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    Your boot-tastic bargains? —Ian Bishop
    Car boots tend to be quite lean in this part of the world, but the following notables have turned up; 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (£15) 6286 Skull Eye Schooner (£16) 7839 12V remote controlled level crossing (£5) 922 Old basic set with yellow 4.5V (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Your boot-tastic bargains? —Scott Arthur
   My best find would be a 8865 and 8862 for £12. In the same lot came a few small sets, but I never did get around to building these. I once got an incomplete 4563 for £3. I tend to be more fastidious at car boot sales these days as the quality is (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Your boot-tastic bargains? —Lawrence Wilkes
     (...) I agree, but I also have had success by reversing it and placing lego wanted ads in supermarkets. Every month my wife tours the supermarkets and puts up free ads for me. Last week I got 6 complete, boxed with instructions, 1980's castle sets (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Your boot-tastic bargains? —Ian Bishop
      (...) Agree with this and Scott's addition entirely. Free ads newspapers and supermarket boards invariably produce better quality and quantity. With experience, you can 'read between the lines' of the ads, and a few chosen questions on the phone (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Your boot-tastic bargains? —Huw Millington
    Scott A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FrrnuB.A5H@lugnet.com... (...) You mean to say people are getting rid of these aready! Huw (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Your boot-tastic bargains? —Scott Arthur
    "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Frrvz7.8Kn@lugnet.com... (...) Indeed. They were an unwanted present for a 2 year old. All the internal bags were still sealed. £140 for the pair. I could have got them for less, but (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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