Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • Car Boot Tales

  • The Daft and the Curious
  • By: Paul J Rose
  • Narrated by: Paul J Rose
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Car Boot Tales

By: Paul J Rose
Narrated by: Paul J Rose
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £11.99

Buy Now for £11.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

If you've ever wondered what goes through the mind of a car boot stall holder, then there are two things you need to do:

  1. Listen to this book
  2. Get yourself some new hobbies

If you're thinking about setting up your very first car boot stall, then this book will be an excellent guide for you. If you've done one before, then the characters you'll meet in here will be all too familiar to you.

Whilst it would be all too easy to present this book as some sort of manual, its primary purpose is to make you wonder why anyone in their right mind would ever choose to sell at a car boot sale. The hours are unsociable, the weather unpredictable, and the profits are nonexistent. But do it right, and they'll be the most hilarious and fun way to spend a morning.

Paul J Rose took his assorted "treasures" to a selection of car boot sales close to his home. His mission was a simple one - to clear out his house. However, as time went on, something much more interesting happened; the exchanges that took place between buyer and seller became more and more ridiculous.

Eventually, the desire to get rid of stuff took second place to the gathering of stories. People's attempts at negotiation were frankly laughable, and it became clear that there was a pattern, and if that pattern could be recognised, then every car boot sale would be a joy.

If you're looking for a guide on how to make the most money at a car boot sale, then you won't find it here. This is a lighthearted look at the people that choose to spend their early mornings in a field, looking to purchase other people's junk. Well, "lighthearted" would be one way to put it; "rant on the part of a middle-aged malcontent" might be another.

For the entrepreneur, your guide to making millions awaits you...in some other book. In here, we cling to a simple mantra: "These people are paying me to clean my house."

What you do need to know is that every exchange that takes place in this book genuinely happened. The internal monologue of the seller will certainly have been enhanced for comedic purposes, but however unbelievable these stories get, please know that they are all completely true.

So if you're looking for an easy listen that hopes to bring you some laughs, then Car Boot Tales is definitely the book for you.

Enjoy it on the train. Listen to it on the bus. Fill pointless moments in the toilet. Seriously, how is any of this a big deal? It's an audiobook - if you don't know the portable nature of audiobooks by now then there's really very little hope for you.

©2018 Paul J Rose (P)2018 Paul J Rose
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Amazon Seller Central Secrets cover art
The Buskers Guide to Busking cover art
How to Be a Great Salesperson...By Monday Morning! cover art
Play Money cover art
All in Startup cover art
You Get What You Pitch For cover art
Silver Guilt cover art
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan cover art
Parsnips, Buttered cover art
The Wizard of Ads cover art
Grumpy Old Men cover art
Grumpy Old Men: The Secret Diary cover art
Too Much Information cover art
Go It Alone: The Streetwise Secrets of Self Employment cover art
The Answer Is Yes cover art
Thanks for Nothing cover art

What listeners say about Car Boot Tales

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    3
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Hilarious observation humour excellently narrated.

A fantastic listen of an hilarious audio, you simply need to listen to this, it's very funny.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

It's great!

The 'advice' given is amusing and often accurate but the authors justification for his Ebay matching prices is wonderfully wrong. Otherwise it's a fun book, recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!