Car boot sales - any recommendations? (Stirling/Glasgow/Edi)
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We had a bit of a tidy up over the festive period and have a big pile of s
te excellent quality unwanted items to get rid of. Thought a car boot sale would be a good way to try as they're too big/bulky for ebay, but also not any good for gumtree.
Visited the one at Springkerse in Stirling on Sunday to scope it out but was totally underwhelmed: approx 10 private cars selling stuff plus a few dodgy looking vans. And I'd heard it was supposed to be one of the better ones! It might be because it was the first weekend of the year and might be better in a few weeks, but I'm looking around for somewhere bigger/better.
Are there any decent/busy car boot sales worth trying/recommended by PHers?
teVisited the one at Springkerse in Stirling on Sunday to scope it out but was totally underwhelmed: approx 10 private cars selling stuff plus a few dodgy looking vans. And I'd heard it was supposed to be one of the better ones! It might be because it was the first weekend of the year and might be better in a few weeks, but I'm looking around for somewhere bigger/better.
Are there any decent/busy car boot sales worth trying/recommended by PHers?
Omni centre in Edinburgh every Sunday. We did it twice and it was heaving. Not a soul in sight at half seven in the morning in the surrounding streets except the queue of sellers that snaked back from the entrance to the car park behind the centre down to the Playhouse!
Easy 100 plus cars there, starts officially at 9am, think it was a tenner a car to get in. They were a bit funny about the setting up times and leaving times, you have to wait until 8.30 to set up (but might not get in if you turn up then as everyone else is in) and can't leave until its closing time, maybe 1pm.
Prepare to see another side of life though, every ethnicity under the sun was there and they want everything for 10p. I had a guy complain that I wanted a fiver for a portable tv/dvd combi as he'd just got one from another seller for £4. The difference wouldn't even be his bus fare home!
Easy 100 plus cars there, starts officially at 9am, think it was a tenner a car to get in. They were a bit funny about the setting up times and leaving times, you have to wait until 8.30 to set up (but might not get in if you turn up then as everyone else is in) and can't leave until its closing time, maybe 1pm.
Prepare to see another side of life though, every ethnicity under the sun was there and they want everything for 10p. I had a guy complain that I wanted a fiver for a portable tv/dvd combi as he'd just got one from another seller for £4. The difference wouldn't even be his bus fare home!
Sundays at Blochairn in Glasgow used to be good but i think you need to be there very early.
http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
ALY77 said:
Omni centre in Edinburgh every Sunday. We did it twice and it was heaving. Not a soul in sight at half seven in the morning in the surrounding streets except the queue of sellers that snaked back from the entrance to the car park behind the centre down to the Playhouse!
Easy 100 plus cars there, starts officially at 9am, think it was a tenner a car to get in. They were a bit funny about the setting up times and leaving times, you have to wait until 8.30 to set up (but might not get in if you turn up then as everyone else is in) and can't leave until its closing time, maybe 1pm.
Prepare to see another side of life though, every ethnicity under the sun was there and they want everything for 10p. I had a guy complain that I wanted a fiver for a portable tv/dvd combi as he'd just got one from another seller for £4. The difference wouldn't even be his bus fare home!
This one its been on the go for ages as well.Easy 100 plus cars there, starts officially at 9am, think it was a tenner a car to get in. They were a bit funny about the setting up times and leaving times, you have to wait until 8.30 to set up (but might not get in if you turn up then as everyone else is in) and can't leave until its closing time, maybe 1pm.
Prepare to see another side of life though, every ethnicity under the sun was there and they want everything for 10p. I had a guy complain that I wanted a fiver for a portable tv/dvd combi as he'd just got one from another seller for £4. The difference wouldn't even be his bus fare home!
the_scorpion said:
Sundays at Blochairn in Glasgow used to be good but i think you need to be there very early.
http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
Yep. Like 4.30am early!http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
flipflop1 said:
Also a big one at airfield in Perth I believe, most of the kinross Market traders and regulars moved up there. Happy selling!
I think you mean Errol. Half way between Perth & Dundee. http://www.morrisleslie.com/morris-leslie-car-boot...Stevenj214 said:
the_scorpion said:
Sundays at Blochairn in Glasgow used to be good but i think you need to be there very early.
http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
Yep. Like 4.30am early!http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blochairn-car-boot-sale-...
Errol is usualy massive but further away. It would probably be first choice for me if I was selling now.
Great responses, thanks folks. I think being the first weekend of the year certainly didn't help Springkerse - we'd had it recommended by friends who sold £100+ of stuff there recently, and have heard similar from other sources.
flipflop1 said:
Family member sells cupcakes at Stirling, starts really (really) early in the morning but can get very busy, prob just a bad week being new year.
Ah, that's an idea we had: sell some homebaking or the like to attract folk over who'll then have a rummage through the rest of the stuff we're selling. I'll blow my own trumpet and say I make the best homemade tablet...Cheers for the recommendations folks. We made £105 profit (after taking off our entry fee and tablet ingredients) at the Omni Centre car boot sale yesterday morning. Very much recommended 
Rolled up at 7am, slight queue once inside. Allocated a pitch, parked up and headed off for a McD's breakfast (first and probably the last time I'll do that). The car boot sale staff strictly enforce the rules but were perfectly pleasant about it: you're not allowed to open your boot and set up until they sound a hooter at 8.30am. Then all hell breaks loose...
Do NOT attempt to sell by yourself! You need eyes in the back of your head to deal with folk trying to buy stuff before you'd unloaded your car. We were prepared and had clear ideas of how much we wanted but I could see how folk could be caught off-guard. We sold almost all of the crap we took and my home-made tablet was a big seller - if we ever do a sale again I'll make double the amount. Around 300 cars there apparently and a stload of buyers.
Towards the end (1pm) things ramped down and most folk were packed and ready to leave. At 1pm the hooter sounds and this time hell really broke loose... The driving standard, behaviour and impatience displayed: you had to see it to believe it lol. But we made it out alive and with the car paintwork intact.
Very much recommended.
Rolled up at 7am, slight queue once inside. Allocated a pitch, parked up and headed off for a McD's breakfast (first and probably the last time I'll do that). The car boot sale staff strictly enforce the rules but were perfectly pleasant about it: you're not allowed to open your boot and set up until they sound a hooter at 8.30am. Then all hell breaks loose...
Do NOT attempt to sell by yourself! You need eyes in the back of your head to deal with folk trying to buy stuff before you'd unloaded your car. We were prepared and had clear ideas of how much we wanted but I could see how folk could be caught off-guard. We sold almost all of the crap we took and my home-made tablet was a big seller - if we ever do a sale again I'll make double the amount. Around 300 cars there apparently and a s
tload of buyers.Towards the end (1pm) things ramped down and most folk were packed and ready to leave. At 1pm the hooter sounds and this time hell really broke loose... The driving standard, behaviour and impatience displayed: you had to see it to believe it lol. But we made it out alive and with the car paintwork intact.
Very much recommended.
The Car Boot Sale at Sprinkerse is indeed one of the best around, i have been selling on a regular basis and have allways done well. Also you have the option of going under cover if the weathers not good. All boot sales are quieter at this time of year, but come march when spring comes around Stirling will be packed to capacity again.
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