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[pneaveill]

Lol, it's like this post has turned into a language lesson 
So I take it that the difference with a Flea-Market is that it's held in a large warehouse???

Well, yes and no. It can be indoors, but have been to some that were out of doors also.

[Gleix]

Car boot sales are usually held in a field where anyone can come and sell unwanted goods. Most of the time these sellers pay a fee for their pitch and will set up a table.
Some people also sell cracked software on disks (tsk-tsk) and other things like tobacco etc.
The great thing about Car Boot sales is when the event's finished for the day and everyone packs up, some people throw some of their stuff in the skip (if one's available) and some really good stuff can be obtained for free if you're willing to look 
Lol, it's like this post has turned into a language lesson 
So I take it that the difference with a Flea-Market is that it's held in a large warehouse???

1.) Throw some of their stuff in the "skip?" Is that trash?

2.) Yes, it has become a language lesson.

3.) Not at all, flea markets can be held anywhere... churches, gymnasiums, schools, fields, parking lots...

[Illuminasty]

Car boot sales are usually held in a field where anyone can come and sell unwanted goods. Most of the time these sellers pay a fee for their pitch and will set up a table.
Some people also sell cracked software on disks (tsk-tsk) and other things like tobacco etc.
The great thing about Car Boot sales is when the event's finished for the day and everyone packs up, some people throw some of their stuff in the skip (if one's available) and some really good stuff can be obtained for free if you're willing to look 
Lol, it's like this post has turned into a language lesson 
So I take it that the difference with a Flea-Market is that it's held in a large warehouse???

1.) Throw some of their stuff in the "skip?" Is that trash?

2.) Yes, it has become a language lesson.

3.) Not at all, flea markets can be held anywhere... churches, gymnasiums, schools, fields, parking lots...

1.) Yes and no. Let's say you took a whole car load of stuff you didn't want to a car boot sale and you sold some stuff but you didn't sell that crappy inflatable swimming pool or that old TV that's probably only worth a few pennies. You really can't be bothered to pack it back into the car then unpack it at home, so you throw it away. As they say; "one man's junk is another mans jam"... No I just made that up but you get the idea 

2.) Wicked! I'll quiz you guys on something soon 

3.)  They're EVERYWHERE lol 

[computer at sea]

A flea market can also happen outside.  Around where I live there's a seasonal one that happens on rows and rows of tables in a dirt parking lot.  If anyone needs quantities of Steven Segal VHS tapes I can tell you where to find them.

[Gleix]

A flea market can also happen outside.  Around where I live there's a seasonal one that happens on rows and rows of tables in a dirt parking lot.  If anyone needs quantities of Steven Segal VHS tapes I can tell you where to find them.

Or a bin of stained stuffed animals, right?

[computer at sea]

Or a bin of stained stuffed animals, right?

All slightly dirty and stuffed with some toxic polynesian fiber

[Illuminasty]

If anyone needs quantities of Steven Segal VHS tapes I can tell you where to find them.

 

[deathbender]

Found a Realistic Concertmate 200 (VL-1/VL-Tone) at a flea-market yesterday. Didn't know how much fun the ADSR mode would provide 

[deathbender]

Ok, this weekend it was a Casio SK-1 in near mint condition for 5 Euro.  Buried under some electronic parts and stuff... I just saw some keys, the letters 'CAS..." at one side and "...PLING Keyboard" at the other and instantly a small imaginary bell began to ring in my head... 

[Matt the Modulator]

decided to go to a car boot seems as its nice weather now in UK. i got a casio sa-8 for £3 which is a bit much but i got a box of old electronic bits (germaniun diodes mmmm) with about 12 pots and asorted resistors and caps for £1.10 very happy 

[nochtanseenspecht]

Ok, this weekend it was a Casio SK-1 in near mint condition for 5 Euro.  Buried under some electronic parts and stuff... I just saw some keys, the letters 'CAS..." at one side and "...PLING Keyboard" at the other and instantly a small imaginary bell began to ring in my head... 

hey, me to found a sk1 for 5 euro in a fleamarket a while ago sold it for 30, and bought a full upgraded (32mb, fx board, scsi) ESI 32 and a scsi zipdrive for that, and still got 5 euro left 

[nochtanseenspecht]

btw, last fleamarked, "Queensday"here in Holland, i found a polysix, just here around the corner
of course it was broken, the leaking battery story... but today i fixed it
all together, synth+ new battery+ new ic , it costed me 100 euro and a few hours work
not bad i think.. so now i have 2 polysix 

[Circuitbenders]

The major problem here is that in the UK car boot sales tend to happen at some ungodly hour of sunday morning and the chances of me being awake and out of the house at 7am on a sunday to pick up all the bargains are zero.

I fail to understand why these things happen from about 7am to about midday when it'd be a whole lot easier for everyone concerned if they just started at about 10am.

Nice job on the polysix by the way, i'm jealous  Although the last polysix i had only had about 15 working keys and no amount of contact cleaning or the dozen other things i tried could get all the keys working for more than a couple of hours.

[nochtanseenspecht]

yeah, it 's a lovely synth.. mine to has few keys that don't function, but later on i midify it anyway i guess..
or exchange it for something else.. two of them in a mix is a bit to much maybe

[deathbender]

when it'd be a whole lot easier for everyone concerned if they just started at about 10am.

Lucky me thats the time when fleamarkets start over here at sunday... and there's one here on saturday from 14:30 to 19:00... now that's an acceptable time...