17 February, 2008
selling tat for pennies
Did boot sale today over in Rainham. Quite surreal first thing, haven't done one this time of year before, normally do them in the summer. So it's normally fairly light by the time we get the pitch and start setting up, though this morning, according to my car, it was -5 degrees C. Yes, bloody cold. Though there was just about enough light to set up n that, there were the usual hardcore buyers (no not in the 'adult' sense :p) walking around the stalls at around quarter to 6.
Except that, whereas in summer they'd be able to see reasonable easily, in the winter when it's near pitch black, most had either torches or headlamps whilst they looked for the juicier goods to snap up. Kind of like being interrogated, it distracted me whilst loading stuff onto the paste tables as some random chap shined a torch over the assorted tat I layed out. Kept being distracted by the torch beams, following their gaze like a bloody moth. Managed to get a few hours kip in the afternoon, which I feel is always needed after getting up around 4am, especially in the freezing cold.
Tend to feel less like doing boot sales more recently, since being in my current job it seems a shame to get up at stupid o clock on my sunday off, though after kay doing so well with selling cd's last time back in september there was more incentive this time. The music sold fairly well, we probably got over £40 for various albums, most of those sold in bulk at around 1 - 2 quid each. Not too bad really, got several more kicking around the flat to sell at the next one as well. We tend to do better at boot sales when we've got some stuff that makes decent money then pick up a slow to steady stream of little money off the more classic second hand stuff.
Off to bed now
doph
:o)
¶ 11:36 pm
Except that, whereas in summer they'd be able to see reasonable easily, in the winter when it's near pitch black, most had either torches or headlamps whilst they looked for the juicier goods to snap up. Kind of like being interrogated, it distracted me whilst loading stuff onto the paste tables as some random chap shined a torch over the assorted tat I layed out. Kept being distracted by the torch beams, following their gaze like a bloody moth. Managed to get a few hours kip in the afternoon, which I feel is always needed after getting up around 4am, especially in the freezing cold.
Tend to feel less like doing boot sales more recently, since being in my current job it seems a shame to get up at stupid o clock on my sunday off, though after kay doing so well with selling cd's last time back in september there was more incentive this time. The music sold fairly well, we probably got over £40 for various albums, most of those sold in bulk at around 1 - 2 quid each. Not too bad really, got several more kicking around the flat to sell at the next one as well. We tend to do better at boot sales when we've got some stuff that makes decent money then pick up a slow to steady stream of little money off the more classic second hand stuff.
Off to bed now
doph
:o)
¶ 11:36 pm
