glennyboy Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Just returned from a local boot sale and wanted to share my latest bargain with you all . Jag console, boxed and unused, console and controller still in bags, complete with all paperwork. And the cost of this little find ? .............. £ 10.00 Any one else ever find a Jag bargain out there ? ps the seller wanted £15.00 but I knocked him down ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 If you knocked him down...Why didnt you just take the Jag as he was lying there wheazing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultravi0let Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 put it on E-Bay your make a killing! 8-] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thunderbird Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Just returned from a local boot sale and wanted to share my latest bargain with you all .Jag console, boxed and unused, console and controller still in bags, complete with all paperwork. And the cost of this little find ? .............. £ 10.00 Any one else ever find a Jag bargain out there ? ps the seller wanted £15.00 but I knocked him down ! What's a "Boot Sale"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Harlow Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 similar to GARAGE SLE but a lot of people turn up to a field or carpark and empty their cars.... can be full of junk but some interesting little finds can be made... well done on the Jag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennyboy Posted July 12, 2003 Author Share Posted July 12, 2003 I suppose the American term would be "trunk sale", basically you bring all your old stuff to a given venue and sell it out the back of your car. Think it origonated over in the States. Ideal for us retro collectors / tight wads ! Sorry, tight wad = doesnt like spending money ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennyboy Posted July 12, 2003 Author Share Posted July 12, 2003 Thanks Nick, wouldnt mind being around when you decide to clear your lock up out ! How much for the Jag cd mate, take a fiver on that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Just returned from a local boot sale and wanted to share my latest bargain with you all . What's a "Boot Sale"? It's a "car boot sale", basically a "flea market" usually held out of town somewhere like a field or a large car park. Everybody goes with stuff they don't want, and they are very popular in UK. In Europe (well Germany and Holland in my limited experience) people have a flea market in the streets a few times a year, so you get to walk around on a Sunday and pick up bargains. These days though with the Internet, my experience is that it's very hard to find a bargain, people are too savvy about the price most of the time, Ebay is becoming too popular! Incidentally, Alan Sugar who was the boss of Amstrad made his first profits selling aerials out of the back of his car at car boot sales. (For anybody who hasn't heard of Amstrad, it created various classic computers in the '80s, sold the first very cheap PC in the UK, the Amstrad PC-512, and it bought up Sinclair from Clive Sinclair, ending the ZX line. For anybody that has not heard of Sinclair their's no hope. Regards, Richard / JustClaws. Visit my web-site at http://justclaws.atari.org/, someone should! "The opinions I express are purely mine, and I reserve the right to f#ck up technically or politically at any time without notice." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Just returned from a local boot sale and wanted to share my latest bargain with you all . What's a "Boot Sale"? It's a "car boot sale", basically a "flea market" usually held out of town somewhere like a field or a large car park. Everybody goes with stuff they don't want, and they are very popular in UK. In Europe (well Germany and Holland in my limited experience) people have a flea market in the streets a few times a year, so you get to walk around on a Sunday and pick up bargains. These days though with the Internet, my experience is that it's very hard to find a bargain, people are too savvy about the price most of the time, Ebay is becoming too popular! Incidentally, Alan Sugar who was the boss of Amstrad made his first profits selling aerials out of the back of his car at car boot sales. (For anybody who hasn't heard of Amstrad, it created various classic computers in the '80s, sold the first very cheap PC in the UK, the Amstrad PC-512, and it bought up Sinclair from Clive Sinclair, ending the ZX line. For anybody that has not heard of Sinclair their's no hope. Regards, Richard / JustClaws. Visit my web-site at http://justclaws.atari.org/, someone should! "The opinions I express are purely mine, and I reserve the right to f#ck up technically or politically at any time without notice." Thanks for the info. Yes, even here in the U.S. we have heard of the Sinclair. I see where the term "boot sale" came to exist from now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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