Thousands browse for bargains at Classified Live - Grimsby Telegraph's giant car boot sale
AROUND 5,000 buyers flocked to the biggest one-off car boot sale in North East Lincolnshire to snap up some bargains.
Classified Live was brought to you by the Grimsby Telegraph on Saturday and the event has proved so popular that around 200 sellers pitched up in the Grimsby Institute's Laceby Road car park.
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CAR BOOTY: Sandra Haigh is hoping her unwanted items will be someone else's treasures.
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bargains galore: Above and above right, about 200 sellers pitched up in the Grimsby Institute's Laceby Road car park for the Classified Live event.
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Picture by Duncan Young, 08/09/2012. The Grimsby Telegraph Classified Live event Carr Boot held at the Grimsby Institute, Grimsby.
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good turnout: There were plenty of buyers at the Grimsby Telegraph Classified Live event.
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huge choice: Bird boxes, paintings and furniture were among the items on offer.
Sharon Gest was a stallholder at the event with her daughter Lauren and by midday they had already made £30.
"We were having a house clearance so we thought this would be an ideal opportunity to sell our stuff," she said.
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"It was very busy when it first opened – buyers couldn't move it was that popular!
"It has been one of the best carboots I have been to."
John Macdonald and his wife, from Carr Lane, Grimsby, were browsing at the sale and picked up some bargains.
"We go to a lot of car-boots in the area and this one is especially great because stallholders are genuinely getting rid of items," John said.
"I have found an inflatable Harry Haddock, which I am going to give to a friend, and I have bought my daughter a book.
"My wife has also bought some nice candles and household items which you can't get from the shops now-a-days."
Stallholder Ann Plunkett, from Ulceby, said the car-boot was "easy" to do.
"I like the idea that buyers can't come and have a look until 10am because it gives you time to set up," she said.
"I have sold a swing ball, steamer, fly-fishing gear and general items – I have made well over £50. I would love this sale to be a regular thing because it has been so great."
Another happy seller was Mike Hughes, from Grimsby, who thinks the event was "brilliant". He said: "We have sold a lot of clothes and it has been very popular. I think it's a great idea. Because the sale has been well advertised, a lot of people have turned up and plus it's on concrete, so it doesn't put buyers off."
Caroline Whelpton, the Grimsby Telegraph's Classified manager, said: "Classified Live has been a huge success with more than 5,000 buyers attending and more than 120 car-booters!
"It has been a brilliant turnout and we are really happy with how popular it has been.
"I think it gives buyers confidence when the pitches have been pre-sold."
Comments
by jack_knife
Monday, September 10 2012, 7:30PM
“wellsstorm,
Are you sure you're not Victor Meldrew in disguise?
The best thing you can do is to go to a car boot sale and SELL your computer.
btw, the CAPS LOCK key is on the LEFT of the letter "A".”
by markus250666
Monday, September 10 2012, 4:24PM
“wellsstorm
why the hell should people pay Taxes Twice? on there items that they paid V.A.T on in the first place. your comments are so stupid that you should be TAXED just for commenting.
And its not DHSS its now known as DWP......try googling its free and tax free”
by xStevex
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:11AM
“Sharon Gest was a stallholder at the event with her daughter Lauren and by midday they had already made £30.
Amazing success !! lol”
by none657
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:08AM
“Re wellsstorm- Arthur Daley & Derek trotter would have you strung up for those comments.”
by DarrenM125
Monday, September 10 2012, 10:14AM
“Wellsstorm what an absolute looser, Ive read some sad quotes on these pages many times before but that has got to be the best of the worst. Speechless !”
by wellsstorm
Monday, September 10 2012, 9:40AM
“DONT FORGET YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO STAND THIS CAR BOOT SO THE INFO WILL BE PASSED TO DHSS ANYWAY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WHILE CLAIMING BENEFIT WILL BE COUGHT LOL LOL”
by Sydney22
Monday, September 10 2012, 8:50AM
“What a cheery soul you must be, wellsstorm (NOT!) Left up to people like you, the air we breath would be taxed! Leave them alone for goodness sake. They've already paid for the goods once, it's up to them what they do with their own unwanted tat.
Nevertheless, after all the hype, I was quite disappointed in this car boot. It was badly laid out .. there were lots of empty spaces, and worst if all, nowhere selling cups of tea.”
by wellsstorm
Monday, September 10 2012, 8:36AM
“TOO MUCH TAX EVASION HERE SELLING ON CAR BOOT SALES PEOPLE MAKING MONEY SOME WHILE CLAIMING BENEFITS IF SHOPS SELL THERE GOODS THEY PAY TAX SO WHY DONT SELLERS A £10 TAX PER CAR WOULD BE BETTER COLLECTED I WILL SUGGEST THIS TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO SEE IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA”