Boot fairs are pretty crap around here. I've found a couple of good bits in the past, but it's rare for that to happen :dry:
Car Boot Sale Ninja's
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There was some Ninja who kept beating me to all the bargains today, a fully boxed N64 and an Atari lynx with a stack of boxed games for silly money
I only ended up with a Network 4 Port Switch (for linking up some of my Miggy's in the new office) a PS2 Game (Hyper Street Fighter II) and some brown tape for sending parcels
Damn Ninja's! They're everywhere
You know how we all feel now Steve!
Your tolerance for your own kind is disappointing.
tokyoracer
(Not actually from Tokyo).
Well i'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it. A didn't remember anagrama saying tht though! Very odd, but yes Car Boot Sales have become quite stressful if anything now. Pretty sad as I remember the good days a few years back...after yet another crappy day these comments put a wee smile on my face... thanks man! and you deffo should have pistol whipped (using a supersquirty gun of course
or popped on a
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Spraydough
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Best bargain I ever got was 2 'Breadbin' C64s and an Amiga 600 for £12 the lot. This included 2 boxes full of original C64 games (about 150 games in all), 1 C64 tape recorder, a box full of copied Amiga disks and loads of manuals / books.
Neither C64 worked, but I managed to make 1 good 64 out of the two, the Amiga was in perfect working order, but, thanks to a chap called 'Ruud' I bagged a ROM upgrade and shoved a hard drive in it to make it even better. I was chuffed to bits.
Neither C64 worked, but I managed to make 1 good 64 out of the two, the Amiga was in perfect working order, but, thanks to a chap called 'Ruud' I bagged a ROM upgrade and shoved a hard drive in it to make it even better. I was chuffed to bits.
wangerman69
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I bought a giant inflatable monkey the other week
It was kinda just there and I paid 50p for it not sure why though:?
It was kinda just there and I paid 50p for it not sure why though:?
LOL! That only leads to one question ...... WHY?I bought a giant inflatable monkey the other week
wangerman69
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To this day I still don't know but it is cool though every bloke should have one 
SimonLCFC
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Went to a car boot a couple of years ago and picked up a boxed Spectrum +2 with about 15 games, so grabbed em... Wandered back around a bit later and saw i'd missed more stuff, so ended up with another few games, 5 programming books, complete Input with binders and various other mags.
£9.20 the lot. Was quite chuffed, and all worked perfectly too. Bonus
Still, fleabay has pretty much killed off decent car-booting.
£9.20 the lot. Was quite chuffed, and all worked perfectly too. Bonus
Still, fleabay has pretty much killed off decent car-booting.
wangerman69
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Agree with you about eBay
Luckily it hasn't killed off the second hand inflatable monkey market
Luckily it hasn't killed off the second hand inflatable monkey market
SimonLCFC
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Agree with you about eBay
Luckily it hasn't killed off the second hand inflatable monkey market
I find myself agreeing, but i'm not entirely sure why
Is there such a thing as Car Boot Sales anymore? The only one I know of local to me these days is at Chepstow Racecourse on Sundays with the market... And it's crap.
The market itself used to be a great place to buy retro games. Picked up about 6 Mega-CD games back in 96 for about 15 quid.
Now, sh*te for everything.
The market itself used to be a great place to buy retro games. Picked up about 6 Mega-CD games back in 96 for about 15 quid.
Now, sh*te for everything.
Theres one near me at a place called West Kirby. It's supossed to be pretty big.
Theres another one very close to me but it's nothing worth going to these days.
