> >> So, travler, if you'll ever make it to the island, don't
> >> forget to stop by any car boot sale you can find.
> >I think I must clarify that further and say 'stop at any car boot sale
> >that's not in the south' because I'm hearing more and more reports of people
> >saying things like 'but these sell for loads on ebay' while they're trying
> >to get 30 quid for a NES or something like that.
> We call them garage sales in the US but the same thing is happening. The
> sellers go look at E-bay and find the highest price there and that's what
> they want for the stuff. (without the trouble and expense of listing their
> item, packaing and shipping it and all the other hassles of internet
> sales!) Garage sales in the US are a waste of time any more. BUT I still
> find bargains at the scrap metal places.
Not completely equal, car boot sales are more like swap meets,
or fleamarkets (as we call them in Germany), so a lot of people
come together at a site, pay an entrance fee and set up their
wares. Another difference to Europe, in a lot of British car
boot sales, even visitors get charged a fee ... usualy some
50 pence (a Buck).
Gruss
H.
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