Because of the weather on Sunday it was decided to hold the Car Boot Sale inside the cattle pens and away from the rain. There were 32 stalls in total and the sale started at 1.30pm About 650 adults & their kids in total which was a good turnout but within the first half an hour two sellers had stock stolen from their stalls. The first incident was a mother and a girl of about 10 years were looking at a ring and put the item down on the table after hearing the price and walked away. Minutes later the child returned to the stall and stole the ring worth £25.00 and dissapeared into the crowds. Similarly a watch was stolen from another stall and in both incidents the sellers told me that the people who stole from them were NOT FROM CORNWALL and had foreign accents. As sellers you have a responsibility to look after your stall and your selling items in a size the space of your sitting room! That should be CHILDS PLAY! You must be secure with your stocks and keep the valuables to the back of your tables and I ask all regulars and our priveledge pass holders to our sales to keep an eye out for any persons who may wish to steal from any of my customers. Further, if you do know who has stolen from your stall do not take the law into your own hands please see a member of our team to assist you!
We have all nationalities at our Car Boot Sales so it would be unfair to assume that because they have an accent they are not to be trusted. Times are hard for lots of people but I will not tolerate any persons found stealing from my Car Boot Sales and my customers under any circumstances ! I will take you to COURT!