Day off for us but here is a reminder we start at LONG ROCK on Mondays at 12.00 noon very soon!
Geoff

I was standing chatting to a stallholder when someone asked him ‘how much’ for the Meccano which was on display and he said he wanted £40.00 which I thought was a realistic price. “Give you a tenner” was refused and the potential buyer walked off moaning about overpriced goods! (cheeky bugger)I thought his offer was derisory so I told the seller he should put it on eBay to which he said ‘I cant be bothered’ “In that case I will give you your forty quid and I will put it on eBay” and I did because I could be bothered and was mega chuffed when the whole set of over 400 pieces sold for an impressive £110.00 plus £4.50 postage. By the way I must tell you the truth it was Lou who listed it for me and did I get paid? Of course not! OVER 400 PIECES OF VINTAGE MECCANO. THERE IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A MOTOR – DON’T KNOW IF IT WORKS – NOT TESTED. ALSO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WIND UP MOTOR – CLOCK? WHEELS AND PLATES SPROCKETS AND WIDGETS. SCREWS BRACKETS AND COGGS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU COULD MAKE. I’VE NEVER BEEN A BOY! THE SCREWS ARE INCLUDED THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY TO COUNT. PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTO’S AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHAT IS THERE. SOME OF THE LONG BITS ARE SLIGHTLY BENT BUT IT NEARLY ALL LOOKS IN GREAT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. X ——————————————————————————– On 25-Aug-12 at 13:42:27 BST, seller added the following information: THIS ALL WEIGHS AROUND 8 KG INCLUDING SOME PACKING SO MY POSTAGE ESTIMATES FOR EU AND WORLDWIDE POSTAGE IS TOO LOW. CAN’T CHANGE LISTING AS I HAVE BIDS. IF NOT UK PLEASE EMAIL FOR POSTAGE QUOTE BEFORE BIDDING. X 3 pictures;

The following message has been sent via the website:

Name: mark
Email:
Subject: geoff is god
Telephone: 07896602624
Message: in the line at mitchell was parked along side bouncy castle generator which is on non stop this happened a few weeks ago and gave me and another seller a blinding headache i dont see why you should have to pay six pounds to listen to that i told the staff and nothing was done on the grounds of health and safety this should be muffled i will not reply to most of the lies geoff has written as any one will tell you wot sort of man he is i paid at least twenty four pound a week on his so called community boot sales which is a joke there more friendlier boot sales out there i do apologise for swearing to any other sellers that herd me i only used language when geoff called me a prick and i also am tee total any time geoff wishes to discuss this matter with me i will be available as this is what i asked of him at the boot sale yours mark

From; Car Boots Cornwall

Your email adds insult to injury and is out of line with what actually happened.

You complained that the Bouncy Castle the previous week cause you headaches when there was NO Bouncy Castles for the previous 6 weeks! You refused to move to the designated area requested by Kelly one of my team and then you wanted an argument with me because I told you to park where requested whilst I was parking up the rest of the selling field. You were disrupting the entire Car Boot Sale which is why I refunded you and asked you to leave.
Your behaviour thereafter was unacceptable and I called you a PRICK because you were acting like one ranting and raving and refused to leave the grounds, before your visit ended 6 other customers had raised complaints about your language to members of my teams. (especially where children and women heard you)

Then after you left the field the insults to me and my staff were grossly offensive your shouting and swearing at John and me witnessed by others was the reason you are BARRED from any Car Boot Sale operated by CARBOOTSCORNWALL

Finally you will remember shouting at me “I hope you rot and die with CANCER” it is the most offensive statement towards another person I have ever heard at my sales, Geoff is certainly not god and to say ”as anyone will tell you wot sort of man he is” is entirely your opinion and does not rest with the majority of my customers. You were the most disruptive person we have dealt with this year and other Car Boot operators will be forwarded details of the incident. More friendlier Car Boot Sales? Then go to them! There is nothing further to discuss than to say these details will remain on file and should you turn up at any further events I will ask the Police to become involved.

Do not reply your email address is barred from my pc.

Geoff Camden Wiles

A wonderful pleasant day at Mitchell last Saturday was ruined by a seller demanding to park where he wanted and told our Kelly ‘I am parking here and I am not moving I know Geoff and I will sort it out with him’ therefore refusing to park where Kelly had asked him to on my behalf. This dispute happened whilst we were parking 150 other sellers and the man refused to accept my final word so I handed him an immediate refund on told him to leave the field.
Then the offensive started holding parking up further and he was still trying to continue the matter as I started the Car Boot Sale attended by up to 4000 public in all. He eventually left the field and I went to the front gate to supervise the crowds of buyers arriving and as part of that work I go onto the roads and roundabout to ensure we are not causing any obstruction on the A 30

As I returned the same man’s car screeched to a halt besides almost bowling me over “I want to talk to you come here you bastard” he shouted followed by threats about my health and death.
I crossed the road behind his car but still he wanted more! I instructed that he was not allowed back into the field but he kept driving up and down the road his insults turned onto our John with fowl offensive language so our John told the man to walk away in ‘jerky movements’ which in our terms means FUUK OFF!

Sellers should understand that we are totally responsible for all actions in the selling fields and it our sole responsibility to park vehicles in our chosen formations. No seller has any rights to demand to be parked in a specific space with the exceptions of our Caterers, Fruit & Veg stalls and aproved services.
Most of our team have worked with us for over four years and have complete authority on my behalf to refuse andmission or BAR any persons likely to disrupt the smooth flowing operating of our COMMUNITY CAR BOOT SALES!

Its always a man!! Love you ladies!

X

Over 1000 vehicles sellers and buyers enjoy the Community Car Boot Sale at Mitchell last Saturday. There were some brilliant BARGAINS including antiques!

I am off to Lanhydrock and Long Rock today so have been busy with plans to hopefully open both THIS YEAR of the rains!

Missed you MARGE so did your friends your boyfriend sends his love X

On Tuesday I met Amanda setting out her stall at Newquay Circus Fields all of her own made products from wood and stones found on Cornwall beaches. This is a great way to start your own business, some of her customers bought items from her stall to take home as presents for the family. A really nice stall and Amanda has a great friendly personality being helpful with all enquiries. Look up her website for further information. We like to support all craft stalls and publicise their wares hopefully to increase their trade potential.

Geoff

Hi its Amanda here that does the shell and driftwood stuff at the Newquay carboot.

Just sending you the pictures we discussed. I have attached a few of my table and will send the others separately as they will not all fit on one email. I also have the image which is similar to my poster on the front of the table which I will attach to the next email. The website address is on the image which is www.beachlifecornwall.co.uk

Please feel free to use any of the pictures on your website as the more publicity I can get the better. As you are aware its very difficult getting you name known when starting up a from scratch so your offer and help is so much appreciated!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me
See you next time its not raining!
Amanda

3 pictures;

Do you remember Mr Fook-Off?
A few weeks ago I told you I had arrived late with the keys to the loos at Truro and one old fart moaned as he was ‘busting’ once I had opened the MENS door he told me to ‘fook off’? Well his bosom pal and potential son-in-law has asked if I would consider allowing Mr F.O to tow his own home built portable toilet to the Car Boots where he can park it up for easy use and maybe let other stall holders use it for a small fee particularly Annie and a few others who “Must park near the loo’s”
His idea was to tow the bike-loo to any of our locations and cycle it around the stalls and charge 10 pees! And where are the loo roll and holder and privacy curtain and fresh air spray and loo brush holder and something to read? No, No, No!
Without giving the matter too much consideration the idea is ‘taking the piss’ and refused! I could well imagine it being towed away from some of our uneven surfaces slurping at all and sundry! No! According to son-in-law father in law Mr F.O suffers so bad with constipation there are teeth marks on his toilet seat! Good! Now ‘Fook Off’!
Actually Mr F.O is a decent bloke who will be mortified when he reads this which is fine with me but if he is not careful I could really stir the Ess Haich eye Tee!

That BRAND NEW shirt!
Most of you know the amazing bargains you can buy at our Car Boot Sales at all locations and at the beginning of the year Lou was smug that she had bought me a BRAND NEW turquoise blue and white check shirt my size for only a quid! I wasn’t delighted with it but thanked her for thinking about me ‘what more praise could she need’? I became suspicious as we had an agreement NO presents to each other for Birthdays, Christmas or Anniversaries simply because I could go and buy something brand new for say fifty quids and see the same next day on sale at one my Car Boots for as little as a fiver! The shirt was consigned to the drawer for summer time. Lou was forever eager for me to ‘try on that shirt I bought you-you never appreciate things I buy for you’ natter-natter yadder-yadder! Yes dear I will wear it tomorrow!

On the 31st of March we had a great weekend with decent weather, so busy on the Saturday that Lou had left signs at Truro and we needed them for MABE the following day. Lou had prepared the shirt for me to wear praising ‘how good I looked’ which is most unusual to get compliments from her I thought as we headed out to get the signs.
On the way back Lou said we needed a loaf of bread and some milk so would I call quickly into Tesco’s to get them. I hate Tesco’s and knew there would be ‘words’ between us if she asked me to go into the store so with a bit of sulking on her behalf I got out of the car took off my high visibility jacket and stormed into the store to the words ringing in my ears ‘Nice shirt Darling ‘my reply G F Y!

Because of my job dealing with multi thousands of people I am well known which really pisses my off when I am shopping so I was not surprised when some of the staff spoke with me like I was an old friend. At the bread counter two staff asked how I was and on my way to the check-out a customer asked me where they could find tinned celery? I put my 4 purchases at the checkout to a very nice cashier who talked like I was a long lost friend non-stop putting the items into a carrier bag for me and asking for my ‘discount card’.
‘I don’t have a discount card should I have’? “Well yes” said the young lady “All of our staff do and as you have a staff shirt on I thought you would have your card” I looked down at my shirt then the checkout staff and the floor staff they were all wearing the same bloody shirt as me “Oh my GOD my wife bought this brand new at one of my Car Boot Sales for a quid” I explained, she had been so keen for me to wear it today and the penny suddenly dropped it was APRIL FOOLS DAY! Hah ficking Hah!
My embarrassment and humiliation was complete! I could feel my face overheating with disbelief and panic; I paid for the goods and crept silently out of the store stunned, friendless pissed off and near to tears without laughter! ‘Right, where is the BIATCH’
There she was sitting in the passenger’s seat showing me a very crude two finger salute gloating smug and satisfied having made such an idiot out of me ‘a senior citizen’ with a large APRIL FOOL board fixed behind the wiper on my side of the car! “How could you do that to me humiliating me in Tesco of all places, how could you do that to an old man”? I pretended my heart was giving out in shock and nerves which made her Hyena laugh return but her gloating was endless. She was ecstatic with her wind up ‘I must tell Mother’ how very bloody funny it all was I don’t think, she then confessed as soon as she saw the shirt at Newquay and was told it was a Tesco staff shirt in’ Geoff’s size’ and for a quid she thought it a great idea to play and plan this crude and embarrassing wind-up! I cannot understand why I deserve this sort of callous treatment! The BIATCH!!

I have got to admit this was a calculated and premeditated April the First well planned con trick and I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Congratulations Lou! Believe me this is only lent my dear 4th wife (so far) Warning! Gloves are off its bare knuckle’ guns or knives’ from now on! I will next tell my avid readers of the time you put me in TWO hospitals in one day dearest and then…………….?
Love you Lou. Well, that’s probably taking a bit too far but I do like you, ish!
X X

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Towards the end of the indoor Car Boot Sale at Truro Cattle Market the stall holders were packing away and one of the sellers picked up a large ledger saying ‘I am surprised no-one has bought this’ I asked “How much” she asked for 50p and was happy with the sale saying ‘If you had not bought it I would have put it in the dustbin’. Lou researched the book and advised libraries and assumed interested parties the book would be sold on eBay for 99pence as a starting price and we were delighted after 7 days the book was sold for £35.52 plus postage of £4.50 All the regular dealers missed this book and I gladly saved it from the bin but will Lou give me the cash for it? Not a chance my lovers not a chance I have been conned again. Geoff ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND LEDGER. 1843 – 50. CORNWALL FALMOUTH INSURANCE RECORDS THIS AUCTION IS FOR A LEATHER BOUND HAND WRITTEN INSURANCE LEDGER FOR THE LIFE INSURANCE OFFICES OF IMPERIAL? INSURANCE. HAND WRITTEN PAGES OF NAMES PREMIUMS PAID AND TREATMENTS NEEDED. A FASCINATING RECORD OF THE MONIED PEOPLE OF FALMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BETWEEN 1843 AND 1850. ITS AMAZING HOW MANY ARE STILL RECOGNISED ‘LOCAL’ NAMES TODAY. IT IS A LARGE HEAVY BOOK WHICH SEEMS TO BE 1/3rd TO 1/2 FILLED. IT IS BENT AND THE COVER IS STAINED BUT THE BINDING IS GOOD WITH ALL PAGES SECURE. SHOULD GO TO AN INTERESTED LOCAL HISTORIAN OR FAMILY. I WILL POST BUT BUYER MAY COLLECT