'You price something at £1.50 but people offer £1'

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Richard Ward said he loves the banter between buyers and sellers

Kaya Blackand

Jenny Coleman,North West

Car boot sales are full of customers haggling for the best deal, where you "price something for £1.50 but people want it for £1", traders have said.

Every Sunday, sellers at a car boot sale in Accrington try to make a bit of extra cash while buyers are out to find a quick bargain.

Abeer Laiq, who started selling Indian jewellery at her stall as a "side hustle", said she loved the "energy" found at car boot sales.

She said: "People come here and they're bargaining with you, it is something that I expect them to do because it's a car boot sale isn't it?"

Abeer Laiq has long black hair and is wearing a black top and maroon winter coat. She is standing behind a table next to a car and has jewellery laid out in boxes. She is smiling at the camera.

Abeer Laiq sells jewellery at the car boot sale in Accrington

Seller Richard Ward said he also enjoyed "the banter with customers".

"I like meeting people from all different areas of life," he explained.

"You'll try selling something for £1.50 and they'll try bargaining down to a pound so you'll call them a cheap Charlie.

"You know what I mean, we just have a laugh."

A general view of the car boot sale showing a woman in a white looking through items on a table and a man in silhouette packing a red trolley.

Everything from records, tools, clothes and card games are for sale

People at Accrington's indoor car boot sale sell everything from records to second hand tools.

"Most of the stuff we get here, if you buy it normally it's a good five times the price, so we save a lot," said regular Sophie.

"Just see what bargains you can get.

"Sometimes people are selling stuff they don't want and it's just exactly what you need."

Another shopper added: "It's my highlight of the week, coming here on a Sunday."

Sophie has tied back brown hair and dark framed glasses and is wearing a pink jumper and a black coat.

Sophie said she regularly finds bargains at the car boot sale

Abeer, who has a job in recruitment, said she started selling jewellery at the car boot sale a year ago to earn extra cash due to the increasing cost of living.

"One job just wouldn't be enough," she said.

"I need to be earning on the side so that I can afford a decent lifestyle."

She said she chose jewellery so her second job would be one she also enjoyed.

"If I would have chosen anything that I'm not interested in, I would not have kept up with it," she said.


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