Gearing up for a car boot sale in a few weeks.
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382542)
Rockingham, Australia
March 7, 2017 6:13am CST
I have been trying to declutter gradually and now we have a heaven-sent opportunity to get rid of some more stuff. A tiny settlement not far from Gnomesville in south-west Western Australia is having a car-boot sale towards the end of March.
What's a car-boot sale I hear you ask. A car boot in Australia equates to the trunk of an American car. So you fill the boot with items you no long need, park under a shady tree at the venue and hopefully others will come along and buy some of your goods.
There is a little store where we will gather any time from 7am onwards. We will probably take the trailer and a couple of trestles to make it easier to display our items. I know I'll have some books, linen, old cameras, bric-a-brac and who knows what else. Vince is getting enthused too. As soon as our house concert is over, we'll start going through cupboards and finding things to sell. Postage here is now so expensive that selling on Ebay is much less attractive than it once was.
Days like this are always a great deal of fun and I only hope we don't come home with more than we take there.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
That is such a great idea and a good way of getting rid of things that you no longer need,
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
@JudyEv That is the thing you get rid of some stuff and pick up some more so do you ever really get anywhere? lol
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
@Happy2BeMe Hopefully we'll buy a bit less than we sell. :)
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 Mar 17
Sounds like a great way to sell and I would love to visit that sale!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 Mar 17
@JudyEv And you won't have strangers wandering around your own yard.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill Very good point. They can't case out the place and, where we are, if someone did come in while we were away, no-one would know they were there. So much better this way.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
7 Mar 17
I love going to car boot sales
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 Mar 17
@JudyEv yes it is mostly books I tend to get at such events
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 17
@arthurchappell I have picked up some wonderful bargains at flea markets and garage sales.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
We will have "flea markets" where many vendors will gather.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
We'll start getting organised on Saturday. :) although it's not till 25 March.
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 17
It is a good way to get rid of unwanted stuffs and make money. Car-boot sale is not a common event here. But I would love if they organized it often. I have a few items in the house that I would love to sell.
Good luck with the sales. I hope you can sell a lot, or even better, all of them
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
It would be good to sell all of them. We could have a garage sale at the house but we live out of town and I don't think many people would come out to us. We don't have enough items to make a really good display but as part of a larger group, it will be fine.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
7 Mar 17
Never heard of these type of sales but it reminds me of trunk or treating
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
7 Mar 17
@JudyEv I like flea markets have not been to one in a long time. Low key can be good and bad hopefully there will be a lot of business.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
Lol. Another name would be 'flea market' I guess. It will be very low-key and if you only have a few things that would be okay too.
@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
Postage costs have killed it for us. The CEO of Australia Post has just resigned after it was revealed his salary was $5.6 million. $5.6 million!! No wonder postage charges have been going up. Our Prime Minister's salary is a 10th of that.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Mar 17
I dont know that I have seen a 'boot' type sale, or trunk sale as we call those parts of the car here. but I have seen flea markets and stuff, open air type things
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 17
We used to go regularly when we lived in the city. There were all sorts of stalls and we picked up some very useful items in those days.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Mar 17
The term "boot" comes from England and I hadn't picked up that it was used Down Under also.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 17
@JohnRoberts We say torch but we'd immediately understand flashlight.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Mar 17
@JudyEv Do you say torch or flashlight?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
7 Mar 17
How I wished we had anything like that here. I have loads too and the stuff is languishing. Good Luck with your sale. How do you know at what rate to sell?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
8 Mar 17
@JudyEv I am sure you will come back with an empty boot
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 17
@allknowing Sorry. I think I misinterpreted your question. We will just put a price that we think is reasonable. Some items we will research a bit first to try to find out what is a fair price.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
I hope it goes well and some one would buy that car. I've only tried with Ebay when I was buying some Computer Game.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
8 Mar 17
@JudyEv I haven't sold things from my trunk, but I've changed many a baby diaper in one!
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 17
@1creekgirl Hah! Yes, I guess many of us ladies have done that. 
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
That sounds like so much fun... and I'm sure that I would come home with the trunk filled just as full with other people's items... especially if there were books! Hubby calls it a boot too!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
@JudyEv Then hubby would likely bann me from that day forth lol... so I had better buy every book in sight lol!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Mar 17
That sounds like my kind of fun. I hope you sell everything and make a tidy profit.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Mar 17
@JudyEv I would probably come home with more than I started out with too.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
7 Mar 17
I wish we could have things like that here. 
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
7 Mar 17
@JudyEv It won't work here. Not the right environment tbh
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@teamfreak16 (43664)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 17
Kind of like a mobile garage sale. How fun.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Mar 17
@teamfreak16 We are always a bit concerned that someone might hop the back fence and clear out our workshop. No-one would ever see them. We keep the sheds locked now as there does seem to be a few bad elements around in Donnybrook.
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@teamfreak16 (43664)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 17
@JudyEv - That I definitely understand.
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