Countess of Chester car boot sale

Child of Brazil in ACTION

2nd car boot sale

Countess of Chester Car boot sale (11.8 miles distant)

Sunday 21/09/2014

Seller fee: £9

Money raised: £104.80 (I got £9 from this to pay the seller fee)

Getting up time at 4:45 am

Setting up time: 5:45 (I was still setting up the stall at 9:00 :) )

Leaving time: 12:30 (One of the last ones)

When I arrived there, there were already people queuing to get in and people waiting to buy, they asked for perfumes and jewellery. It was dark when i arrived and the people buying had torches to look at the stuff I had. One of them helped with his torch for me to assemble my tables. Again I wanted everything tidy and organised. Again I set up my stall with Brazilian flags and bunting and a banner showing that all proceeds would go to charity in Brazil.

This time I had a rail for hanging clothes and I perceived that there were a lot of parents with children looking for clothes, shoes and pushchairs. I inflated some balloons to attract attention to my stall and gave some away to children for free.

This time I dint forget my lunch but almost didn't have time to eat it as I was so busy. My neighbour asked me if I saw the lady giving leaflets for the charity for blind people, they were asking for unwanted items at the end of the sale. I thought this would be a good idea for our charity but unfortunately we do not have a van or enough space in the car to take extra stuff home for the next sale.

Time passed quickly again and soon it was the end of the event as I was reloading the car, a strange man came to try and purchase everything I had left. He asked the price for everything and when I told him £35 for a few items he offered £25 for everything and said he has children but it seemed he only wanted items to re-sell himself.

Well that was good experience again, living and learning every day.