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BARGAIN house clearance!
1989 This story is genuinely true! Nearly 25 years ago during our ownership of Dig & Delve in Swanpool Street, Falmouth Lou and I were getting ready to go home when about 5.30 pm a customer comes in asking for the boss so being senior to my Lou I stepped forward ‘Can I help you’? “I want to leave Falmouth early in the morning and I have a house full of furniture, I want it cleared tonight for £500.00 cash” I explained it would be impossible for us to clear a house at such short notice but we would be…This could have been a very nasty accident!
When we arrived on Sunday for the relocated Car Boot Sale there were two rows of sellers and one car which was parked wrongly in the front of the queue however his reasoning was that his wife who was parked next to him had decided to do a car boot sale on her own. She packed up the car and put her table on the roof holding it down with a bungi jump lead and commenced her journey. Travelling along the dual carriageway to Truro the table blew off the ladies roof where the car travelling with three young children…50 Shags of grey-email poem!
The following message has been sent via the website: Name: Karen West Email: [email protected] Subject: A 50 shades poem Message: I was sent this and thought it would amuse you too! Fifty Shades of Grey Hair” The missus bought a Paperback Down Dymocks, Saturday, I had a look in her bag; T’was “Fifty shades of grey”. Well I just left her to it, At ten I went to bed An hour later she appeared; The sight filled me with dread….. In her left hand she held a rope; And in her right a whip! She threw them down on the…Legitimate complaint!
Buyers have got used to the way they have to queue whilst the sellers set up their stalls it is a fair system but many have tried to bend the rules in order to gain an advantage over the rest of the buyers. Several weeks ago I received complaints about one car selling with 4 occupants in the car who set their stall up watching all the other stalls and when the HORN goes off three of them rush to advantage buy whilst one looks after the stall. NOT on and NOT fair on two counts! So it happened again…Great Day at Mitchell!
Saturday 27th October; Very cold weather first thing so I was delighted that we went ahead at TRURO at 10.00am with only 38 sellers but they were well supported by good buyers who bought great bargains. However the weather improved during the day with the sun breaking through to give a warm but cold breezes afternoon. I am not being rude about the tourist but its nice when good old Cornwall has its end of season blues when they have all buggered off home and we are left with the riff-raff our locals-our regulars our COMMUNITY! It is amazing how…CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS!
Every time we get a clock change it causes confusion in some of our sellers minds because they claim they did not know! The clocks GO FORWARD by one hour this Saturday at midnight but of course you can do the change any time! It occurs to me that here is a golden opportunity for that extra cuddle with the Missus so take her in the breakfast on Sunday morning like a good husband and tell her 'I love you' and see what pops up or not! I tried it last year and got a chorus of bloody snoring!! Today…OK So I got it wrong!!
I had to hide myself in the car most of today because I had 12 emails 6 texts and NAG NAG NAG from lots of you who realized I had said the CLOCKS go FORWARD when I should have said they go BACK but surely you know me enough to have guessed it was a WIND UP!! Our Rosie thought it was a great idea in the morning to have the extra hour in bed and served with breakfast and then being SERVED again! Hussey! Lady Lynn is on a promise every day she is one of the happiest customers…There are two sides to every story!
The owner of the picture that told a potential buyer to EFF off yesterday admitted he did swear at the man his reasoning was that the picture had been signed by the artist but the buyer said it would cost him money to have another artist move a mark off the painting! 'Where's the mark' says the seller! "Its there says the buyer" and with a grubby hand the seller rubs at the oil painting and the buyer says 'Dont do that' and the buyer says "its my painting and I can do what I like and you can FOOK…End of season blues!
Tuesday at Newquay Circus Fields; The rains and drizzle that covered most of the South West gave Newquay a break up till about 2.00 pm when the drizzle claimed an early end to the Car Boot where 40 sellers were well supported by spending buyers who took advantage of good bargains. Almost every Boot Sale there is an incident of some sort that beggers belief! Lots of our buyers are looking for that special bargain therefore it is reasonable to barter with the sellers, during the 'peak season' the holidaymakers are usually the ones that offer stupid and insulting prices…Stunnning success at TRURO!
SUNDAY 21st October 2012 We had planned to be at MABE to take advantage of the BBC's weather forecasts that promised several days without rain and the signs and fields were all ready when the rain started and at 11.30 am I decided there was no alternative than to move the Car Boot Sale to TRURO with TWO hours notice. Again through the power of our website and mobile phones we were able to achieve an attendance of up to 600 people who supported the move, many thanks to all who turned up to buy from 34 plucky sellers who…Page 73 of 109
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