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  • Malvern Rider
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    just off to the wonderland of tat and pearls that is Pendeen boot sale, hopefully will find be something better than a basket of moles on offer last week.

    But I did find a bike for a quid, belt drive and working brakes!

    Stoner
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    Pendeen is a long way from malvern.

    I managed to buy two Kane flue gas analysers at the Pughs auctions in Ledbury for £8 last year. One was dead but the other has been fine since a £150 service and calibration. £400 new.

    richmars
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    I got a plastic sextant (I think it’s for training). I’m keeping it for when GPS falls out of the sky.

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    takisawa2
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    My Dad once carved me a huge phalus as a joke.
    Must have been 14″ long. Was meant to be a kit hanger.
    I sold that to a lady at Cannock car boot sale.
    I often wondered if… 😳

    palmer77
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    I found a new Jay Adams Z-Flex skateboard for £4 🙂

    http://www.zflex.co.uk/blue-lbc-cruiser.html

    Malvern Rider
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    Folding, walnut cased, inlaid veneer travel chess set
    Brand new Lifeproof iPhone case.

    4 quid total and zero donuts consumed. Always quit while ahead…

    That skateboard find must’ve made you grin like a loon

    PiknMix
    Free Member

    Raleigh burner (the blue and yellow one) for a fiver.

    neilsonwheels
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    A pair of Rockshock Judy’s for a tenner. Quick wipe over and some air and they did the rounds on many hacks for well over 5 years.
    A spanking new pair of Shimano DX pedals for £5. Still running them 10 years later.

    ads678
    Full Member

    Best thing I’ve ever found at a boot sale is the butty van!

    highclimber
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    I got me a BBB track pump for £8 on sunday. still had tags on.

    AnyExcuseToRide
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    I found an old Leica film camera at a car boot sale in Kamloops in Canada last summer for $10. When I at the boot sale I was thinking hmmm Leica, I know they are expensive, went home and looked them up and nearly shit my pants… they were all prices between £1000-2000!!!!!

    I eventually sold it to a Leica specialist in London for £880 with a lens and case (needed a refurbishment)

    was one of these http://www.ebay.com/bhp/leica-m4-p

    I also found some RAD fluro old sunnies at the same car boot sale for $4 which again when I have looked them up are around £80

    These… little bit of a scary photo

    Malvern Rider
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    As a photographer that Leica find makes me grin. As an inveterate bargain hunter it makes me greeeeen

    Legoman
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    Found me a nice little Spesh Hotrock last time I visited one.
    £25 secured it and 30 minutes tinkering got it fully operational.

    Sold for £107 on eBay the following week. Not quite in the same league as the Leice, but it made me happy!

    Also got a very useful Chain Reaction wheel bag for £3 on the same day

    boxfish
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    My old dear picked up a brooch for £1.50 at a car boot sale. Turned out to be white gold and diamonds… valued at £2k.

    palmer77
    Free Member

    Malvern Rider – Member
    Folding, walnut cased, inlaid veneer travel chess set
    Brand new Lifeproof iPhone case.
    4 quid total and zero donuts consumed. Always quit while ahead…
    That skateboard find must’ve made you grin like a loon
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    To be fair, I just saw the Jay Adams name and bought it, then googled it later 🙂

    My 4 year old now has a very nice board!

    spawnofyorkshire
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    A tidy set of Gray Nicholls Pads and a G&M bat from a mother rather annoyed with her son

    got them both for £4, worth well over £200 and pretty much brand new

    never got on with that bat though and sold it to a teammate

    aracer
    Free Member

    Reading other posts on here I was wondering whether I was missing out having never visited one – thanks for confirming my prejudice!

    DezB
    Free Member

    Few years back got an original 60s mint copy of the Rolling Stones “Let it Bleed” for £1. Don’t know or care if it’s valuable, but its a lovely thing.

    Also, with my kid, bought a couple of original toy Transformers for 50p each. We had no idea that they would be valuable (it was long before the film was made), so only bought 2 from this kid’s collection of about 10. Gutted, they would have been worth a fortune!

    xcgb
    Free Member

    My old camping kettle and nested set of pans
    I bought them 30 years ago (Gulp)
    The frying pan is still non stick despite being used on fires and with metal implements

    paid a pound for both 🙂

    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    Does a £3 back wheel count? Campagnolo Record hub, Mavic MA40 rim and Maillard block. Needed a new tyre though.

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