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Every weekend, throughout the year, an enormous number of British people flock to Car Boot Sales. At any one event, hundreds of them are selling off unwanted possessions or inherited junk to free up space at home and raise useful extra money. But many thousands more are searching for incredible bargains and overlooked gems. This book is a comprehensive guide to both selling and buying. It gives you all the practical information you'll need to be a success at either, as well as an insight into the mindset of both vendor and customer so you can make any 'Boot' work to your advantage. For the would-be Car Boot Sale seller or buyer, every aspect is explained by an author who's been through the process countless times.
About the author
Giles Chapman has been buying and selling all his life, relishing the pleasure of collecting and the excellent profits that result from years of accumulated experience. He's shifted countless car-loads of stuff at Car Boot Sales, both alone and helping friends, and developed techniques to snag every potential customer and keep them spending. Every single Car Boot Sale he's been to, as either stallholder or browser, has built his knowledge of the bargaining process, and how to make it work for you. He's put some of this to good use by writing on collecting and investing in automobilia for
Octanemagazine; some of his 30+ books include
Chapman's Car Compendium and
My Dad Had One Of Those, and elsewhere he has won awards for his consumer journalism.
Summary
This guide for sellers also includes expert tips for buyers, to give a unique and total overview of how ‘the system’ can reward anyone.
