[IchbinkeinTeufel]

...what shall I get you? Literally tell me what oddity you'd like for me to bring back. (in our little virtual world, of course )

I am actually off to the carboot, here in England, in about an hour's time. Going with my dad, like the old days.

Anyone else go to carboots?

If you're from somewhere in the world that doesn't use that phrase, it's similar to a "garage sale", I think.

[pegasus]

Oh I've bought some real bargains at carboots, can you look for a sim city game please? Last time I bought one at a carboot, one of the discs was missing! Have fun!

[tinyrabbit]

I love car boots but don't often get to them.

[Citrine]

I LOVE carboot sales (Im UK) Im never up early enough though! as you know, you have to get up crack of dawn to get the good stuff. Its a good thing really as I come back with things I dont need! Can you get me a hand blender? or a big scruffy old jumper to lounge in? I do need them lol .

[tinyrabbit]

I'd like some random old videos please.

[allme]

Pls bring me back anything for under a tenner but worth £1000 lol

Love car boots...never know what you're gonna find...

[Sabrina]

Ah, car boot sales are not practiced in South Africa. But we do have flea markets where many people sell their bric o brac

[Marla500]

let us know if you find anything good!

[Nammu]

books; graphic novels, mystery's & science fiction.

I used to love going to flea markets here in USA, but they are now full of professional sellers of mostly "made in China" stuff and high prices for good stuff, so I don't go anymore.

Have fun!

Is there where ppl sell things out of the boot of their cars?

I would like for you to get me a donut.

[SilverNeurotic]

There's always tons of yard and garage sales around where I live, I've found some great stuff.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Haha. Thanks for all these brilliant posts.

I sadly never got to go, because they turned us away at the entrance, as they decided to open up later than usual. ¬_¬ Was annoying, because it was outside the town we live in, so a waste of petrol. Oh well, we plan on going next Sunday.

We still ended up going to a lil warehouse that sells a lot of second-hand stuff - think Oxfam, but on a much bigger scale, with a lot of furniture.

Pegasus, I spotted a lot of PC games. I didn't see Sim City, sadly. By the way, this might be of use to you: Click this Link if You Like Chocolate

Illegal Toilet, not really, but they do take the stuff to the carboot, by using their car boot. xD I guess it's called carboot, because you cram your boot full of crap, then head on to the location, and unpack. People always use tables, though, never actually sell from the boot itself.

Sidestepper, I saw no books, but we arrived late, and I didn't get a chance to scour the whole place. xD There were plenty of DVDs, though!

Allme, that's my kinda thinking. Probably quite a few things in that place, worth more than they realise.

Citrine, that's what our last one was like, but they've since started up a new, better, bigger one, and best of all? It starts at midday, instead of 8am.

[ptangptang]

Hey Akuma mate, hows it going. I've never heard of people being turned away from a boot sale for being TOO early. People seem to get there from about 4am haha. I love car boots too. I used to get a bus to a big one on a Sunday but that has closed down. There is a small local one on a Tues morning and i went the other week but hmm its not very big and you seem to see the same same stuff there every week. I just look for a bargain or unusual things. Its quite interesting to stay to the end and see what sellers throw away cos they can't be bothered taking it home again. Can't get cheaper than free. What would i ask you to get. Er Autographed first edition of JK rowlings first book, signed copy of sex pistols NMTB, a clutch of previously undiscovered original john lennon songs in his handwrting. Now is that asking TOO much. Haha tc hugs.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Howdy, ptangptang, that would be a real find; I'd certainly sell that on eBay. Yeah, I'm guessing they were late to setup, so refused people in, until people were there, or something like that. You have to pay (£1 per car) to get entry; it's a bit more organised than perhaps some, although the last one I went to was only 20p per adult. I remember once, many years ago, finding an Amstrad in a skip, right next to the entrance of the old carboot, and it was the full suite, monitor, keyboard, ****-ton of games - the works. I had a lot of fun on that Amstrad. Been years since I've been to a carboot, I think, so hopefully next week it will actually happen.

[gismo]

Akuma, if you go next week get me one of them yummy hotdogs , oh with tom sause of cause, why do they always seem to taste better at carboots?ummm?

gismo x

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Oh yeh! There's usually always some sort of food van thing, at carboots. xD We have one in town, sometimes, and they sell absolutely amazing burgers and hotdogs. *hungry* xD