beko1987
Well-known member
Carrying on the Sunday trend of car boot sales...!
Myself and my good lady had a stall at one today (West Wycombe)! Was mainly to get rid of clothed we didn't want, but I managed to sneak a little something in that coincidentally went to a member of our very parish!
Badly stitched shot of our stall (sun was right on the screen). The rule is, the pitch is as long as your car, so we took the XM!
From Hoover Junior 119
Once set up, I went for a wander, and stumbled across a rather handsome looking 119. Boxed set of tools, instructions, original reciept, I felt the old heartbeat rising. Wandered over, playing it cool (as you do), and basically got told to take my tenner and shove it as they wanted more. Wandered back to our stall, told Amy who said she would have a look. She came back empty handed and said they wanted £50 for it.
I dejectedly left it at that, and we carried on. 4 hours later, and we are packing up. I had a look over and saw it was still there, so had another go. This time I went in guns blazing. The seller only wanted it to go to a museum or someone who will take care of it. I explained I was the latter of those two, and she still said £50. So I pointed out all the little niggly things wrong with it, and with a huff she said £25 and it's yours.
Can you guess what happened next?
From Hoover Junior 119
Of course!
Means I didn't make a profit with my stuff at the car boot (running joke as I sold all my stuff in the first hour) but meh!
From Hoover Junior 119
From Hoover Junior 119
This rolled out of the box when I got it home, extra value WIN! (Eventually I want to fit it back on, and make a convertor for use!)
From Hoover Junior 119
From Hoover Junior 119
From Hoover Junior 119
From Hoover Junior 119
Even with this utterly knackered belt it ran very well! Can't afford belts this month though, so I hope it doesn't snap!
From Hoover Junior 119
Will hunt for new brushroll brushes too
From Hoover Junior 119
Serial number 124126
From Hoover Junior 119
Not sure where the extra random stampings are for
From Hoover Junior 119
Missing switch cover. Luckily my scrapper in the garage has a perfectly good one!
From Hoover Junior 119
I love the bag, it's in brilliant condition!
From Hoover Junior 119
Anda quick play with some weetabix
Probably be a while before anything happens with this one! Got the DC07 in pieces, the Contour is awaiting the missing pieces before being complete, the TP2 is waiting for it's new motor, and the 875 is scattered around too. All whilst I get it in the ear about the mess upstairs.
Still, I sold the TP Boost, so 1 out 1 in as they say! Plus she is beautiful!
Myself and my good lady had a stall at one today (West Wycombe)! Was mainly to get rid of clothed we didn't want, but I managed to sneak a little something in that coincidentally went to a member of our very parish!
Badly stitched shot of our stall (sun was right on the screen). The rule is, the pitch is as long as your car, so we took the XM!
From Hoover Junior 119Once set up, I went for a wander, and stumbled across a rather handsome looking 119. Boxed set of tools, instructions, original reciept, I felt the old heartbeat rising. Wandered over, playing it cool (as you do), and basically got told to take my tenner and shove it as they wanted more. Wandered back to our stall, told Amy who said she would have a look. She came back empty handed and said they wanted £50 for it.
I dejectedly left it at that, and we carried on. 4 hours later, and we are packing up. I had a look over and saw it was still there, so had another go. This time I went in guns blazing. The seller only wanted it to go to a museum or someone who will take care of it. I explained I was the latter of those two, and she still said £50. So I pointed out all the little niggly things wrong with it, and with a huff she said £25 and it's yours.
Can you guess what happened next?
From Hoover Junior 119Of course!
Means I didn't make a profit with my stuff at the car boot (running joke as I sold all my stuff in the first hour) but meh!
From Hoover Junior 119From Hoover Junior 119This rolled out of the box when I got it home, extra value WIN! (Eventually I want to fit it back on, and make a convertor for use!)
From Hoover Junior 119From Hoover Junior 119From Hoover Junior 119From Hoover Junior 119Even with this utterly knackered belt it ran very well! Can't afford belts this month though, so I hope it doesn't snap!
From Hoover Junior 119Will hunt for new brushroll brushes too
From Hoover Junior 119Serial number 124126
From Hoover Junior 119Not sure where the extra random stampings are for
From Hoover Junior 119Missing switch cover. Luckily my scrapper in the garage has a perfectly good one!
From Hoover Junior 119I love the bag, it's in brilliant condition!
From Hoover Junior 119Anda quick play with some weetabix
Probably be a while before anything happens with this one! Got the DC07 in pieces, the Contour is awaiting the missing pieces before being complete, the TP2 is waiting for it's new motor, and the 875 is scattered around too. All whilst I get it in the ear about the mess upstairs.
Still, I sold the TP Boost, so 1 out 1 in as they say! Plus she is beautiful!
