Controversy Over Car Boot Sales, Traders & Markets! | S07E07

More and more car boot sales seem to be combining with markets or being overrun by market stalls. Should they be one and the same? Do you avoid the traders? Should new goods be banned from car boot sales? Lets chat...

I'm joined by the infamous "Bargain Bell" for this podcast.

Plus the usual honest interactive reseller chat you've become accustomed to!

My YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@CarBoot_Chris?sub_confirmation=1

My Website - http://www.carbootchris.com

Transcript

SPEAKER_05 0:01

On today's podcast, we've got boot sale controversy. We've also got an online podcast, Easter egg hunt. Yeah, you heard that right. And of course the duck race, plus loads more reselling, chit chat, whatever you want to talk about it, talk about, we will talk about. My name's Chris, aka Carboot Chris, and I'm a full-time UK online reseller. I operate mainly on eBay, but also on vintage and whatnot. I'm bringing a regular podcast all about reselling with a bit of fun thrown in too. Hopefully to keep you company to entertain you and maybe a little bit of education. Who knows? Welcome to the Everything Reselling Podcast. Hello, good evening, everybody. It's Happy Easter. Happy Easter, everybody.

SPEAKER_00 1:01

Happy Easter.

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Or as I like to say it, happy chocolate eating weekend.

SPEAKER_03 1:07

So it changed from a day to a weekend.

SPEAKER_05 1:09

Yeah. Yeah. I sent everybody, instead of saying happy Easter, because really I'm not really religious, right? Instead of saying happy Easter to everybody yesterday, I sent out messages to everyone saying happy eating chocolate day.

SPEAKER_03 1:24

He did.

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He did.

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He did that.

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You sent your happy Easter and I followed it up.

SPEAKER_03 1:28

Well, to be fair, I sent Happy Easter with a picture of cookie.

SPEAKER_05 1:31

So doing an Easter egg hunt. Fair enough. Well, welcome back. Thanks for joining us. If you're watching us here live on YouTube, then welcome. Please join in the comments. And there's going to be an extra reason why it'd be a good idea to join the comments tonight. We'll talk about in a second. If you're listening to us on Apple Music, Spotify, what else, Amazon, Alex, any of those audio channels, thank you very much for listening or downloading the podcast. I hope you enjoy it tonight. We're going to talk about all kinds of things, but including boot cell controversy that we've been reading online today, haven't we?

SPEAKER_03 2:07

Yeah, not really a controversy. It is. It's a debate.

SPEAKER_05 2:10

It's a debate. It's a debate. It's a debate. It's a debate. So we'll join it in a minute. But there's a lot of interesting comments on this debate. So we can all wade in and have a go. Alright? In the meantime, before we start Belle's hellos, Belle's going to tell you why it's a good idea to get your comments in tonight, aren't you?

SPEAKER_03 2:32

Yes. I know I'm I'm acutely aware that we haven't had any uh little gamey things on recently. We've missed the last few events with everything that's been going on. So we decided we'd do Easter. And no, before you ask, there's no shock ball involved in this because I know what all you sicko's are like. What we have got is just a little game so you can win a couple of prizes.

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Easter egg hunt.

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It's it's not really an Easter egg hunt because you haven't got find the Easter egg. It is an Easter egg hunt.

SPEAKER_05 3:03

That's what I'm calling it.

SPEAKER_03 3:04

So it's uh it's a find the gift in the Easter egg hunt. So basically, what we're gonna do throughout throughout this evening is we're gonna take sections of the chat, throw it into chat GPT and get them to draw a name. If your name is drawn, you get to pick a colour egg, you'll just have to say yellow, blue, green, or pink. We'll pick one out, open it up. If there's a flower inside, you get to win a little prize. If there isn't, tough luck. Tough luck. So there's two little prizes inside these little eggs, just as a little Easter gift for us to send to you. There we go.

SPEAKER_05 3:41

If you're listening rather than watching, I'm sorry about that, but it hopefully it'll still be fun to listen to.

SPEAKER_03 3:47

Yeah, but we've got to keep our watchers amused as well. And if you've been following us for a while, you will know that we don't normally go this long without having some sort of little game if it's a festive event.

SPEAKER_05 4:00

Yeah, so and also if you are listening rather than watching, then come and join us here on YouTube because then you can join in some of our little games. But we will have plenty of reselling chit chat this evening as well. So make sure you stay tuned for the entire show. First up, Belle's gonna say hello to as many people as possible. This is gonna take me about three seconds.

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It's very, very quiet.

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Where is everybody?

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Remember, very quiet.

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If you don't comment, you have no chance of having your name drawn out throughout the night for an Easter egg hunt, okay? Just saying.

SPEAKER_03 4:33

Shall we show them the little prizes that you have to wear?

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You've got some chocolates and then a chicken. There you go. You've got some chocolates and a chicken. You got some Marty's mini eggs, and you've got a little wind up.

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It's a bunny, actually. It's not a bunch of pink bunny.

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It's a wind up bunny, which Cookie loves that.

SPEAKER_03 4:54

Cookie does love it. Cookie was playing with it the other day.

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So that could be your winning prize. Much coveted. Right, here we go. You ready?

SPEAKER_03 5:04

Yes. Let's go for it. Let's let's let's get these. Look, I'll be are we at the bottom in no time? Right, go. Are you starting? Yeah, it's still. Oh, we're started. Uh so first I've got Kevin Hawthorne, then I've got Linling Jeffries.

SPEAKER_05 5:17

Angel of Delight was an up there as one.

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Oh, I can't see. Oh, yeah, I can. There you are, Angel of Delight, sorry about that. Um, Karen Evans, Deborah Sardine, Anne One, UK, Helen Graham, Mark Hill, Sharon Island, Fluffy the Muffin, Carol Harris, El Remente, AMPJ, Demise Family, Ross Craddock, is that Ross Craddock? John Parker, Cavallis, Rachel Fantastic, Huskers Emporium, Pixel Fix, Ens Dent, Lizzie Scotty Dog, Jeff Davis, The Thrifty Puzzler, Limelight Vintage. Did I say Fluffy the Muffin? I can't remember, but if you didn't, hello. Uh Lisa Christopher Baker. I started late, so I'm going to carry on. Apart from I've had that street, I've lost it now because an advert popped up. Where was it up to? Where was it up to? Chris Tyler, Alex Director Drip, Husker's Emporium, Phil Higginson, Sandringham's Slipper. Is that?

SPEAKER_05 6:26

You've gone well over.

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Colin Lingus, I don't care. I'm going rogue. Paul Jarman, Andrew Milburn, The Swimming Bear.

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That's it.

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And then we're at the end.

SPEAKER_05 6:36

Well done.

SPEAKER_03 6:37

That was because I said I was going to get to the ending with no trouble, wouldn't it?

SPEAKER_05 6:42

Yeah. One minute's not long, really, to read the chat.

SPEAKER_03 6:45

And I started late. So I'll just go back through. Thank you for all your happy Easter wishes. I hope everybody's had a nice bank holiday weekend. If you've been off, if you've been working, I hope it wasn't too bad.

SPEAKER_05 6:56

Uh Linlin's been a member for 22 months. Wow. Thank you so much, Lyndon. What a legend. And what else we've got comments that we missed? Also, A and One UK said I think some car booters see it as a tax-free alternative to eBay. Now, eBay have to report earnings to HMRC, so you'll get it some so much on eBay when asking how much something is. That's been happening for a long time, to be honest, hasn't it? That's not really a controversy we're going to talk about tonight. That's I guess that's another conversation, isn't it? But stay tuned. We'll talk about the comments. I don't know that was it does come up.

SPEAKER_03 7:32

That was part of the comments, as you can imagine, but we've only taken a small selection of the comments out. And the post itself has about four or five hundred comments on it now. It's got like a load of traction. Amazingly.

SPEAKER_05 7:48

Husty says, Chat GPT, find my name pronto. I wonder if it'll take any notice of the comment.

SPEAKER_03 7:55

Demise says happy death by chocolate.

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Ross Craddock's first time watching, but I've I've bought from YouTube. To resell on Vinted. Oh no. Thank you, Ross. Was that on a live show, like eBay Live or whatnot? Nice one, though. Thank you, Ross. I appreciate it.

SPEAKER_03 8:11

Ross says April already. It will be 6am car boots in in shorts soon. To be fair, we were sat in the garden this afternoon. I had a little summer dress on and it was bloody boiling. No doubt it'll be snowing tomorrow, but that's not the point.

SPEAKER_05 8:27

And Demise Family said currently grabbing the last few orders to go out and tearing apart the mystery shack, the love shack, Anicola. Big changes. Ooh, interesting. I think you need to organise a love shack. So it it must be hard to pick from it. I think we need to see a proper video, rip it out, start again, and get it into some organisation, get a SKU system going.

SPEAKER_03 8:52

That's what we need. Deb says, boo, no shock balls, spoil sport. It only hurts for a second. Right, I'll send it your way, Debs.

SPEAKER_05 9:00

You do not understand how much that hurts. Pixel Fix says ten years ago there were five-pack car boot sales on a Sunday. Now it's down to two. Are they just hanging on most of the same weekly stalls now? Hmm, interesting comment. Yeah, we'll we'll come to that.

SPEAKER_03 9:17

Shock the Easter bunny, says Fluffy the Muffin.

SPEAKER_05 9:21

Chris Tyler said he saw Cookie's Easter hunt.

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Didn't she? Do well. I did a second one today. But did it round the grass area in the garden and it still only took her about three minutes.

SPEAKER_05 9:34

Ross said, I found your sponsored page and bought a Wales rugby shirt made£15 on it. Oh wow. Well done. Good. No, it's fine. If we can all make a bit of money on it, it's all good. Everyone's got to make a bit. No skewing brace the chaos. Come on, you need skew now. You've got 3,000 listings on eBay. By the way, I'm gonna I had a very quick look at your Walking Dead stuff. I'm gonna have a proper look at it tomorrow if that if it hasn't all been sold by the Phil says I have a shock pen thought.

SPEAKER_03 10:12

How bad could it be? Bloody hell not nice. No, no, that ball is awful. It really is awful.

SPEAKER_05 10:41

The ball's worse than a pen. It's got multiple it's got multiple points. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:49

So let's give this let's give it a try, shall we? Let's give this a try for our first person to pick an egg. And if the first two eggs that get picked out are winners, that's it.

SPEAKER_05 11:00

Game over. Game over. Everyone listening right now will be praying for that to happen. Right, okay. I'm gonna copy and paste a random section of the chat so far. So if you've commented, that will be good for you anyway. And if you haven't, is it gonna work?

SPEAKER_03 11:17

Don't say that. You said you'd practice.

SPEAKER_05 11:19

Oh, here we go. Here we go. A random section of the chat. I'm not looking who's on it, who's commented.

SPEAKER_03 11:25

You might do a bigger section than that.

SPEAKER_05 11:27

Bigger?

SPEAKER_03 11:28

Yeah. To get a bigger selection.

SPEAKER_05 11:31

Okay, boss. How about that?

SPEAKER_03 11:34

Alright, okay.

SPEAKER_05 11:35

That's about as big as it goes. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 11:38

Emstem said the big Ikea dinosaur we bought from your first eBay live sold on Saturday at the Emporium, so thank you very much.

SPEAKER_05 11:46

Who said that?

SPEAKER_03 11:46

Emstem.

SPEAKER_05 11:49

Oh good.

SPEAKER_03 11:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 11:51

What did they buy?

SPEAKER_03 11:53

Big Ikea Dinosaur. Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_05 11:56

Forgot about that. Here we go. Right, let's see who gets who's gonna be the first, who gets the first go at the Easter egg hunt. I can't speak today.

SPEAKER_03 12:06

No, we can't. We can't.

SPEAKER_05 12:07

I'm getting it all right. Right, okay. Here we go. We're ready. I'm gonna ask Chat GPT to announce the winner. Well, not the winner, but kind of the winner.

SPEAKER_03 12:16

The person who can pick an egg.

SPEAKER_05 12:18

Here we go. Are you ready? Hey ChatGPT, can you please announce our first draw winner?

SPEAKER_02 12:28

Oh, it's my honor. The very first draw winner, the pioneer of this fine tradition is none other than Sandra something, the original champion, forever etched in the Hall of Fame.

SPEAKER_05 12:41

Sorry. That is a that is a that is my test one. Oh God.

SPEAKER_02 12:47

No worries, Chris. We've got it now. When it's time for the real deal, I'll be ready to blast the name of the true champion into the stratosphere. No confusion, only glory. And now the moment you've all been waiting for. Out of everyone chiming in through Tales of Shockbins and Victorious Rugby shirt flips, the winner is at Phil Higginson. Phil Higginson! Phil, you've electrified this win.

SPEAKER_03 13:21

She talks too much. Can you ask us to do less talking? No.

SPEAKER_05 13:25

But she listened to our she was listening to our thing. She knew about shock balls. She knew about juice.

SPEAKER_03 13:36

She's taking it out of the things.

SPEAKER_05 13:38

Oh yeah. Tin hat off.

SPEAKER_03 13:39

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_05 13:43

I copied and pasted part of the chat where we talked about shock balls, and I thought she'd already been listening. Right, anyway, Phil. Phil, give us a colour.

SPEAKER_03 13:53

Right. Do you want pink, green, blue, or yellow?

SPEAKER_00 14:01

Dun dun dun dun. Blue.

SPEAKER_05 14:05

Blue.

SPEAKER_00 14:05

Let's pick a blue.

SPEAKER_05 14:06

Pick you pick a blue one. That's not blue, isn't it? Is that blue? Yes. That's blue.

SPEAKER_03 14:11

See it is. Ready.

SPEAKER_04 14:18

First one out.

SPEAKER_05 14:21

First one out. Well done.

SPEAKER_04 14:24

This is going to be a really quick game.

SPEAKER_05 14:25

This is going to be very quick. Phil, what would you like? Would you like the smartest mini eggs or the little chicken bunny?

SPEAKER_03 14:33

It's not a chicken bunny, it's just a hopping bunny. What is it? It's a hopping bunny.

SPEAKER_05 14:37

Alright, okay. What would you like? You can choose, Phil. Come on, anytime today, take your pick. Phil. Phil's trying to decide what he's having. Bunny! Oh, okay. That's a surprise. Uh let me write down Phil and Bunny.

SPEAKER_03 14:57

Send me your send me your address, Phil. I need to go back and buy Cookie one of these. She absolutely loved playing with it. She she was hopping around with it and then she was like bocking it to it until it fell over.

SPEAKER_05 15:08

So if you want to be within a chance of getting the next win, then you need to keep actors in the chat.

SPEAKER_01 15:14

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 15:14

And periodically we'll just shake a chunk, throw it in chat G. Hopefully she won't talk that much.

SPEAKER_05 15:20

I know. She talk a lot.

SPEAKER_03 15:23

I don't know if anybody else's chat is on fire with the adverts today, but every two minutes it's stopping and giving me an advert.

SPEAKER_05 15:31

Oh, thank you very much. That benefits you as well, you know. You get half of the penny that I earn from that advert. Since when? Since I use it to pay for things. Mm-hmm. Right. Let's talk about the theme for to tonight's show. So some boot sale controversy, right? And Bell stumbled across the Facebook post today. And it gave us the inspiration for tonight's show. Do you want to say a bit about the post, babe, and what it what it was, the context of it?

SPEAKER_03 16:12

Yeah, it was on one of the I can't even remember. I meant to note down the site that it was on, but it was just like a car, it was like a a general car boot site, and some some guy had put an update on there just putting it out to people, saying he'd been around a car boot and he felt like they weren't like the good old days where car boots were just general general Joe blogs rocking up with all the stuff out of the house that they decided they were getting rid of and setting up and selling out the boot of the car, and it was more traders, so market stalls, yeah, like market stalls and traders and things like that. And they were saying like they wish it could be more like the good old days, and it really got a lot of traction. Like I said, I was quite surprised. That's what drew me to it because it had about 300 comments on when I started reading, and that's still going. So I started looking through some of the chat, and it was quite interesting to see the different views from the different people that had put comments in there.

SPEAKER_05 17:11

So feel free to put in the chat what your views are on it. Are the car boot sales these days really turning into markets? Are there too many market stalls? Should there be no market stalls and just car boot sales, or should that should a market be separate to a car boot?

SPEAKER_03 17:28

There was a big debate between car boots only being for second-hand items and not selling new stuff. That was one of the big things that was coming up in the conversation. But yeah, you know, it's and I mean to be fair, the the guy was really polite about it, and he was kind of saying it, you know, that everybody had their own opinions about how it should be, but he just wondered what people felt. Um, and people had a lot of thoughts about it.

SPEAKER_05 17:59

So, do you want to should we read a we've saved some of the comments because we thought it might sort of drive a bit of conversation with you guys? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 18:07

Um interestingly, the very first comment that was on there straight away was somebody going having a dig at resellers. The very first comment, and I didn't get it.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_03 18:17

But yeah, the very first comment was somebody piping up saying that they were sick of selling at car boot sales and resellers coming wanting everything dirt cheap so that they could then throw it onto other media sites to make a profit. Oh, actually, I might have I might have put that one down because that got that did get a lot of it. It had about 160 likes, so there's clearly a lot of people that were agreeing with it. But then there was chat underneath it, people commenting and saying things like if you want more money for it, then don't haggle, you know, just say no. If you want more money for it, then do what the resellers are doing and go put it on the sites themselves instead of trying to get rid of it at a car boot. What difference does it make if all you want to do is get rid of it? What difference does it make if someone's trying to make money from it? So there was a lot of different comments that that followed it up afterwards, which was quite interesting.

SPEAKER_05 19:14

Here's a comment from a car boot sale runner who actually sort of found the post and commented so from the perspective of someone who runs a boot sale, they said, we are popular as we are not a market, and we refuse many weekly requests from market traders wanting to come and sell new clothes, bathroom towels, and tools, etc. We do have three to four regular market type stalls aren't selling what our stall holders have. So we have pet food, guy, a plant stall, a cake stall, but apart from that, that's it. You can't control who turns up on the day, but we get 300 odd stalls, and I'd say there is less than 15 vans a week. So it's approximately 95% car boot stalls. So that's coming from one who doesn't encourage lots of of market type stalls.

SPEAKER_03 20:03

But I think the other side of that, what came out of it was it's great saying that you want everything to be individual car booters and not people who the same people who show up every week with the white vans and get the stalls out. But one of the main topics that kept coming back from that was people don't have stuff to sell all the time. So relying on individual people coming to car boots when we have such bad weather as well would probably mean that car boots wouldn't last very long in this day and age, especially in the UK. So without the regular traders, there'd be nothing to go to.

SPEAKER_05 20:48

Yeah. Well, that kind of runs into the next comment, which is the people who run Cheddar car boot sale and market, by the way. That's it's that's the title. They said that they say that the m the regular market stalls keep us going on the poor weather days. They are our bread and butter. If you aren't keen on what they sell, then walk by. We have plenty of fair weather, genuine booters who keep it interesting. So they're basically saying that it the market traders who attend, they're the ones who actually keep them going. So when when car booters don't attend because of a little bit of drizzle or a bit of wind, the market traders are always there. So that's a really good point, isn't it?

SPEAKER_03 21:30

Well, we had recently, we got to Abercan near us, and I noticed a comment on one of their posts the other day, didn't I? Where somebody said, You've gone rubbish because you have they have like um the units, don't they like the big metal containers, and people have obviously bought them, store all the car boot stuff in it, and then every time they have a car boot on, they just open the doors and they drag everything out and put it on tables. And they were basically saying, Oh, you've ruined it by doing that. It's the same people every week, day in, day out, you know, you don't have any individual people. And their response was exactly the same. It's those people that keep them running through the winter months. Because if those people weren't there on a regular basis doing that, they wouldn't have anybody. So then it'd have to close down.

SPEAKER_05 22:17

I think that's a very fair point, actually, to be honest with you. Because you know, general sort of general people just selling their stuff as a car boot. And we're the same. We've got we've had a loft of stuff ready to go at a car boot, but a little bit of wind, a little bit of rain, we don't go. I'm waiting for a really nice day. And I think a lot of general car booters do that. They wait for the right day.

SPEAKER_03 22:41

On average, most people, if you're going to do it, we'll maybe do it once, twice a year. So that's you know, is that enough to make up a car boot, you know, every weekend without it just being a handful of storeholders? Who knows?

SPEAKER_00 22:57

Very difficult.

SPEAKER_03 22:58

I mean, one of the good on one of the comments, we thought it was quite interesting, and it may be a good idea that when you get car boots that are mixed with the traders and the markety stuff and car booters, do it like they do at Tay Prince near us, which is split it into two. So at Tay Prince, if anyone's ever been, the top end of the market where the gravel like ground is, is where all the car booters get put. And sometimes, if it's really big, they get put on the opposite side of the market as well. So you have like the two ends that are car booters, and then all the bit in the middle is the regular market stalls that are there all the time.

SPEAKER_00 23:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:36

And like today, we went and we didn't want to walk around the market, did we? No. So we walked around the car boot bit and then we left. And then we went.

SPEAKER_05 23:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:45

You know, and that could be a way to get around it because then there's a bit of everything for everyone, but you don't have to walk around the whole lot to get to what you want.

SPEAKER_05 23:54

Yeah. Let's have a look through the comments. We'll see what people are saying. There's lots of comments in. Husty says co Husty's Emporium said COVID ruined one of our local ones. It's never really recovered.

SPEAKER_03 24:04

I think it ruined a few, didn't it?

SPEAKER_05 24:06

I agree. Uh Deb Sardine said, exactly. I agree. The car boot sales down here are probably 80% traders. Wow, that's a lot. And expensive ones like that, not market traders, but resellers. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 24:20

One somebody came up with a valid thing because there was a comment similar to that, Deborah, which said, Oh, I walk round and 90% of it is traders. And somebody said, Well, remove those traders. That means you've only got 10% of stalls, which would amount to what five or ten stalls. And would that be enough for someone to want to go to a car boot?

SPEAKER_05 24:40

I mean, that that's that's fair, isn't it? Because if you yeah, if you remove the 80%, Deborah, then you haven't really got a boot sale, have you? It doesn't go on. I mean, that's that's a fair point. Em Sten said we used to go to one years ago, and on the left of the field was all all the boot sale stalls, and on the right of the field was all the market stalls. That's a good idea, isn't it? Yeah, I like I prefer that myself. Ross says, I went to my first one on Wednesday as a reseller. 80% of it was new tap market stalls and sweets and cleaning products, but my first store got me a rude hoodie for£3. I don't know what a rude hoodie is, actually, to be honest.

SPEAKER_03 25:22

Swimming Bear said they're a mix in my experience, not as good for buying as a reseller now. Everyone has to make a living, though, live and let it live.

SPEAKER_05 25:30

Yeah, true. Everyone's got to make a bit, haven't they? I mean, we're all just trying to make a living, aren't we?

SPEAKER_03 25:35

Reseller George says they have changed. I wish it was all Joel Blogg's family sellers, but times have changed. eBay and Vintage has chipped away again.

SPEAKER_05 25:43

Yeah, true. John Parker says, That's why I love York. No new items allowed.

SPEAKER_03 25:48

We've got a comment about York. Let's see if we can pull that comment up about York. Because there was an interesting thing that they said about York. They did mention that you couldn't sell new.

SPEAKER_00 26:03

That was the one with the guy.

SPEAKER_03 26:08

You'll be able to say, I think it starts with York.

SPEAKER_05 26:11

Alright. We're just looking now, guys. We're just looking. Oh yeah, it says York car boot doesn't allow any new goods, which is great. But the downside is you get loads of dealers selling at top money. But that's any market, be it a car boot, antique, antique fair, etc. And if it's something I really want, I will pay for it. And if I'm not after new stuff, I just walk past, it's no big deal.

SPEAKER_03 26:34

Yeah, and that is true because we went to York a while back, didn't we? Yeah. And they might not allow people with new stuff, but there was a hell of a lot of antiques ones, which, yeah, it's second hand, but it's still expensive secondhand stuff, isn't it? But then where do you draw the line?

SPEAKER_05 26:50

Do you say, oh, you're not allowed anything expensive at a car boot sale? Yeah. I mean, that doesn't really work, does it?

SPEAKER_03 26:56

I mean, there's nothing, there's no the I don't think there was ever a rule to say that car boots were cheap, were there? No, people just go to sell the stuff.

SPEAKER_05 27:05

You're allowed to put whatever price you want on stuff.

SPEAKER_03 27:08

And one of the other comments we've got on there in relation to people selling new stuff, because that was one of the things they were saying you shouldn't be allowed to be selling new stuff, so i.e. the people that are like buying and selling Amazon return stuff and and teamwut and things like that. But then there was a lady who made a comment and said, I just go to sell my own stuff a couple of times a year. She said, But in that, I've sometimes had brand new items that I've bought, never used, and have just sat in a cupboard and then come to the car boots. Why I'm still selling a new item? And they were like, So, where do you draw the line between not selling new items? Selling used items because sometimes just average Joe people sell.

SPEAKER_05 27:50

And I think sometimes people look at the rules and they just take it to the extreme, don't they? Maybe the rules say you're not allowed to sell brand new and then they've got one item new and tagged, and they go, Oh, can I sell it? Just put it out. Who's gonna care if you're selling one new item?

SPEAKER_03 28:06

Uh Andrew said, Maybe the market stall holders draw in more footfall to the card.

SPEAKER_05 28:10

Possible. I was saying this to Belle earlier because I said, Well, market traders still provide a good service to a community because they provide goods like house, household goods, toys and kids stuff at a reduced price, cheaper than what people can get it in the shops. I mean, I I've sometimes bought a few bits off T Prints.

SPEAKER_03 28:32

We we bought bin liners.

SPEAKER_05 28:33

Bin liners, I've bought tinfoil and I've bought you know you know the the exchangeable ends for the your electric toothbrush. I bought stuff like that, you know, and that's all expensive if you go to like Amazon and stuff. Poo bags.

unknown 28:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:48

We're probably buying dog poo bags and stuff for the dog.

SPEAKER_05 28:51

It they still provide a good service to people to get goods at a lower price. So yeah, maybe people do go, you know, for a bit of both.

SPEAKER_03 29:00

Chris says, I think there are a lot of trade traders selling like Amazon returns and teamw items. They should be on a market, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_05 29:08

On this subject, Chris, I saw an advert for a car boot sale, because we're in a few car car boot groups, aren't we? Facebook groups, you know, like local car boots. I saw one say, I don't know if you saw it as well, Belle, but I saw one say that no Amazon returns sellers were allowed. Do you remember? We were looking through.

SPEAKER_03 29:31

It was one in Liverpool.

SPEAKER_05 29:33

One in Liverpool specifically.

SPEAKER_03 29:36

Had no TMU, no Amazon, and no something else. I can't remember what the other one was.

SPEAKER_05 29:41

I can't remember what the other one was. But yeah, it has very specific, no Amazon returns. The thing is, around the Liverpool area and like Merseyside and Cheshire, there's a lot of the Amazon return warehouses. Like where we can we've been a few times. The trade centres. The trade centres and stuff, you can just pick up loads of cheap stuff. And you're seeing a lot more of that on the car boots, aren't you?

SPEAKER_01 30:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 30:07

I I don't care, right? Because my opinion is we've all got to earn a living, right? And if we sell something that someone wants, then why not? I don't care if it's a market store, I don't care if it's an Amazon Team or whatever. I don't really care. I think everyone deserves to have a chance at earning a living. So, you know, it doesn't bother me that kind of stuff, but it was interesting that they'd started picking up on no Amazon return sellers now. They've obviously had complaints about it.

SPEAKER_03 30:35

Sandringham said most of the stock at our local car boot in Bedfordshire was on sale at the local auction house the day before. It is mainly dealers, very few people selling off items from home.

SPEAKER_05 30:46

But then Is that the time of year though? Because once you get into July, it's going to be rampact with people selling their own stuff. Like us, we're waiting for a nice day, a really nice day because I don't want to do it when I'm cold, wet, damp, windy. I don't want any of that when I'm selling at a car boot. I and I might be car boot Chris, but I'm not really a car boot seller. I'm a buyer, not a seller. So, you know, when I go, I want to make sure it's a good day.

SPEAKER_03 31:12

Ross said I heard a stall holder say that she now makes more selling on vintage.

SPEAKER_05 31:16

Well, that doesn't surprise me. Sometimes you can only make like 50 quid at a boot sale, can't you? Or even a hundred quid. And you can do that in much quicker just selling on vintage, can't you? Let's be honest about it.

SPEAKER_03 31:30

Just let me pull up with some of that.

SPEAKER_05 31:33

Emsden said loads of stalls selling new items like perfume at the boot sale we went to the other day. Yeah, just traders and market stall holders. Nothing major said Oldham's Tommyfield market has closed for ready, ready for demolition now. The outdoor market is still open until September. Lizzie Scotty said Skirlington in East Yorkshire has a market in the sheds and on the on hard standing. The field next to it is used for a boot sale, so it's kept separate.

SPEAKER_03 32:02

Going back to saying about people selling the new stuff and it being making more money selling on vintage, somebody did put a comment on saying I sell new stuff at really cheap prices, minimum of 40% cheaper than you can get in the shops. And my profit margins are very slim, usually between one or two pounds per item. I do it more as a hobby than to make a profit, as I could quite easily sell stuff on marketplace or eBay and make a lot more money. I just enjoy the hustle and bustle of the car boots and often spend what I've earned on buying stuff for myself from other booters. So we don't know why people are there doing what they're doing. Like, you know, this guy's or girl, because it's if they're anonymous, so I don't know who they are. Go just because they like the atmosphere and like getting out chatting to people, probably.

SPEAKER_05 32:53

The swimming bear says my favourite sellers are the house clearance, to be honest. And to and I'm I'm similar to you. I quite happily buy from the house clearance guys. You know why? Because a lot of the time they haven't got time to go through things. They've done a house clearance, they've filled a van, and they almost bring it straight to the boot cell, put it out and sell it. And they often don't have the time to go through all that stuff and check it all for value. And they you can pick up some great deals from the house clearance guys.

SPEAKER_03 33:21

Someone did put a comment on saying that the house clearance guys are the ones that are winning at the car boots because they get paid to clear the houses and then sell it at the car boots.

SPEAKER_05 33:31

That is true, yeah. And let's have a look. Fluffy the Muffin said, Is a car boot pitch cheaper than a market pitch? Are there more people at a car boot than in town centre market? I think it all varies from town to town, really, to be honest. And Demise family said, I can understand why there's a lot of market traders' stalls now because selling at a car boot is far cheaper. I'm paying for a pitch on the local market, it's where we originally began reselling.

SPEAKER_03 33:57

And that's one of the things we said, didn't we, when we were saying about using a market? And you said, but are they outpricing people so they won't, they can't afford to have stalls? Uh somebody put there, sadly though, most car boots would not survive without business sellers. And obviously, so then somebody commented saying, 'How do you work that out?' and he put, because how many times can a person have a clear out? Probably twice a year. Car boots would have been a thing of the past a long time ago if it was if it was to rely solely on people wanting to make a few pounds on the odd stuff lying around the house. Plus, those who put money into stock are more likely to turn up every week, regardless of the weather, than that than those that are having a clear out and wait till better weather. Exactly. Like us.

SPEAKER_05 34:43

Exactly what we do. Exactly. I we've we had we've had opportunities this like to this weekend, last meh, maybe last weekend, to do a boot sale, but we just didn't feel like it was nice enough. You know, it's been nice today, we probably could have done one this morning. But Sharon Island says there's definitely more people selling items from Amazon pallets at our local boot sales, but I still managed to find lots of bargains and still love the thrill of the hunt. And I think that's the most important thing, isn't it? We still love going, and I think there's a place for everybody. Do you know? Is that not right? Do we really want to exclude the market guys and the traders? I d I don't think so.

SPEAKER_03 35:20

Like you said, you just have to think about if you took all those traders away, how big would the guarantee those spaces, as was pointed out, because people people will flake out at the last minute.

SPEAKER_05 35:34

Yeah. Richard Payne said, good mix, I think. I buy from traders as well as regular clear little off car booters. Yeah, I think a good mix is what is right.

SPEAKER_03 35:42

Someone put on here, I don't mind the new good sellers. I think it's good to have a mix. When I go buying, I like having a rummage and getting some secondhand bargains from genuine car boot sellers, having a clear out, and I also like the new stalls where I can stock up on bin bags, tinfoil, washing pods, etc.

SPEAKER_05 36:01

There you go.

SPEAKER_03 36:01

One of my favourite boot sales I go to twice a week in Dunton in Essex, and a lot of people say it's now like a massive market, but I think it's still one of the best with a mix of stuff and sellers.

SPEAKER_05 36:12

Yeah. I'm I'm I'm with that opinion, I think. Does anyone here genuinely want to sort of see it just car booters and nothing else? I'm I'm not in that camp, I don't think. I don't mind people sort of voicing their opinions. We're all entitled to opinions. Limelight Vinti said some car car pitches are£15, which I think is too high for a general family seller. Cars should be£5, in my opinion. I guess it depends. I mean, also what you've got to think, Limelight, is what overheads do the car boot sale have? Because if they're in an area, and we've talked about this before, if they're in an area where the council have a say in the boot sale, the councils are greedy. And councils take money from the car boot sellers. Sometimes they take a flat fee, sometimes they take a license fee, and sometimes they take a percentage or a set amount from every stall pitch that is that is made. So five pound might not be enough if the council takes five pounds for every store. They might have to charge£10 for that reason or£15 for that reason. So I I guess we don't know the ins and outs of every boot sales outgoings.

SPEAKER_03 37:24

Yeah. A comment that was written on here, somebody put, I don't mind the big white vans as I get some great bargains, and the same with secondhand sellers. I go to car boots with an idea of what I'm looking for, not to come home with a bag full of 50p items that end up in a drawer just for the sake of getting a bargain. I've also bought off the Timu stalls, even though I know I can get it for£1.50 cheaper on Timu. I'd rather put the money in someone who is struggling's pocket than a multi-million pound company. Plus, it saves the two-week wait, but that's just me. I admire them all for getting up at 2 to 3am and standing in all weathers to make a living. I don't understand why people get so upset. Just walk past the new item sellers if it upsets you and just browse the secondhand stalls.

SPEAKER_05 38:09

It's not going to upset people, surely. Does it really upset people?

SPEAKER_03 38:11

Trust me, there were comments on here. We haven't picked there, there were people on here that were really having a rant about it.

SPEAKER_05 38:17

There was some effing and Jeffin on there, weren't there?

SPEAKER_03 38:18

Yeah, and like I said, there was a lot of people that kept diverting towards resellers being a big issue. But then the issue apparently resellers being a big issue, and there was a lot of comments around or a lot of discussions around it being rude when a reseller will stand in front of a person's stall and start looking up items to see how much it's worth so they can sell it on.

SPEAKER_05 38:46

Naughty people, you are naughty.

SPEAKER_03 38:49

What else was being said on that sort of topic? But then, like I said, there was also a lot of people defending, you know, there was a lot of resellers that were actually coming on saying, I am a reseller, and what difference does it make if you're at a car boot sale selling your stuff, you're gonna sell it to anybody. What difference does it make if I then sell it on for a profit? What you know, it's not hurting you.

SPEAKER_05 39:10

Carol Harris says towns don't have regular markets now, and so market traders have to go somewhere to make their living. Yeah. And I think it it fits, doesn't it? Market traders, traders, and booters, it's all similar, isn't it? It's all the same thing. Why shouldn't we all be together? Uh, reseller George only sells once a year for a clear out. Yeah, I probably do two a year, George. I'm with you on that one. Jeff says car boots seem to be close to our flea markets, except there's no mad dash at the start of a flea market.

SPEAKER_03 39:42

Yeah, someone in here put the big weekly car boots at commercial operations these days, but then you get the small village ones that are the best but irregular. And we find that, don't we? We have you have your regular big car boot, like we have Tape Prince and we have the big real one, which do have a lot of traders on them. But then we go to our local church tabletop fair, which is all just people selling stuff out of the houses. So I guess you can pick and choose, can't you?

SPEAKER_01 40:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 40:12

You know, if if you're gonna go to a big commercialised one, and the reason it's big and commercialised is because there's a lot of traders there, not because there's a lot of car boot sellers.

SPEAKER_05 40:21

Kevin says, Did it do still do jumble sales? Yeah, yeah. It's fewer than what it used to be, but yeah, still jumble sales out there. El Raventa Ross says traders are fine apart from ones who are charging eBay prices. There are a lot of people who sell at car boots, charging eBay prices, and and are offended when people don't buy. Yeah. But I'll go back to what I said before. Everybody's entitled to ask what they want at a boot sale, whether you're a trader or a normal person. But be prepared not to sell it if it's too high. John Parker says times are changing, high streets and markets are disappearing. I think the changes we are seeing at car boots are reflective. Yeah, you're probably right there, John. I think that's good. Let's go through.

SPEAKER_03 41:05

I mean, come on, you even get a car boot. You can even go to a car boot now and pay by card.

SPEAKER_05 41:09

Yeah, a lot of people do the card now. Even even regular Joe Block Joe blogs have card machines because it doesn't really cost anything, does it? To get a machine now.

SPEAKER_03 41:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 41:21

I was looking for, I thought I'd taken down the guy who our inventor reckons the Amazon returns and TMU should be banned. Also the parcel returns should be. I do agree about the nonsense of the of the of the parcel returns. The the bags that people the mystery bags that people sell. It's just a scam. There's nothing return about them. They should be banned. Honestly, it's it's one thing. Actually, no, two things that should be banned. Fake stuff. I mean, at Tear Prince car boot and market, yeah. It is full of fake stuff. How they get away with it, I do not know. It's full of fakes. Yeah, just the full store. Fakes should be banned, obviously. I think everybody would agree with that one. And that those stupid parcel return stalls as well that are on every single car boot now, they should be banned because they're nothing more than a scam. Absolute scam. Yeah, Lana said, Did you see the Chelford drama, Chris? Yeah, I've seen it. I've seen the Facebook post. It's gonna be closed for a bit, isn't it?

SPEAKER_03 42:28

Right, before we carry on with the chat, can you like star it so we know where we're up to in the chat? Yeah, star it, and then we know where we're up to. I'll star that one. And then go back. We're gonna take a chunk of the chat.

SPEAKER_05 42:40

We're gonna do an egg draw, guys. We're gonna do an egg draw. And we'll come back to the chat in a minute, because it's it's been a good conversation. Thank you, guys and girls.

SPEAKER_03 42:51

And I mustn't, it looks like I didn't take down the guy's comment. There was a guy who commented who was actually one of the traders, and he was basically saying that he doesn't really do it to make loads of money, he does it because he just enjoys the atmosphere.

SPEAKER_04 43:11

You just read that one out.

SPEAKER_03 43:12

That was it, it was that did I read that? Oh, did I read it? Sorry. Forgetting what I've read.

SPEAKER_05 43:21

Right, guys. Chat GPT is gonna draw.

SPEAKER_00 43:25

Somebody, are you ready? All quiet in the house, please. Drum rolls and all eyes on deck.

SPEAKER_02 43:41

Among the debates on car dude economics and the rise of Amazon palette treasures, one voice has emerged victoriously. The winner is Hastium Porium 6359. You asked invented is ruining carboots. And now you've just won this drop. Your question shook the field, and you've bagged the bargain of victory.

SPEAKER_05 44:02

Wait, you guys pick an egg? That was so long winded, wasn't it? Yeah, she didn't know when to show up. I don't think so.

SPEAKER_04 44:09

Right, husty, husty, what you want?

SPEAKER_03 44:15

I was gonna say, I'll try and get the chat.

SPEAKER_05 44:18

What colour do you want, Husty? Give us a shout. We will pull an egg for you. The bargain of victory. Yellow, please, babe. Yellow.

SPEAKER_03 44:27

Yellow. I can't close my eyes. I can't see what colour it is. This one. Oh!

SPEAKER_00 44:35

No!

SPEAKER_05 44:36

No! Sorry, Husty. You failed on that one. Okay, let's carry on. We'll do another egg shortly. Where did we get up to? Christopher Baker. Let me just unstar you. Christopher says last year trading standards visited my local. About five to ten stores were shut down each time for counterfeit goods. Yeah, that's good. I really, I really don't like the counterfeit ones.

SPEAKER_03 45:01

Yeah. I mean, I think one of the things that were coming out of this is it's good to have both sets of the scales, but maybe they need to not mix them in. Maybe they need to have it a little bit more half and half, and then people can choose what they want to walk around instead of having to do it all.

SPEAKER_05 45:22

Yeah. And lots of people sticking up for the house clearance, guys. I'm I'm in that. I'm in that one. I've bought loads from house clearance. And like George says on here, that they're more than likely willing to haggle as well. House clearances are good.

SPEAKER_03 45:37

We need the guru. Oh, yeah, where's Rachel?

SPEAKER_05 45:40

She's a seller here. What's she got to say on the matter?

SPEAKER_03 45:43

Are you here, Rachel? And another comment that somebody made, especially about defending the resellers, is car boots open at stupid o'clock in the morning, and your average Joe does not show up till nine o'clock. So you can guarantee between six and nine, the people that are there are resellers. They're the ones that are there buying your stuff and providing you with customers in the morning.

SPEAKER_05 46:05

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 46:07

Why else would they start a car boot at six o'clock in the morning? Who else is going at that time?

SPEAKER_05 46:11

Lime like Vince says, I just walk past the market store, so it doesn't bother me on the day. But I think twice about returning to the same car boot if there was too many.

SPEAKER_03 46:20

Well, to be fair, if we travel to go somewhere and we found that like we've done them before where we've gone and it's been a lot of antique stuff, which we're not really into. So we won't go back again because we'll be like, it's not our thing. But that's it's not you know, that could be somebody else's thing.

SPEAKER_05 46:37

Yeah. Um, let's go through the chat a bit. Alreventer says, I personally think that the there isn't anything rude about looking up items, as a person selling has as has had as much chance to look the item up as I have.

SPEAKER_03 46:52

Yeah. But that comment was actually coming from other resellers. Other resellers were putting those comments in saying, I'm a reseller and I wouldn't, I wouldn't look up, look up, I wouldn't start scanning and looking up in front of the person I'm buying from because I think it's rude. But I think that's more them feeling awkward about it because there were some people that actually commented and said, I would never tell somebody I was a reseller. Well, why do you feel that you have to be like Cloak and Dagger about it? Be open and honest.

SPEAKER_05 47:25

If you want to go and find this post and read all the way through the comments, you can do. It's on Car Boot Sale Finder UK. It's on that Facebook group. And the title of the post was Are Car Boot Sales Not What What They Used To Be? So if you want to really go and have a laugh or have a chuckle at some of the comments.

SPEAKER_03 47:47

I got lost in it for a while.

SPEAKER_05 47:48

You were you went down a rabbit hole, didn't you? There was a lot on that. Then feel free. Jeff Davis says our car boots that are in parking garages much different from the ones out in a field as far as who sells there.

SPEAKER_03 48:01

Well, more people will show up if it's undercover because it's not weather dependent.

SPEAKER_05 48:06

Unless it's a nice day. And then they'd probably go to one in a field.

SPEAKER_03 48:10

Well, look at Run Corn.

SPEAKER_05 48:11

Runcorn r runs less in the summer because they know that more people go to the other ones.

SPEAKER_03 48:16

Yeah. But Runcorn, when you go, is pretty much mainly general car booters, isn't it?

SPEAKER_05 48:26

Quite a lot of traders though. You see a lot of the same name, same people there. You do see a lot of the same people there. I think it's probably 50-50.

SPEAKER_03 48:35

But I suppose the other side to this is if we don't want traders there and we don't want these market people there, then are we prepared to just not have any car boots through the winter months, which we have a hell of a lot of winter months. You know, is is that is that what we want? Because that's what would happen, I guess.

SPEAKER_05 48:50

I think I think I think you're right. I think it's a case of be careful what you wish for.

SPEAKER_01 48:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 48:54

It's like, oh, I don't want market traders, I don't want traders, I don't want Amazon, I don't want this, I don't want that. What's left?

unknown 49:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 49:02

The death of car boot sales is probably the answer.

SPEAKER_03 49:04

I'm sorry, you can't rely on us to put a car boot on. Not if it's cold, wet, or window.

SPEAKER_05 49:09

Be careful what you wish for, guys.

SPEAKER_03 49:12

Oh. Where are we up to?

SPEAKER_05 49:15

Well, Chris Tyler said, I saw one car booter have a sign up saying please don't ask for discounts. And offend. Oh. Wow. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 49:23

It's a car boot. You have everyone negotiating. Why would you get offended? Oh, that's mad, isn't it?

SPEAKER_05 49:31

Adventures. Hi. I don't know why people moan about traders at boot sales. Just walk past if you don't want to buy from them too many moaners. That is true.

SPEAKER_03 49:41

Yeah. Stockport used to have a big thriving market. It's all gone now.

SPEAKER_05 49:49

Stockport market on the marketplace. They'll give it chat GPT evils.

SPEAKER_03 49:56

I'm glad he doesn't chat to her as often. I think they've had a fallout.

SPEAKER_05 50:01

What's that? Chris deafening his girlfriend there. What does that mean?

unknown 50:06

I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 50:08

I don't know what that means.

SPEAKER_03 50:10

So I think I'm assuming you're talking about chat G, because I am your girlfriend.

SPEAKER_05 50:14

Yeah, Kavala says counterfeit should definitely be banned.

SPEAKER_03 50:19

To be honest, I wouldn't ban anyone selling at car boots, but I would ban scumbags.

SPEAKER_05 50:26

Yeah, no, they're a scumbag until it's too late, do you?

SPEAKER_03 50:30

Too many people selling vapes at car boot sales.

SPEAKER_05 50:33

There's a lot of vapes in the not as much as they used to be. I think they have clamped down a bit on that. Jeff says, I don't think I don't think all counterfeit goods should be banned. I got an awesome Rolex watch for five dollars a while back.

SPEAKER_03 50:47

Obviously, thate, but still a conversation piece.

SPEAKER_05 50:50

I like that.

SPEAKER_03 50:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 50:54

Let's go down the chat a bit. We're doing well here. We might do another egg in a second.

SPEAKER_03 50:58

I think we need to if we're gonna get a winner out. What's it what's Richard said there? Paid£8 to a house clearance guy today for an item he knew was worth£80 online, but happy to move it on cheap as he will get more stock new next week.

SPEAKER_05 51:13

Yeah. Yeah. That's what they like, the house clearance guys. Most of them are they just want it in and out as quick as possible.

SPEAKER_03 51:18

Well, I got me two snow globes, me gonk snow globy things for a pound each from a house clearance guy, because he just said he wanted to get rid of stuff, didn't I? They were well worth more than a pound.

SPEAKER_05 51:29

Yeah. And Husty says if it's something I don't know about and don't trust the seller's price or it's a high price, then you better bet that I'm checking my hard-earned cash before I hand it over. Yeah, why not? Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 51:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 51:42

Right. Okay. What's happening to win the egg, please? We'll show you now, Babs. You can watch now. It might be too late by the time this one's done.

SPEAKER_03 51:51

What do you mean it might be too late? Because if this is a winning, oh yeah, yeah, they could win. All we're gonna do, Babs, is we're taking a section of the We're taking a section of the chat, putting it into chat GPT, and she's randomly picking a person to choose an egg.

SPEAKER_05 52:11

Can't do it now.

SPEAKER_03 52:12

Apart from Chris is struggling to copy and paste.

SPEAKER_00 52:18

Can't go down. I want it to go down.

SPEAKER_05 52:24

It's not letting me scroll at the moment. Bell trying to tell me what to do here. Uh let's start that. Let's see if this'll work. Mac uh MacBooks. Oh, there you go. Okay, let's go there. Copy that right, here we go. Let's see, chat GPT will announce another winner. Chat G, I should say.

SPEAKER_00 52:52

Here we go. All quiet in the studio. Prepare for the big reveal.

SPEAKER_02 53:08

From a swirl of colors, car boot musings, and a dash of Rolex philosophy emerges a victor. Husty Emporium. I thought you told it eight pounds for an$80 item. That's a winner's instinct. You flipped this draw into pure profit. Cheers to you, Richard.

SPEAKER_05 53:26

It's not Husty's Emporium. I'm sorry, Husty. It's it says Richard Payne here, and she read out Husty's Emporium.

SPEAKER_03 53:34

I was about to say you told it not to duplicate.

SPEAKER_02 53:37

Oh, no worries. We're all human, well except me. So for absolute clarity, the true winner is indeed Richard Payne. Husty might have been quick in the chat, but Richard walked away with this one. Fair and square.

SPEAKER_05 53:50

Sorry, Husty, sorry. Just to be sure, there it is. See if you can read it. It says there, and the winner is Richard Payne. I don't know why she. I had trouble training her to do this before this.

SPEAKER_03 54:03

Well, you clearly didn't train her very well. Right, Richard, you're up.

SPEAKER_05 54:11

Sorry, Husty, I'm sorry. You can't rely on Chat GPT there. Richard, you're up. What colour do you want? Let us know. For those listening, we are holding a bunch of eggs in a tin tray and we're waiting to draw an egg. We're waiting for Richard to tell us. He's taken ages to give us a colour. Is he here? Richard, calling Richard Payne. Are you there?

SPEAKER_03 54:40

He was in the chat a minute ago because we've just taken his comment.

SPEAKER_05 54:43

Is Derek around? Derek, ring him. Ask him what he's doing. You've got five seconds, Richard.

SPEAKER_03 54:52

And we're giving it to Huskitt now. We'll draw again.

SPEAKER_05 54:57

Richard, we're live here. We're live. Well done, Derek's brother. He's gone for a wee, hasn't he?

SPEAKER_03 55:04

I know, probably. He's knit to the loop. What a chance to go.

SPEAKER_05 55:13

Come on.

SPEAKER_03 55:16

Let's give it a child in pink.

SPEAKER_05 55:18

Wow, Richard! Finally! Where the hell were you? Come on, give us a colour. Give us a colour, Richard. Wow, it doesn't take that long to time, does it? What's he doing? He's doing it dip dog. Oh my god. Yellow! Wow.

SPEAKER_03 55:34

You can pick one out this time.

SPEAKER_05 55:37

Here we go. Let's see if he gets to win the prize. If there's a flower in it.

SPEAKER_03 55:43

Just open the bloody egg. No, there isn't. No flower.

SPEAKER_05 55:49

No flower.

SPEAKER_03 55:50

Richard rang back to the chat.

SPEAKER_05 55:53

Wow. That took ages, didn't it? Right. Where are we up to? Done, aren't we, on that chat?

SPEAKER_03 56:02

We are done at that bottom of that chat. I think what we should also do when we do the duck race, whoever wins the duck race, as well as getting your prize, you get to pick an egg. Oh, okay. There you get another go.

SPEAKER_05 56:13

Well, I think we've exhausted the subject.

SPEAKER_03 56:16

Interesting chat though.

SPEAKER_05 56:17

Interesting chat. If you want to go read the entire troll, you know, if you've got no life and you want to read it. You just like a bit of drama. There's a lot of drama in this post, right? It's on the group car boot sale finder UK.

SPEAKER_03 56:32

Look, joint. I'm not even part of it.

SPEAKER_05 56:33

I'm not, I'm not in this one either. And the title is Are Car Boot Sales Not What They Used To Be? Written by Adam Underwood. If you want to search it, you can find it.

SPEAKER_03 56:46

And yeah, it does go into like Moges posts like that. You end up with the dark and deep, insulting people that are in there. But the majority of it is quite reasonable answers.

SPEAKER_05 56:57

My personal view is like I said, I don't mind anyone selling. I don't mind market stores, traders, carbooters, whatever. I don't mind any of that, because we've all got to make a living. But I would say ban the fakes. Ban the what else did I say?

SPEAKER_03 57:12

Ban Amazon. No, no.

SPEAKER_05 57:15

I'm not bothered about those.

SPEAKER_03 57:16

The mystery bags.

SPEAKER_05 57:17

Ban the mystery bags, the parcel returns. Ban those and ban the fakes. But other than that, everyone should be welcome. That's my opinion.

SPEAKER_03 57:25

Deborah says she wants to know who ate all the sweeties out of the tin the eggs are in. Who ate them all, dear? Not me. Who ate them all?

SPEAKER_05 57:32

I'm on a diet, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 57:34

Who ate them all?

SPEAKER_05 57:34

I think you had a lot of them.

SPEAKER_03 57:36

And I wouldn't mind. I bought it and I put it away, I hid it, and I said, Don't ask me for that, it's for Easter. And he ate them about two weeks ago. Didn't you, dear?

SPEAKER_01 57:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 57:49

Yes. And I won't buy. Don't buy them, the rubbish. It was not very nice.

SPEAKER_05 57:55

Niderland 1985 says, What was your thoughts about the first car boot in Stockport? Was it good or bad? I've not. Which when? Which when? I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 58:04

Is this going back to where did car boots start? And the very first one was in Stockport in 1902. No, I don't know. It wasn't that old.

SPEAKER_05 58:12

No, I think. Are you talking about the the Stockport one, the the one near Romley?

SPEAKER_03 58:17

The big Stockport one.

SPEAKER_05 58:18

The big Stockport car boot, because I've not been yet. We don't live there anymore. We live in North Wales.

SPEAKER_03 58:23

Isn't that the one you went to? Didn't you go there with your mum once?

SPEAKER_05 58:26

Not with my mum, but I did go there. Yeah. It was good when I went. I bought loads of stuff. Well, I'm planning on going again, but I don't know when.

SPEAKER_03 58:38

Husky says you will never be able to bake fakes. Bake fakes. To bake fakes. To ban fakes. Oh, let's get this fake Adidas. Put it in the oven. To ban fakes. I think we're both knackered today. The original companies need them so they can charge their crazy prices. When's your next eBay live? And what in what are you planning to sell?

SPEAKER_05 59:01

It's a funny thing that you should suggest that life in the first way because we've got our next eBay live is tomorrow, Tuesday. Tuesday, the 7th of April at 6 pm. And it's going to be, I'm going to pop something on screen if I can find it. Tomorrow at 6. And we are doing USA Pro Sports, college sports, we're doing hoodies, a few jerseys, maybe some jackets, some t-shirts, just a selection of clothing, mostly USA sports or college wear, that kind of stuff.

SPEAKER_03 59:39

Those AIs of us are looking less and less like us each time you do them. Shocking. I think that's a good one. What did your mum say to us the other day when she said, Oh, I watched one of your eBay lives and the one with the picture with all the cars on? She said, What did she say about it? Do you remember?

SPEAKER_04 59:57

No.

SPEAKER_03 59:58

She said, When you she said you've only created it AI because it got rid of both of all your wrinkles. No, that's your own mother saying that. That was funny. Husky says he thought he'd written it wrong. Then, no, it's me, Husky. I can't read. Don't worry about it.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:17

So if you want to save the show, just scan that with your phone. Scan the code if you're watching it on the telly. Or just go and find our store, or I'll I'll probably promote it tomorrow at some point. So yeah, come and see us. We're doing USA, college, college gate, sort of the American apparel, that kind of stuff, tomorrow, 6 pm on eBay Live.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:42

People agree. Christopher says the AI is really awful. I don't mind it. Geordie says that's that A's taking 30 years off us. But Jeff says that the AI bell looks older than me.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:54

Oof, that's harsh.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:57

Deb says I wish someone would make an Easter egg out of cheese. Oh, I'd well eat that.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:01

We had a cheesecake Easter egg the other day, didn't we?

SPEAKER_03 1:01:03

We did. Well, that we had an Easter egg filled with cheesecake. That was nice.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:07

That was good.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:08

Debora enjoyed the chat about the carboots there. She said each one of us has a different opinion. That's what it's all about.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:13

Definitely, yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:15

It is. What about dogs that pee on people's items? says Ed Adventures. So two this month already. I'm horrified, you know, when we're walking around and we take cookie, and I know dogs have to pee, pee, and poop, but she'll decide to do it literally in front of somebody's stall. And I just oh, it is bad.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:36

Especially if she stops and has a shit in front of someone's you just walk off. I disappear quickly. It is embarrassing though. It is. It's like you can't take your kids anywhere.

unknown 1:01:48

No.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:50

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SPEAKER_03 1:02:45

AI, Chris and Bell look like they should be in Grain Jill. El Renti said, what about the people that smoke like a chimney at a car boot and everything stinks as cigarettes, even metal items? Totally disgusting. Not a good advert for their stock.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:00

Yeah. It's turning into car boot cell room 101 or something, isn't it?

SPEAKER_03 1:03:06

Life in the first place, just think, Chris, next year you can change the channel name to Thrifty at 50.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:12

We might end up being that because I'm not I'm not getting to as many car boot sales as they used to because I'm doing so many private deals, and it's like, you know, it's a better way. Really? I love boot sales, but brings in the variation, it brings in cheap stuff. But also, when you do a private deal and you spend a ton of money on a load of stuff, it's so much better for you time-wise. But I'll probably never give up the car boot sales.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:39

Big Tony says people love a moan, don't they?

SPEAKER_05 1:03:41

They do indeed.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:43

Well, talking about your love of a car boot, what did I say to you the other day? We would because obviously it's been a bank holiday weekend, hasn't it? And I've been off, and Chris has had a little bit of time off in between his listing. And I was like, why is it we cannot plan a trip out without it involving a tabletop or a car boot? It's the only thing we're focused on. It's like, oh, where should we go today? What car boots are on? Nothing else. We've got nothing else to do, haven't we? We never look for anything else to do. It's so sad. So sad.

SPEAKER_05 1:04:14

Adventure said, I could be wrong, but I think you can still pay the lower price on an iPhone. I think you're right there. Yeah. If you go to desktop, uh like desktop version or the website or whatever, yeah, yeah. But the minute you use the app on an iPhone, you're doomed to the higher price. So please don't pay it because you know it doesn't even come to me. So it goes to Apple.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:34

Andrew says, and normally the dogs do a sloppy one in front of people. Oh yeah. Yeah. She's got a habit, she'll do that on concrete, where you can't like grab a handful of grass at the same time and get rid of it. Gross.

SPEAKER_05 1:04:50

Carol Harris says, were you both happy with how the what's that? Just the eBay lives, I assume. Were you happy with how the eBay lives went?

SPEAKER_01 1:05:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:05:03

Yeah. Really happy. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:05

So far.

SPEAKER_05 1:05:05

Yeah. We've done four shows so far. The last two went really well, the the cars one. So it'd be interesting to see. We haven't done a clothing one yet. So tomorrow, tomorrow at 6 pm will be our first clothing one. And we haven't done done one yet, so we'll see how that works.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:21

But we mentioned it on our last eBay live that we did we had a lot of shirts and jerseys, and there was people in there saying they'd be interested. So Em Zim said we're the same belt some of our free time in charity shops.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:35

What did you miss? Oh Rachel, we needed you with all the input on the car boots, but you weren't here.

SPEAKER_05 1:05:40

You weren't here. You missed you, you missed your opportunity.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:44

Bab says sorry's not into clothing. Don't you worry, Babs. You surprised me when you were into cars. I know, I thought that as well. Right, let's do the duck race because then we can get another egg person out and then we can we we'll have to get a few more winners shouted out.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:02

Are we ready for the duck race, guys? We're ready for the Easter duck race? Yeah. Mucky dokie. Have you noticed this, by the way? Bell took ages setting this room up. She got this here. Look, Easter wreath that goes on the door, and all that stuff over there in the corner over there.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:19

Yeah. It's been ages all of 15 minutes. Nobody's even said a bloody thing. And that's because I couldn't find my happy Easter banner. Right. This will be the 204th. This will be the 204th duck race.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:37

204?

SPEAKER_03 1:06:38

Wow. Do you know what that number is? 204. I know, but I thought we'd done more. Can I eat those ducks? If you wish.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:47

You can try. I might break your teeth.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:49

What's the duck race prize for today?

SPEAKER_05 1:06:51

It's a rubber duck, a sparkly duck.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:54

Oh, we've got another sparkly butt duck.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:56

Yeah, it's this one. It's like a little pinky one.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:59

So you've got a chance of getting two prizes here because you've got.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:02

I'm hoping someone wins it who wins one of the others, and I can I can combine the postage.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:07

Save me a few quid.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:09

Oh, Husky says done an amazing job with the Easter theme. A bit late now. It was that few Easter decorations nobody noticed.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:16

Husty, you shouldn't have to be prompted with these things.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:18

They'll always build a good theme decoration.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:21

Right, here we go.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:23

Should be an Easter bunny race. I know, but we found that when we try and change it, it don't work.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:28

Yeah, but we can't change it anyway because we don't pay for the uh we don't you have to pay extra. We've got too many ducks. Okay. Okay. Let me set up the race. I appreciate that my our faces are now frozen, probably, unless it's changed.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:43

For anybody that is listening at the moment and wondering what the hell is about to happen, every week we do a little on-screen duck race. So if you wish to partake in it to win a little cheeky prize, you'll have to come over to YouTube to join us. You once this show is finished. I forgot then I say it all the time. Once this show is finished, you go back onto the video and in the comments section underneath, just leave a comment and that will automatically get you into next week's duck race. So, yes, if you're wondering what's going on and you want some visual effects, come join us on eBay. No, don't join us on eBay, join us on YouTube.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:21

Join us on eBay as well.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:24

Oh my god, we're both losing the plot today.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:26

Right, are you ready, babe? We've had a bit of sun and that's it, we're gone. I know, we've been sat out this afternoon, it's been lovely, hasn't it? Froze with bell picking her nose. Right, are you ready? Where's my screen? You ready? And you've got to pull a funny face. Ready. Go here we go. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:56

Perfect. No, you're missing the race. And we are off the best two minutes of the show. This is so straight away out at the front, we have Encore Apparel, Peter A's Adventure, Angel's Delight, Ems Den, Helen Graham, and Deborah Sardine all holding the front of the pack up at the minute. We've also got Rockstar Sparkle reselling. Richard Payne is bobbing along in the middle, along with Dorothy Watkins and Pixel FX. Paul Hillman is pushing through in his chef outfit. Cloud PTP is trying to take a little peek up at the front, but Richard M's Dem and Paul Hillman are holding the front of the pack. Further back in the pack, I can see John Parker, Lizzie Scotty Dog, Rosie Marsden, Lynn Lynn, Pumpkin Picker, Sandra. I can't see, is that Sandra Parker? Dorothy Watkins is dressed as a pandra. She is now leading the pack along with Phil Higgins. And I can see speed foot flips pushing their way up through the centre of the pack to have a see what's going on. They're almost at the front now. Dirl Wanger, did I say that right? Is down at the bottom of the screen, along with Emsden and John Parker. Oh my god, this could be anybody's race. We are down to the last 40 seconds. Jeff Davis is there now in the middle. Carboot Keith, Richard Payne, Angel Delight, and John Parker are all. Oh, Rachel Fantastic is dressed as a snowman. She's also taking a peek at the front. Is there anybody that hasn't been to the front of the pack at the minute? Linlin's now made it to the front. Angel Delight has been holding her own there for ages, but is it going to be too much for too long? Down to the last 15 seconds. And we've got John Parker, Linlin, Richard Payne, and Sandra Parker. Just the four ducks out at front. Is it going to be one of these? Seven seconds to go. Everybody's dropping off. So who's going to run through the middle? It's going to be pumpkin picker, pumpkin picker. That grandmark and run. Wow, pumpkin picker. One the race. Well done, pumpkin picker. Now we haven't seen pumpkin picker. We didn't think of this one. I haven't seen pumpkin picker in the um in the chat.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:03

Oh yeah. Pumpkin picker, are you there?

SPEAKER_03 1:11:07

If you're there, pumpkin picker, we want us to pick an egg as well. But if not, we'll have to go back to the chat.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:13

Pumpkin picker.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:16

I haven't seen pumpkin picker in the chat today.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:18

Anyway, pumpkin picker, if you are watching back after the event, please send me a message because I will send your duck race prize out. Even if we can't do an egg pick with you, we will send your prize out. So just send me your ads.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:32

Huskies just want pink all the time.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:35

Okay, let's cut and paste the chat again and we'll draw another egg. Are you ready, guys? It's so hard to do this. To copy and paste it.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:49

Maybe we should let maybe we should do Husky's pink, and if it's a winner, it goes to Pumpkin Picker as well.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:55

No.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:55

No?

SPEAKER_05 1:11:56

Gotta be here.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:57

Sorry, Pumpkin Picker. Gotta be here for this one. Right. Chat G's coming up.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:04

That would just make Husky's sad anyway, wouldn't it, if he then picked out a winner.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:07

That's true. Right. Let's hope Chat G can get this one right. So all quiet in the studio while we uh get Chat G up.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:15

Here we go.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:25

Another round has quacked to a close in a category defying blend of Easter Bunnies, combined postage, and Bumblebee ducks. Only one name stands tall. Ensden, UK. You wished everyone luck, and luck smiled right back at you. The pumpkin pickers applaud. But this time you picked the golden prize. Bravo.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:46

Bye, Emsden. What colour do you want? Em Sden, here we go. You get to pick.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:51

Now don't take two hours like Richard Payne did before. Em Sden, colour. Quick. Five, four, three, pink. Pink. Pink. You pick.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:04

No! Not a winner. Don't waste no time, me. Sorry, Emsden. Sorry, guys. Better get another one done.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:13

Should we do another one? Do another one quick.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:15

Another one quick.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:16

Let's go back through the chat.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:17

We need a winner before we finish.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:19

Well, I've got a little bit more to chat about because someone's put in a couple of questions.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:23

So okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:24

Let's copy that. Here we go. One more for the egg. Right, all quiet in the studio while we uh bring up Chat G.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:31

Here we go.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:40

Time for another crowning moment. Tackwack whack. Amidst the cheers, the pumpkin references, and a hint of orange. One name rises above the rest. The winner is Babs919. No more dropping out because this win is firmly in your hands. From well done applause to absolute victory. Babs, you've nailed it.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:59

Yay, Babs, you're gonna pick a colour. Babs, it's your turn.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:07

What colour do you want? Chris says I need to get some pumpkin seeds for Halloween and start growing them. Babs, what colour are you having?

SPEAKER_00 1:14:16

Blue.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:17

Blue.

unknown 1:14:20

No!

SPEAKER_05 1:14:21

No! Oh no. What we're gonna do? Right, we carry on.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:26

Right.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:26

I did notice a couple of little.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:27

I like the way that huskies have changed from pink to yellow. Now the pink one came out empty. Oh, Cookie's gonna start opening them eggs.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:34

Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:36

No.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:37

Cookie knows about those eggs.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:39

Yeah, Cookie knows them eggs as her game.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:42

Okay. Life in the first lane mentioned earlier. Um, they said, has eBay Live driven buyers to your normal store? And have you noticed an increase in additional purchases from eBay Live buyers? I would say it's hard to tell 100% because you don't know if somebody's gonna would have come anyway. But I don't think there's been a massive increase in sales. I had pretty good weekend. Sometimes though, when I've finished what I've noticed when I've immediately finished an eBay live, is the next 24 hours on my eBay store has been very, very quiet, like almost dead. So it's almost like eBay of feel that you've earned your full of share, and they kind of go quiet on you, they don't send people to you much for 24 hours, but then it picks up again. So I don't I don't feel like I've seen any real difference when it comes to additional sales or anything like that, or additional traffic. So I'm not sure. Also, Big Tony also has a really interesting question. Will the petrol shortages affect car boots and couriers? Maybe. Maybe not seeing it yet, but I'm guessing the longer this thing carries on for the bigger chance there is that it will affect stuff. I mean, the prices are going through the roof, aren't they, with the petrol and diesel?

SPEAKER_01 1:16:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:09

So we we've seen that already. We're already seeing some petrol stations closing when they shouldn't really be closed normally. I did see a post, did we see a post from a petrol station saying they're close to limiting the amount of money that people are allowed to fill up with?

SPEAKER_03 1:16:27

I don't I keep seeing things saying that it's going to come in where they're going to be. Yeah, limits limiting how much people can spend and obviously prioritizing like emergency services and stuff like that. But wait, I don't think it has come in yet.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:43

Not yet, not yet. They're still just putting the prices up on us, aren't they? But it could affect the like people at Every Drivers, Royal Mail drivers, any of them really, anyone who delivers all the couriers, because you know, if there is a shortage, then it's going to affect us, isn't it? That's a good point.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:01

Yeah. And on the speaker, while everybody else is trying to save petrol and be stingy with it, I'm driving around here, there, and everywhere in my car because I've got a full tank and need to get rid of it before I swap my car. So I just feel like I'm pissing my petrol up the wall.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:19

I could put a siphon in there.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:20

Do you know what? I messaged my daughter-in-law the other day and she said that to me. She was like, Well, everybody else is being safe. You're trying to get rid of yours. And I said, Look, I said, if I knew how to siphon petrol, I'd be sucking it out so I could put it in the next car, but I don't. I don't even know if you can on modern day cars.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:36

I don't know if they have blockers on them or what.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:38

It is literally killing me to have to use my petrol, but I'm not handing it over. So we will use it. Definitely.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:49

Yeah. Okay, let's do another another egg race.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:53

Egg race.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:54

Not an egg race, is it?

SPEAKER_03 1:17:55

No.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:55

What is it?

SPEAKER_03 1:17:56

You've changed it. It was a it was a chicken race, a chicken duck race or something earlier.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:00

Oh my god. I'm losing the will to live.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:04

Every etc will put their prices up, hopefully, it ends soon.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:08

Probably. Yeah, probably.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:10

Trump is clearly desperate for it to finish. It was, it will kill him economically at home.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:15

Right. All quiet in the studio.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:18

We're about to draw another egg.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:28

And there it is, Babs has chosen blue. The color of champions, right? Now let's see where this victory leads next.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:36

Okay, can you pick one, please?

SPEAKER_02 1:18:39

Absolutely. Let's keep the magic alive. I'm going with green. It's the color of growth, fresh vines, and maybe a little luck. So let's see what green brings to the next round.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:49

No, not the color. You didn't pick a name from that last copy paste I sent you.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:55

I'm with you now. From that last batch of fine folks, the winner is at Babs 919. After all, Babs picked blue. So now Babs picks up the win. Bravo again, Babs.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:07

Right, Chat G, what part of no duplicates did you not understand?

SPEAKER_02 1:19:13

Fair point. I slipped on that one. From here on out, no repeat winners. Fresh champion each time. I'm back on track and ready to crown someone new.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:21

Right. Now please can you pick someone from the last batch that I sent you?

SPEAKER_02 1:19:25

Got it. Fresh eyes on that list. From the last batch, the winner is at Jeff Davis. Congrats to Jeff.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:39

Oh my god, that was hard work. Jeff!

SPEAKER_03 1:19:42

Oh chat G, it's hard work.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:45

It should not be that hard. Jeff, pick a colour. Pick a colour, Jeff. Come on. Transparent egg. There isn't a transparent egg. Sorry, Babs, as well. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_03 1:19:59

The instructions were laughing.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:01

The instructions were no duplicates. Jeff wants pink.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:07

Pink! To make the girls wink!

SPEAKER_05 1:20:11

Get a winner?

SPEAKER_03 1:20:13

No! Why are you lot always so bad at these games? Well, apart from who got it out first. Did you actually write the winner down? What? Did you write the winner down of the first one?

SPEAKER_05 1:20:25

Yeah, Phil. Phil got the bunny. Pumpkin picker won the duck race.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:29

Right, oh.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:29

And now we're struggling to bloody get this one done. So shall we go again?

SPEAKER_03 1:20:34

Well, it would help if if Chat G would just do as she's told.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:39

God, she's hard work. It's a bit like you. Hey, baby girl. I've got two women now that are hard work. Right, we're ready for another one, guys. Let's see if Chat G can get this one right. I'm telling you, I'm gonna pull my hair out, not that I've got any. Alright, all quiet in the studio, please.

SPEAKER_02 1:21:05

Alright, fresh pick coming right up. From that batch, the winner is at Adventures, with a bold stance on banning the scumbags. Quite the policy, you snag the top spot. Well done, Adventures. Adventures! Adventures gets a pick.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:31

You know we're gonna be here till the bitter end, don't you?

SPEAKER_03 1:21:33

I know it's gonna be the last one, isn't it?

SPEAKER_05 1:21:37

Can't move this chat when we do this. It's so annoying.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:40

Well you've got your chat here, so you don't need to go to the bottom.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:43

Uh Adventures, are you still here? Give us a colour. Adventures. Recalling. Calling. Oh dear. I don't think Adventures is here, might have gone. We might have to redo it.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:06

No, no, he's gone.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:08

Okay. Let's get back onto Chat G. Why do these games always turn into a disaster?

SPEAKER_03 1:22:17

Because instead of Wow, did we do it last time when we were Hey, hey Chat G.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:26

Hey there. However, we did it before, we'll do it even smoother now. Whether we're kicking winners, unraveling mysteries, or just having a laugh. I'm ready for whatever you're kicking out.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:35

Can you go back into the last batch that I sent you and pick a winner, please? Adventures isn't here. He's gone home.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:42

Absolutely. Let's pick a fresh champion. From that last batch, the winner is at Geordie Reseller 1525. Looks like you stuck around and now you stuck the landing with a win.

SPEAKER_03 1:22:53

Woo! Geordie Reseller, what colour do you want?

SPEAKER_02 1:22:56

Geordie Reseller!

SPEAKER_03 1:22:57

One in four chance.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:59

Yep. Blue, green, or yellow.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:02

You should say to it, can you not speak so much and just give us the name?

SPEAKER_05 1:23:06

Well, she likes to fluff it up a bit.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:08

I know she does.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:09

Blue! Go on.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:15

No, no. Did you put two in?

SPEAKER_05 1:23:18

I think so. Do you want me to check before we get to the end?

SPEAKER_00 1:23:30

I don't know, babe. I did put two in.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:36

I'm just checking. Right. There was two in here. Oh God. Oh yeah, there is. There is. There is.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:52

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:58

We're gonna be here all night. No, we're not, because there's only three more go, so just let's let's get Fluffy the Muffin said the podcast listeners are missing the scenes in. Should we do another one quick? Yeah. Alright, here we go. I'm gonna copy and paste. You guys, you need to get this next one. You need to get this next one. Right, chat G back on it. Here we go.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:26

Line like Vince said, how are the new Monday live podcasts doing compared to that? Well, they were doing fine until tonight.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:34

Alright, here we go, here we go. Alright, let's crown a new champion.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:48

From that badge, the winner is. At life in the first lane won. With that suggestion about two picks, you've driven straight into the winner's circle. Buckle up, this one's yours. Ooh, life in the first lane.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:02

Which one are you choosing? We're assuming it's Steve and not Flana. Life of Flana. Life of Flana.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:11

Steve. It's you.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:13

It's you. It's Big Steve. Don't tell me he's gone to bed. Got to be green. Green.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:26

Left or right green. I'll just pick one. Yeah! Yay! I was gonna say it's not even one. Oh! Praise the Lord!

SPEAKER_05 1:25:39

Praise the Lord, it's over. Steve, you've got yourself some smarties.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:47

Until Juan or we apologize, I don't think they're vegan.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:50

Oh, yeah, sorry.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:51

We don't have to share.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:53

Well done, life. Life in the first lane. Got there in the end. We did get there.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:58

That was a tin. Wow. That was that was like I think using Chat G for a game just isn't what we're gonna do in the end. Chat G ruined it, didn't she? She did.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:09

All that effort for Smarties. I know, I know.

SPEAKER_03 1:26:12

Life is like yeah, Chat G did say green 20 minutes ago.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:16

Oh yeah, she knew, didn't she? Coming up next week on the podcast, next Monday, we'll be talking about the Phantom Vinted Buyers. Me and Belle have been speaking about this today, haven't we? It was going to be tonight's topic until we found the other topic. But next week, in the next episode of the podcast, it's all about Phantom Vinted Buyers. And we'll explain more next week. Make sure you tune in.

SPEAKER_03 1:26:44

Life of Flana's with us.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:46

Oh, Life of Flana?

SPEAKER_03 1:26:47

Yeah. She can't change your name yet, can she?

SPEAKER_05 1:26:52

No, she's changed it, so Lana is my name.

SPEAKER_03 1:26:55

Yeah, she can't change it back, can she?

SPEAKER_05 1:26:56

Oh, right. Alright, we are ready for the comment of the week to end the show. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:27:06

Well, thank you guys for joining us and bearing with us on that game. We did try. Yeah. Hope you all had a lovely Easter and I hope you all have a fun week. Apparently it's 18 degrees tomorrow.

SPEAKER_01 1:27:18

Really?

SPEAKER_03 1:27:19

Get in there. 18. Well, it is round here. No way.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:23

And don't forget as well, if you want to tune in to tomorrow's eBay live show, it's 6 o'clock tomorrow, April the 7th, Tuesday, April the 7th. We'll be doing American apparel, like pro sports, college sports, and that kind of stuff. Some jerseys, some hoodies, some t-shirts, stuff like that. So please come along and join us. And thank you for all your participation, even though it was slightly bribery as well, wasn't it?

unknown 1:27:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:49

Participate to win.

SPEAKER_03 1:27:51

Oh, before you do your comment, we didn't tell them about me uh my candle sale, did we?

SPEAKER_05 1:27:58

Oh yeah, go on. Do that quick.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:00

Don't know if you remember a while back, guys. I picked up a jumble trail a Yankee candle base and top, and I put one of my candles with it and I listed it for like 65 quid or something like that. And some guy put in the comments, Oh, you'll never get that much for it. Well, I've sold it.£50.£50. It cost me two pounds for the base and the top. And nothing for the candle, because I'm pretty sure that was a gift off somebody at some point.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:32

Well done. Oh yeah? Well done to you. You made it. I did. You proved them wrong. I did. Okay. So let's do comment of the week.

SPEAKER_04 1:28:50

It's a comment of the week.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:54

So earlier someone was talking very briefly about jumble sales. And comment of the week this week goes to somebody called Grunge Surf Witch UK. And they commented on one of my jumble sale filler bag for three pound videos. And they put, I love jumble sales. I wish we had them more. I hate car boots, cold, rainy most of the year. Remember, we I remember we had loads of jumble sales in the 80s and 90s. And it got me thinking, like, what happened to all those jumble sales? Because I I also remember, like, in the 80s when I was in scouts and probably early 90s, there was there was a jumble sale on every week where I lived, like at this at the local church halls, the scout halls. Do you remember jumble sales?

SPEAKER_03 1:29:45

Yeah, but back in those days, they weren't the in thing to go to, were they? If you went to a jumble, it's same in charity shops, if you went to a jumble sale or a charity shop, it's because you were skint and you had no money and it was like frowned upon.

SPEAKER_05 1:29:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:29:57

So that's probably why they died out, but now they're like the in thing again, aren't they?

SPEAKER_05 1:30:01

Yeah, it's the in thing, isn't it? Secondhand and reusing and stuff. Well, back then, like Belle said, back then it was like, you know, I wouldn't be seen dead in a charity shop when I was younger. Like, and things have changed a lot now, haven't they?

SPEAKER_03 1:30:15

Way back before the internet as well.

SPEAKER_05 1:30:16

I've only got one thing to say about jumble sales, they're evil. That's it for today's episode. Don't forget to like or make a comment. I always reply to comments. And if you're on YouTube, hit the subscribe button. If you're on one of the audio channels, hit the download button, and we'll see you next time.