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The crowds turned out as usual for OUR Car Boot Sale at MITCHELL taking advantage of the thousands of bargains and the opportunity to sell unwanted items.
Kay has been a regular at OUR CAR BOOTS she is well liked has a brilliant sense of humour all round a charming happy person. In an unguarded moment someone took advantage of Kay by stealing her Orla Keily purse containing about £40.00 and throwing the empty purse into the hedge which was later found by one of our team.
I wish the person who stole this purse CHRONIC constipation because they spoiled a perfect day!
The purse a present and of great sentimental value is back with Kay but I have to give this warning to all our customers LOOK AFTER YOUR PROPERTY and KAY you can do 200 lines;
I MUST TAKE CARE OF MY PURSE!
In Kay’s email to us she mentions MARGE and it is not that long ago since I told her off for displaying her purse which I am told was full of ten shilling notes!

Hi Geoff and Lou,

Just a little thank you for your kindness over the troublesome Orla Kiely purse! you guys were just lovely as always and made me feel reassured in a time of panic,

I was chatting to Marge when i got back to the car and the more i think about it i never took my purse out of my basket in that 10 mins or so nor put my bag down and i have a horrible feeling it mat have been removed from my large basket, which is completely open top, it certainly has taught me a lesson and to be more vigilant…

Anyways whats done is done and move on,

I have enclosed a little picture of a little someone ( hes called Beau ) i have at home to come back to which makes everything alright, our new family member….. i know you are terrier lovers too!

love to you both and keep up the good work guys

all kindest wishes kay x

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The charges for ALL DAY which includes both CAR BOOT SALES are as follows;
Market Traders and early sellers will be shown to the selling areas at 10.45 am
CARS £18.00 Estates & 4 x 4s £20.00 Trailers £7.00
SMALL VANS £24.00
LARGE VANS £30.00
You may book in person on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis and you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of £10.00
PLEASE NOTE: The size your stalls will be the actual width of your vehicles, if you require more space the charge will be decided at £2.00 per foot frontage extra.

BOOKINGS can be made in person at NEWQUAY CIRCUS FIELDS on the following days/dates;

THURSDAY 24th MAY from 10.00 am
TUESDAY 29th May & THURSDAY 31st May from 10.00 am

We will take a maximum of 80 advanced bookings only!

All other sellers who wish to Q for BOTH Car Boot Sales will be charged as follows;
CARS £12.00 Estates & 4 x 4s £14.00 Trailers £6.00

Sellers wishing to attend only one of the sales will be charged at the normal prices.

SORRY STRICTLY NO TELEPHONE BOOKINGS!!

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SUPER TUESDAY programme!

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Sellers can Q from 10.00am
Market Traders and early sellers (advanced booked) will be shown to their selling areas at 10.45 am
All other sellers will go to their selling spaces at 11.30 am
First Car Boot Sale will start at 12.00 noon
Music & entertainments during the day with FREDDY ZAPP in the licensed bar Marquee with ZUMBA Dance, Most TATTOOED Male & Female competition two £50.00 prizes for the winners!
Cornwall’s LADY GA GA & Jessie J impressionist Sarah Devonshire.
Second Car Boot Sale Q from 3.30 pm
There will be a 30 minute break between the two sales.
4.30 pm sellers for 5.00 pm sale shown to selling spaces.
8.00 pm end of sales and programme-Bar Closes!

Admission prices 50 p per adult children FREE!

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SUNDAY 20th May at MABE

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Not the usual amount of sellers due to the effect of the Olympic TORCH!
Thousands crowded TRURO and NEWQUAY on Saturday to see the procession through the main town centres.
Loads of buyers spent generously and lots of sellers reported takings were good and better than expected.
TWO purses found at MABE both claimed however one person lost a silver charm bracelet of great sentimental value! Fancy wearing it to a BOOT SALE! Metal detectors are being used to search the grounds over the next few days I fear the item will not be found!
Tut Tut!

Geoff

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West Briton & that advert!
Several of our customers complained to me about an advertisement in the West Briton Wednesday 2nd May placed by Rod/Rob of Our Car Boots (formerly Duchy Car Boots) whilst advertising a new Car Boot Sale somewhere in Gwineer Cuthbert, Cornwall. See also; this man is a LIAR 23/11/2011
Customers said the advert was a swipe aimed at Louise and myself and that The West Briton should apologise that the advert was allowed to be placed and printed and that an apology should be received from the Editor. We did not take too much notice as we do not advertise in the West Briton nor do we buy their papers however we were given copies of the advert by customers furious that in their opinion was offensive towards Car Boots Cornwall.
The lineage advert ended with “not in connection with car boot operators FAGAN @ OLIVER TWIST” So either Lou or I am Oliver Twist but it must be me who is designated as FAGAN! Who the **** is Fagan anyway?
Ignorance is bliss with this advert FAGAN is spelt FAGIN and he was a fictitious character in the Dickens novels about Oliver Twist-both men! Fagin was a dubious character and receiver of ‘stolen goods’ I do hope it is not being suggested that either Louise or myself are in any way linked to this unsavoury character!
When we had received about 12 complaints in all I decided to write to the West Briton on behalf of the people, who were offended by the advert on our behalf.
Hi Clare,
Over the weekend Louise myself and staff received several more complaints at TRURO, MABE, FALMOUTH, CIRCUS FIELDS, Royal CORNWALL at WADEBRIDGE and NEWQUAY mostly about the WEST BRITON allowing such an advertisement to be placed in a local newspaper taking a deliberate jibe at our business posted directly on line without supervision. My customers saw this as slur to our organisation and the wording is quite obviously targeted towards CBC
The advertiser was seen handing out leaflets at ROSEUDGEON bragging about the proposed advert!
I need an absolute assurance that this will not reoccur and an apology to our customers will close the matter.
Regards,
Geoff
Good Afternoon Geoff,
Thanks for your email.
Since my last email I have requested that all content regardless whether it is self-served place using the online booking facilities or placed with the Sales Teams be vetted. Any suspicious content is to be referred either to me or my colleague Heather Keating.
With regard to the apology you have requested, this is something which is at our Editor’s discretion and is not something I could approve. Mr Best is currently on leave, but I will speak to him on his return.
Regards
Clare
Hello Clare,

Were you able to speak with the Editor for an apology which I am surprised you are not authorised to offer.

Regards,

Geoff
Dear Geoff
I have now spoken to the editor and, while he said he was sorry to hear that you felt upset by this advertisement , he agreed that your business was not identified and there are plenty of other car boot sale organisers in the area to whom it could relate.
I have spoken to the person who placed the advertisement and told them that they should concentrate on advertising their own events in future and that unless they do so we will withdraw the facility from them.
I hope this draws a line under the matter.
Yours sincerely
Clare

The bottom line on this story is that the Editor of The West Briton should have apologised to our customers who were offended by the obvious jibe at Louise I and Car Boots Cornwall it seems hardly credible that they altered their entire procedures of self-serving advertisements as a result of the advertiser who clearly bent the rules and yet the Editor cannot say sorry for the offence caused.

Geoff
Being in love means never having to say you are sorry……..Love Story 1970

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