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- Dec 30, 2017
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That was a really good find. I don't think it proves that this sort of star wars is 'still out there'
That's what Paul Martin says on Flog It every time they sell something found at a boot sale or charity shop. What Flog It doesn't tell you is that see thousands of people and find one like this now and again. I've been to hundreds of charity shops and boot sales, and all I ever see is rubbish.
If anything the situation is getting worse, if the items are not siphoned off by charity shop workers, anything good ends up on ebay. Some of the larger charity shop chains are now selling thousands of items on ebay a month.
Basically almost nothing good gets put in charity shops anymore. Despite the often rather romanticized view of boot sales, they are brutal places and the rubbish I see at them beggars belief. Often stallholders just abandon the entire contents of the rubbish they bring to sell at the end of the day.
The only places with any hope are ebay and auction houses, but the situation is also deteriorating with these. I look for certain things on ebay all year, but there are slim pickings. The situation for star wars on ebay in the USA has also dramatically changed, often American sellers now start the auctions at crazy high prices. The days of when every auction started at £0.99 or $0.99c is long gone!
Auction houses have also changed. With 25%-35% added to the hammer prices and too many people chasing too few items, especially with the introduction by nearly all auctions to the internet, prices are driven higher and higher. At similar commission prices charged to sellers, it is also a barrier to items entering the market for sale.
It's all very well having little bargains here and there, but these have really dried up, and I have seen star wars prices probably drive five to ten fold upwards in the last 15 years.
That's what Paul Martin says on Flog It every time they sell something found at a boot sale or charity shop. What Flog It doesn't tell you is that see thousands of people and find one like this now and again. I've been to hundreds of charity shops and boot sales, and all I ever see is rubbish.
If anything the situation is getting worse, if the items are not siphoned off by charity shop workers, anything good ends up on ebay. Some of the larger charity shop chains are now selling thousands of items on ebay a month.
Basically almost nothing good gets put in charity shops anymore. Despite the often rather romanticized view of boot sales, they are brutal places and the rubbish I see at them beggars belief. Often stallholders just abandon the entire contents of the rubbish they bring to sell at the end of the day.
The only places with any hope are ebay and auction houses, but the situation is also deteriorating with these. I look for certain things on ebay all year, but there are slim pickings. The situation for star wars on ebay in the USA has also dramatically changed, often American sellers now start the auctions at crazy high prices. The days of when every auction started at £0.99 or $0.99c is long gone!
Auction houses have also changed. With 25%-35% added to the hammer prices and too many people chasing too few items, especially with the introduction by nearly all auctions to the internet, prices are driven higher and higher. At similar commission prices charged to sellers, it is also a barrier to items entering the market for sale.
It's all very well having little bargains here and there, but these have really dried up, and I have seen star wars prices probably drive five to ten fold upwards in the last 15 years.