Car Boot Sale Tips!! : eBay Guides

What to do as a seller.

• Don't put price stickers on your items - let people offer you cash, you may get more than what you wanted for it!

• Place all valuable goods such as mobile phones, digital cameras and console games at the front of your stall

• Take a plastic sheet to cover your items if it rains

• If you need the toilet you will have to leave your stall on its own, so take somebody with you.  Also a friend is good company

• Use your car radio to play some popular music to draw customers to your stall

• Use a bright coloured cloth to attract the customers attention

• Take a look around the boot sale itself.  You might find some bargains to sell yourself and you will get an idea what people are selling similar items for

• Look at your stall from a buyers perspective.  Is your stall cluttered?

• Take along some carrier bags + bin liners etc.

• Take plenty of change

•  If you are selling things like PSP and Nintendo DS games, take your console with you to prove the games work

• Take some drinks and snacks with you and put them on your stall.  Children always pester their parents for them

• Don't dump clothing on the floor.  Some poeple can't bend down so hang them on a strong rail

• Offer supermarket-style offers such as BOGOF, 2-4-1 or 2 for £1
  

• Park on a dry spot of land and don't put your items in big patches of mud

• Move your things around the buyer might see something they didn't see before

• Lower your prices towards the end of the boot sale

• Buy some cheap batteries to put in electrical items such as clocks to show that they work

• Get your friend to stand at the front of the stall every now and again as buyers will think there is something interesting and come for a closer look

What to do as a buyer.

• Walk around the boot sale more than once.  You will see things that you didn't see before

• Always try to knock prices down especially if you buy more than one item off a particular seller

• Train your eye on one particular item otherwise you wont find anything decent

• Research top-selling products on eBay

• Take a rucksack or carrier bag to put purchases in

• Be sure you are not buying counterfeit items - there are lots there.

• Try not to take childeren and pets with you - they get in the way

• Keep valuables in a safe place

•  Take plenty of change

• Get there early to find bargains

• Smile when you are offering a price

• Don't get too excited and pay over the odds for things - its easily done

• Avoid leaving items with the seller as they might just drive off with it or you may forget who you left it with