Apologies if this has been raised before but I was so incensed by my experience last week, I had to post. The carboot sale is advertised as busy and with a large indoor and outdoor space. It was anything but. 1)I drove my car in to set up... and then had to park outside and at a significant distance from the sale as there were no immediate spaces outside the sale itself. This defeated the object of a carboot sale for which I paid ?10 for the privilege of bringing my car. The above was then repeated when I had to leave. There was also limited space for a car to safely enter/exit. 2)My stall was swarmed by 8 people grabbing everything from my bags (unfortunately I was alone). They refused to pay decent money for anything and I ended up literally selling things for a quarter of the price just to get rid of them and my stuff. Subsequently I made ?29 in just over 3 hours (including the ?10 entrance fee). After the rush there was no one for over 2 hours... 3)The other stall holders made nothing as they (rightly) refused to budge from their prices. Of the other 4 stall holders around me, none were ever going to return citing Flamingos and Battersea as much better experiences. The other sellers were very friendly/supportive and none of us were selling hugely overpriced items. On a positive note, the staff were friendly but save yourself the time, effort and money by going elsewhere.
