p, and straightforward mad people.

One woman furiously rejected a towel with a Santa on it because "Santa is evil and pagan and a devil and an imp and he vomits upon the Christ child" which sounded a good enough reason to me not to buy something. Some drunk Russian builders bought an insulated ice bucket that someone who dislikes us had given to us as a gift ("We use for Wodka! For Wodka!").

The most satisfying part is taking all the clutter that hasn't sold, and chucking it in a skip.

[Hilarysmum]

 

[sandy]

I find it a fascinating day out, used to take stuff on occasions in our VW (aviator) that was great as you could put the kettle on, sit on the sofa and even cook a sausage sarni, always came back with £100 give of take a few £'s amazing what sells, I remember people turning away at designer labels stuff of my daughters (I took some for me) but taking the shell suits and joggers!!! Once I sold loads of old single records, people clambered for a bargin, some were worth more than I sold them for but Hay, they were very scratched and had been in a loft for years and used as Frisbees...I used to buy and sell Northern soul and have a Juke Box......Another strange thing is, you, as a buyer get into a strange frame of mind and do not want to spend more that £10 on things that are worth loads more, yet the same thing in an antique shop would be a bargin...me and my OH turned are noses up at the price of a huge pine chest £20...then, when we got home realized we needed it and it was a bargin...Care Boots, a good day out all round!!!!

[Rosemary]

 

If this is a taster of posts to come, I think I'm going to enjoy them, your Lordship!

[sheila]

Oh please don't chuck stuff in the skip. find the nearest cherity shop. (or post it to me!)

[Lord Summerisle]

Oh please don't chuck stuff in the skip. find the nearest cherity shop. (or post it to me!)

OK then, you can have a tile cutter with a broken handle, a 1950s soda syphon with a bent handle, an electric drill with a worn-out battery, the Santa towel, and some nameless bits of rusty metal.

Interested?