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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 78010Post lutonlagerlout

that is a good touch sean i paid 30 quid for mine
i would be careful of levels at carboots
I am sure dig dug dan will have heard been to bovingdon market
well known for selling wonky stabilas
LLL
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Post: # 78064Post specialbranch

I go every sunday for a browse, I keep picking up the odd tool, and bits of toys for the kids. My old man is an addict, and hoards all sorts of rubbish. He picked up a box of Railway memorabillia last year for £2 quid, I talked him into letting me list a few bits on ebay and the first thing i listed, a medal from the 1911 transport strikes went for £120 quid. Last month I put a lot of 13 matching brass buttons on from a rare line and they went straight to 75quid then I got loads of messages asking me to sell early for £300/400 quid. One nice ex collector contacted me and told me there were the Rocking horse sh it of the button collecting world and the last one sold for £1000 10 years ago, and I had 13. Unfortunatley now the collectors on ebay know about them I have killed some of the rarity value so Im having to sit on them and maybe sell one every year or so.

michaelthegardener
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Post: # 78412Post michaelthegardener

got thses today Image

9 quid the lot :) might clean an ebay the fork :cool:

ilovesettsonmondays
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Post: # 78416Post ilovesettsonmondays

nice one michael .nothing at dunton today,only bought a good lump hammer for 2 quid.

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Post: # 78418Post dig dug dan

I am sure dig dug dan will have heard been to bovingdon market
well known for selling wonky stabilas
LLL


indeed. Mate went up there to get a number plate for his sons motorbike(why he did so when there was a halfords on the way)
his son fitted it, and he got yanked by the old bill a week later. Was 1" to short. £30 fine
Dan the Crusher Man
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Post: # 78420Post msh paving

Poor day at my pitch, on site at 6.15am,took £35 by 9.30am and that was ordered stuff to cold for the punters so packed up and came home..... :( not a good day MSH :(
paving, mini-crusher, mini-digger hire and groundwork
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Post: # 78424Post Pablo

michaelthegardener wrote:got thses today Image

9 quid the lot :) might clean an ebay the fork :cool:
Micheal if you do any lawn seeding turfing or any kind of soil prep then don't sell that potato fork they're the best hand tool you can get for lifting stones and crumb off the soil. They really speed things along and save a lot of bending over.
Can't see it from my house

lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 78428Post lutonlagerlout

bovingdon del boy market
got pulled on the way home pics later
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ilovesettsonmondays
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Post: # 80159Post ilovesettsonmondays

went to basildon today ,got a stabila level for a tenner and two chisels for a pound:)

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Post: # 80160Post ilovesettsonmondays

and a new pair of orange hi vis railway pants for 15 pound

k13wjd
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Post: # 80182Post k13wjd

during the past few weeks i've done countless runs to the local refuse site. like 20 runs.

I learned that all the boys that work there spend most of their time with their eyes wide open, and picking out anything of value from the ampi bins. It all goes to car boot sales, and lines their council working pockets. Old luggage, clothing, bags, boxes of tiles, half tubs of grout, tools.....they had it all stored waiting for the weekly car boot. they take it in turns to go, and anything with a wire that doesnt work etc is stripped for copper.

These boys are on to a minter !

michaelthegardener
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Post: # 80195Post michaelthegardener

sold a load of stuff from a customer whos gone in a home last week with a bit of my own crap an made 106 quid plus got 40 for her washing machine on ebay :p

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