[Carpet Dawg]

But they are all bargin hunters!! nothing wrong with that at all of course but if you want a "good" price for your service then i dont think this is the place to go...

If your a budget cleaner with bugdet prices i.e. 20 - 25 a single carpet then maybe this would be a good lead generator.

Just to give you an example. A friend of mine recently sold some items around the house at a carboot. And even on items labled £1, buyers where offering 30p!!! Its what these carbooters do! I cant see them taking too kindly at a premium service price..

Tony

[Mike Halliday]

Ok display your wares but at least give them their best chance by showing them to people who are your target market,

 as an example (which is similar) I went to a classic car show last Wednesday evening it was held in the market place of my town. there was over 200 classic cars, some of them very valuable. although I didn't have a stand I went representing Furniture clinic(Hull) I handed out 10-15 cards to people who wanted leather upholstery repairs ( on their car interiors) if I had a trade stand i would have had even more interest.

the people attending this show and the exhibitor were a much better market than you would ever find at a car boot sale

so go were your market is.

[pdale]

Don't listen to all those who say that a car booter customer isn't worth having a go at, sounds like a bit of pessism to me, the only way to know for definate is to give it a go. Don't let that other guy who's already there put you off either.

 I have worked the car boots for a couple of businesses over the last 15 years or so. I have taken tens of £1,000's of orders for a window/conservatory firm owned by a friend. I also used to have my own fire surround business and had a little display on car boots, took hundreds of orders. My father is a wedding photographer and started out on the car boots for the first couple of years to get his name kn own. The foot flow of people there is second to none. I'm not a carpet cleaner, just browsing in this section really, but thinking of doing a regular car boot for drive ways and gutter cleaning.

Go for it, you'll be surprised at the reaction. For the sake of £7/£8 and a Sunday morning, you'll be inundated with work. You'll also be surprised at the punter, they're not all lower demographic as some here would have you believe. You're always going to get the bargain hunter, but on the end of the scale there are loads of people who go to them and some are willing to pay your prices.

The only downside you have with a car boot is bad weather spoils them, but with this weather what do you have to lose?

[Colin Day]

It's just pathetic snobbery to think "All" car booters are tight wads!

I think it's a brilliant to idea to show off what you got and drum up some business.....

[Joe H]

The only downside you have with a car boot is bad weather spoils them, but with this weather what do you have to lose?

Its just started raining here. 

[derek west]

women love car boots, its a day out on a sunday. have a look in the carpark when you go, plenty of 4 be 4's, 08's 09's. a lot of peoplei know go just for a day out, far from penniless. put on a good show and you'll get work, let them trample an off cut on a board and then blast it with a truckmount, keeerrrrrchinggggggg. good idea if your struggling for leads.
he who dares.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Experience tells you that when you are speaking to a crowd then it's better to get all of their attention not just a few, selective marketing IMO the best way to use valuable time is better than a scatter gun approach, you will get some inquiries from all walks of life but actual bookings is something else.

Imagine trying to get a point across in a gypsy camp speaking the Queens English and then do the same thing speaking in Romany, you will get your point across the same but will get more people listening with the latter.

Get the most out of your time.

Shaun

[Simon Gerrard]

Mike,
so go were your market is.

Yeah, a flea market.

Simon

[Ian Gourlay]

Re Car Boots

If ou pitch at aGood Schools Car Boot Sale who draw kids from the right catchment area you  could be on a winner

If you pitch in a cattlemarket  not sure

I also understand Virgina Water etc has a better class of car boot sale than Hull

That said Beverley is upmarket

[Hilton]

JUST GO AND TRY IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unless you test something you will never know  :

[Davo]

Don't listen to all those who say that a car booter customer isn't worth having a go at, sounds like a bit of pessism to me, the only way to know for definate is to give it a go. Don't let that other guy who's already there put you off either.

 I have worked the car boots for a couple of businesses over the last 15 years or so. I have taken tens of £1,000's of orders for a window/conservatory firm owned by a friend. I also used to have my own fire surround business and had a little display on car boots, took hundreds of orders. My father is a wedding photographer and started out on the car boots for the first couple of years to get his name kn own. The foot flow of people there is second to none. I'm not a carpet cleaner, just browsing in this section really, but thinking of doing a regular car boot for drive ways and gutter cleaning.

Go for it, you'll be surprised at the reaction. For the sake of £7/£8 and a Sunday morning, you'll be inundated with work. You'll also be surprised at the punter, they're not all lower demographic as some here would have you believe. You're always going to get the bargain hunter, but on the end of the scale there are loads of people who go to them and some are willing to pay your prices.

The only downside you have with a car boot is bad weather spoils them, but with this weather what do you have to lose?

Good post. I do very good business on car boots. Flash it right and you well get leads.


Mark