In the UK and Ireland, yard sales are not the way people sell things.  Instead, they have car boot sales, a flea market where people pull up in their cars and pretty much sell from their trunks….er, boots.

The vendors pay anywhere from 10 to 30 euro to park and sell. The drawback is that they have to schlep the stuff but then they do get to benefit from the organizer’s marketing efforts and having a venue where shoppers can buy in one place.

We hit a few car boot sales in Dublin over the weekend.  The ones we got to weren’t all that impressive as they were more second hand clothing and tschotskes and less vintage and antiques.  The prices were so-so.  Supposedly it’s better in the countryside.

Anyway, that’s my Monday post while I’m waiting for my flight to board, which it is just now…so I’m cutting this short.

See you soon!

-Phyllis