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Welcome to carbootsRus
- now free to use.
Latest additions / updates include:-
Buttons added at side of Google map on each page let you filter car boots for days of week / bank holidays and recently added / updated.
22 August: Now button added to check and show in the table only those filtered. They retain the original numbering.
24 August: issues in printing resolved. Now 'Print page without map' does just that.
Red font in buttons when pressed so you know which one is pressed!
20 September: search box added to search for information such as date added, street, town, village, postcode area, name of car boot, which might appear in 'Name / location' column.
Car boots added / updated:
8 Feb: Redbourne (Herts), Gosport Hamble (Hants), Dublin (Ireland)
7 Feb: Kilburn (London NW6) Belper (Derbys)
6 Feb: Kenmare (Kerry Ireland)
4 Feb: Poole (Dorset)
3 February: Kirkcaldy (Fife Scotland)
26 January: Streetley (W Mids), Catford (London SE5)
21 January Dublin (Ireland)
18 January: Fenstanton, Huntingdon (Cambs) Sedbergh (Cumbria)
17 January: Poulton, Blackpool (Lancs)
16 January: Chorley (Lancs) Toxteth (Merseyside) Briston (Norfolk) Braintree (Essex) Willenhall (West Mids) Congleton (Cheshire) Bognor Regis (Sussex) Openshaw (Gt Manchester) Great Barr (W Mids)
13 Jan: Alderley Edge (Greater Manchester) Truro (Cornwall)
12 January: Stirling, Ingliston (Scotland)
10 January: Stoneleigh CANCELLED (Warks)
9 January 2010: Glasgow (Scotland, Newport (IoW) Reading etc (Berks), Saltburn (see Yorks) Crawley etc (Sussex), Swindon (Wilts) Gt Barr, Streetly (W Mids) Dorking, Croydon (Surrey)
18 Dec: Longford (Ireland)
17 Dec: Leigh on Sea (Essex), Poole (Dorset)
7 Dec: Loddon (Norfolk) Bolton (Lancs)x4
3 Dec Streetly, Gt Barr (W Mids)
30 Nov: Newbury (Berks), Renfrew (Scotland)
29 Nov: East Kirkby (Lincs) Tewkesbury (Glos) Alveston, Iron Acton (Somerset) Frampton Cotterell (Glos) Spondon (Derbys) Dorset- several, IoW- several, Midhurst (Sussex)
28 Nov: Leamington Spa (Warks) Croft, Measham (Leics), Dublin (ireland) Smethwick (WMids), Wymondham(Norfolk) Cwmbran (Gwent) Leek (Staffs), Skegness, Louth (Lincs)
27 Nov: Cambridge (Cambs), Cleveleys (Lancs), Wirral (Cheshire), Exeter (Devon) Gristhorpe (Yorks) Castle Combe (Wilts) Walkington (Yorks) Teignbridge (Devon)
25 Nov: Lebberston (Yorks) Stetchford (W Mids) Lampeter (Pembroke), Cardigan (Pembroke), Brighton (Sussex) Glasnevin (Dublin/Ireland)
22 Nov: Rugby (Warks - from March 2010
13 Nov: Woodingdean (Sussex), Antrim (N Ireland), Alton (Hants), Didcot (Oxon), Gotham(Notts) Yeovil (Somerset), Dumfries (Scotland), Swaffam (Norfolk), London (W7), North Cave (E Yorks) Farnborough (Hants) Whisby (Lincs), Sutton Coldfield Great Barr, Streetly, Chelmsley Wood (W Mids)
11 Nov: St Austell (Cornwall)
3Nov: Wotton (Glos)
29 October: Tonbridge (Kent) Derbys, Notts, Leics - several
28 October: Donegal (Ireland)
27 Oct: Totton (Hants) High Wycombe (Bucks)
24 Oct: Coventry (Warks) Gt Barr (W Mids)
20 October: Bristol (Somerset) Glasgow (Scotland)
Gozo (Abroad)
18 October: Horsham (Sussex) Bath (Somerset) Aylesbury (Bucks)
16 October: Dewsbury (W Yorks) Jersey (Channel Islands) Bath (Somerset) Dunchurch (Warks) Crick (Northants)
10 October: Brandon (Warks)
6 October: Shootash, Fair_Oak, Bursledon, Blackfield, Winchester (Hants) Brickfields, Brading, St Helens, Ryde, Calbourns, Wooton, Newport (IoW) Swaffam (Norfolk) Bridgend, Cardiff, Porthcawl, Sully, Gelli Gaer (Glamorgan) Driffield (EYorks)
2 October: Rodford (Somerset) Llandudno (Conwy)
17 Sept: Swansea (Glamorgan) Ivybridge (Devon) Kettering (Northants)
16 Sept: SummerHill, Himley (Staffs) WestonsMare (Somerset)
15 Sept: Donegal (Ireland)
- This site lists over 2000 different car boot locations around the UK and Ireland plus many more car boot sales world-wide.
- Click on interactive map opposite to find a local car boot sale.
- Most have a link to a Google map to show the exact location of the carboot.
My son has done some more coding so you click on 'Map' button of a car boot and its infoWindow pops up on map at an increased scale to show its location.
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Stolen Goods. Unfortunately, stolen goods are often sold at car boots. I've been notified by a carbooter that this week this week a Stihl MS 260 chain saw and Alpina Chain saw were stolen. Kent police can be contacted on 01732 379 170 crime reference BY/8342/09.
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BEWARE when searching the internet. Many links apparently to sites about car boots in Google are bogus. They usually include random letters and numbers in the address eg im2zd9 plus several hyphenated words taken from a genuine website and are not .com or .co.uk addresses (see address in green at bottom of Google listing / in status bar). They lead to sites which download viruses, trojans and other types of malware. carbootsRus does not try to download any malware. All links to external sites in it have been tested and were ok when tested.
Please email me details of one new car boot sale from your local paper.
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- So, please check with the organisers before setting out.
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Car boot sales face tax blitz by cash-strapped Labour
from the Daily Mail 18 October 2009
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221159/Car-boot-sales-face-tax-blitz-cash-strapped-Labour.html#ixzz0UVx7yJIm
Gordon Brown was accused last night of a ‘tax blitz’ on Britain’s car boot sales in a desperate attempt to raise more revenue.
Valuation officials admitted that those who run the popular events could face tax rises in a revamp of property levies to come in next April.
They confirmed that landowners, including farmers, could be hit with bigger business rates bills if they hold regular sales.
The move has brought fears that the tax hikes will be passed on to customers in the form of higher admission fees and more expensive goods.
Last night, the Tories claimed bargain hunters would be the victims of ‘yet another assault by Gordon Brown’s tax inspectors’.
The number of car boot sales has rocketed in the past year as people try to raise extra cash in the recession.
One website which advertises the events reported a 78 per cent rise in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2008.
Local Government Minister Barbara Follett confirmed that under a five-yearly review of business rates, the Valuation Office Agency would take into account whether a property was being used for boot fairs.
She said: ‘Where a property is used as a car boot sale site its rateable value for the 2010 revaluation should reflect any rental enhancement attributable to that use.’
Her officials said this had always been the case when assessing rates and claimed most business would see their bills reduce next year.
But Tory Shadow Secretary for Local Government Caroline Spelman said that since the number of sales had soared, many more people would be affected, adding: ‘In the depths of a recession, car boot sales are more important than ever. They also help the environment by reducing the amount of unwanted items thrown into landfill.’
A spokesman for Ms Follett said last night: ‘The five-yearly revaluations make sure each business pays its fair contribution and no more.’
VOA sources said charity events would be unaffected.
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Latest additions / updates include:
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Please tell car boot organisers about this site, so we can increase the coverage.
And, please keep on
e-mailing me
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Markets are being threatened with closure.
Local Authorities are quoting 600 year old Royal Charters which 'give them authority to ban markets within a day's donkey ride of another.' None actually seem able to produce copies of these charters in today's English.
They claim this distance is equivalent to about 6.25 miles and are measuring as the crow flies. In one case Tyneside Council has to decide whether to allow a market to be set up within a donkey's ride of the market in South Shields. The distance as the donkey rides is nearer 14 miles.
Anecdotal evidence is more markets are better for the areas.
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Warning XP Service Pack 3 is bad for your health!!
Unfortunately, Service Pack 3 seems to make some PCs unhappy... VERY unhappy.
SP3 seems to be ok now but you are advised to back up your system before installing it.
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Increase Numbers of Car Boot Days
At the moment only 14 car boot sales a year can be held on any field in Green Belt land. The organisers of
"Warrington's Favourite Car Boot"
are petitioning to allow them for 28 days. They state "We go on about recycling, please tell me what is more efficient than recycling your unwanted items than burying that in land fill sites. A good day out for people and if run properly, a safe and clean way of raising extra cash and emptying your garage."
To support their petition, click here
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New Year's Resolution: please resolve to check in your local paper and email me updated information about one car boot every week. Please don't forget to say which county / area it's in.
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National Flood Helpline. Visit their
website rather than phoning - there's no geographical number to call.
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Popups. I've added a type of popup to the home page. It should not re-popup for about a week - if you've got cookies
enabled.
show popup
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Netscape Navigator browser - Support for NN will cease after 1 February 2008. The Netscape team recommend trying Mozilla Firefox.
Click here for details.
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Child Benefit Data Scandal Not only are the 25 million pieces of information lost we have to pay to phone the helpline. If you use saynoto0870.co.uk you will find an alternative number you can use which will be free if you have 'geographical' free minutes. It's 0191 2251144. Good luck.
- Weather Forecast every morning http://www.weatherwherever.com/
will send you, by email, a free 5 day weather forecast for your area every day. Sign up
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- Amazon
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- Argos normally has a great selection of reductions. Why not
reserve your items
through this site? It cost no more for you and will help keep this site going.
Either click on one of the Argos ads or, put an icon on your desktop.
Click here
to find out how.
Better still, reserve and pay for it after clicking through carbootsRus!
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Used SAYNOTO0870.com today to renew my Privilege Insurance premium. They also offer a 25% discount on AA membership.
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Transfer tapes to MP3 free (Updated Information).
My birthday present, back in August, was an MP3 player from Amazon. It came with trial software letting me rip all my tapes to computer in WAV but only encode 20 to MP3. I've exhausted the 20 so I searched for a freebie and found a fully functional free one at Audacity
. (Most are just trials or only copy 75% of your file!). At this rate, I'll need to get myself a bigger MP3 player!
MadSally
has full details of how to transfer it all (again free!). To transfer you need a tape player, preferably mains, with a headphone socket (from a car boot sale) and a line-in on the computer + a 3.5mm stereo jack-to-jack lead. Good luck.
I've also found NCH Software which has an even better piece of software which can convert your vinyls and tapes directly to mp3!! The quality of recording is excellent.
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Buying a new computer?
I've just transferred all my programs and files from my old one in 20 minutes using PCmover on my home network. I didn't have to find all those old cds to reinstall everything! 'PCmover is the easiest way to move all your programs, files, and settings to a new PC.'.
 I don't recommend using the 'Easy Transfer' cable for Vista.
The best options are either to set-up a peer2peer network using a cross-over cable or use the PCmover USB2 cable, if you have USB2 on your old machine.
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Windows pirates get IE7 amnesty.
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Make Premium Rate calls for free.
Save up to 40p / minute. Where companies list only 0870, 0871, 0844 and 0845 numbers which are not free, even on your mobile with its 'free' minutes SAYNOTO0870.com lists alternative landline or freephone numbers. It's free to use.
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Telephone queues
- Don't tear your hair out being held in a telephone queue. Next time an electronic voice tells you to press 5 so that you can press 7 and then press 2 - don't! Just don't press anything. Wait it out. Apparently, 80% of the time you'll actually get through to a person or be put on call back, which means... less waiting!
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Bienvenue, St Germaine-sur-Vienne
Three bedroom, charming self catering fermette, 10km from Chinon. Perfect, quiet location for Loire Valley holidays and house-hunters. Ideal for cyclists / walkers. Sleeps 5. £230 to £295 pw
Tel : 01732 761442 (evgs)
French gite - Pays de Loire |
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The Barn, Hepple, Northumberland
Three bedroom, self-catering, sensitively converted barn with adjacent 14th-cent Pele Tower. Perfect, quiet location for Borders holidays and house-hunters. Ideal for cyclists / walkers.
Sleeps 6. £316 to £418 pw
Tel : 0870 197 5853 (quote ref 4166)
Holiday cottage - Coquet Valley |
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Llangrannog Cottage near Cardigan
Beautiful and characterful cottage only 5 minutes walk from Llangrannog's (blue flag) sandy beach with its 2 cafes, pubs and local shop. The patio, ideal for BBQs, overlooks a stream.
Sleeps 5. £170 to £260 pw
Tel : 07769567671
Holiday Cottage - Wales |
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Car
Boot Sales: facts & figures
Each year 1.5 billion pounds
are spent at Car Boot Sales in the UK.
One million people visit Car Boot Sales every weekend during the season.
Average spend £9.61 per visit.
Most profitable boots London (£83), Wales (£80) per boot full |
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The UK has
'Car Boot Sales', what do others have?:
- France -
Brocante
/ vide-grenier (empty your attic) / Troc et Puces
(exchanges)
- Australia - Swap
Meet
- USA - Garage Sale
- Wales - Arwerthiant
/ Sêl Cist Ceir
- Ibiza - rastrillo
- Netherlands - kofferbakmarkt(trunk barge = barge-boot)
- Italy - 'sofitte in piazza'(= cash in the attic) also 'mercato delle pulci' = flea market; 'mercato dell'usato' = car boot
- Finland - kirpputori
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Tips for buying / selling:
Buying:
- get up early!
- always bargain
- check all the boxes
- check for damage
- beware of electrical items unless seen working
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Selling
- Take plenty of change and plastic bags
- Use a bum-bag to keep money safe
- take warm clothing
- clearly display your items - make book and video titles easily seen
- put a tablecloth / sheet on your table
- price up the bigger items beforehand
- take some stationery: pens, pencils & stickers
- be honest, helpful and remain polite
- on arrival, walk round for 10 mins, then set up your pitch, otherwise you will be overwhelmed.
- selling for a charity? If so consider using the GiftAid form to donate your takings - this may increase the amount by 28%
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Parking - several organisers have been warned by the police that their car boot may be in jeopardy if customers park on the verges outside or the drivers may be ticketted for obstruction. So, please park inside the grounds. |
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