Carboot bargains

forcutty
forcutty Posts: 1,055
edited June 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Went to a carboot this morning to look for kitchen stuffs for the my new flat.
Only got a pyrex bowl for the kitchen but i picked up a Topeak hexus multi tool for £4!! and a pair of old dura ace hubs for a fiver :shock: just sold them to a mate for £25 :lol: he was a happy chappy,doesn't know what i paid though :wink: Anyone else had any bike related bargains?

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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    forcutty wrote:
    just sold them to a mate for £25 :lol: he was a happy chappy,doesn't know what i paid though :wink:Anyone else like screwing their mates over as much as I do?

    :lol:
  • Fully-sprung
    Fully-sprung Posts: 670
    Yeah, I bought my entire bike for only £50. And it was brand new.
    Then I got the pack of 4 anti-theft dustcaps for half price..
    "Youth's a mask, but it don't last
    live it long and live it fast."
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  • forcutty
    forcutty Posts: 1,055
    Damn I forgot to acquire the dust caps :wink:
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    edited June 2011
    I got an Ibis for £30 !!!



    (well that's what the bolt cutters cost)
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  • sandy hill
    sandy hill Posts: 390
    Got given a box of spares and cleared £120 on some Record hubs. :)
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    I refuse to go anywhere near car boot sales for fear of bumping into that mockney hag Lorne Spicer and her awful autocue puns. Seriously I'd slam her bulbous pink lipsticked tumerous growth of a face of hers in the bootlid of a BMW 335 estate until it bled and bled all over her god awful suede gilet, then I'd replace the teeth I'd smashed out of her "nails down blackboard" sounding cakehole, with a set of antique fondue skewers pushed in so hard they came out of her nostrils and chin. I'm not a violent man but I could make an exception for that walking pussgland

    although I did find it funny that as a BBC money expert, she had been declared bankrupt s year or so ago
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  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    Looking through a box of vinal at a carboot and there were a couple in there that i was interested in, when i asked how much she just said £10 for the lot. When i got home and had a proper look there was 6 albums and 15 singles by the beatles along with Elvis, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd albums.

    My mates dad bought a job lot of nuts and bolts off Ebay for £25 as he'd noticed they were bolts from vintage motorbikes. After a couple of days sorting out what was what he relisted them individually and may just over £3k in about 2 weeks :?
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  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    House clearance mongs are the best.

    Recent non bike purchases include 200+ matching 1950's plates, cups, bowls, tea and coffee pots for £20. Coffee pot and six cups were £79 in a Frinton charity shop.

    A big pile of road maps for £1. Opening them up half were for Italy, half for Germany all circa 1935-1937. All with full size adverts on the back and fully stamped with the national socialist and facist insignia.
    Visit Clacton during the School holidays - it's like a never ending freak show.

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  • bluechair84
    bluechair84 Posts: 4,352
    A big pile of road maps for £1. Opening them up half were for Italy, half for Germany all circa 1935-1937. All with full size adverts on the back and fully stamped with the national socialist and facist insignia.

    That's pretty cool... in an 'I'd use them for classes to study semiology' kind of way... which isn't cool at all...
  • MissBint37
    MissBint37 Posts: 1,503
    Has anyone else noticed that there is always someone selling a pair of 1980s ski boots at every car boot sale?

    I have never found any boot sale bargains :( But then I don't go to them very often!!!
    Ride it like you stole it!
  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    when it come to bargains i think missk finds gold, and i have no idea how

    when we moved in together we had to buy furniture, for the sum total of £600 we got

    1 Super kingsize memory foam mattress and bed with receipt from Jan'01
    1 brown leather 2 seat sofa
    1 cream habitat sofa without a mark in sight
    1 5ftx3ft rustic pine dining table
    2 5ft benches for the tables
    1 Vintage typewriter
    2 1920s cycling magaizes (now in frames)

    i was in complete shock when she totalled up how much it was and we had change for a dominos!

    the joys of gumtree!
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    I'd never buy a 2nd hand mattress... Who knows if the seller is Mr Pishypants...best not to take the risk
    Formally known as Coatbridgeguy
  • forcutty
    forcutty Posts: 1,055
    Todays bargain.......
    A Sony Minidisc recorder for £1 (working) never could afford one back in 96
    Now i've got one :lol:
  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    MissBint37 wrote:
    Has anyone else noticed that there is always someone selling a pair of 1980s ski boots at every car boot sale?

    I have never found any boot sale bargains :( But then I don't go to them very often!!!

    I've noticed too, plus the person selling magazine freebie CDs and DVDs, out of date food or stuff that you can buy cheaper in Tesco.
    Visit Clacton during the School holidays - it's like a never ending freak show.

    Who are you calling inbred?