Jumble sale

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A Jumble sale or rummage sale is a sale of second hand goods, usually by an institution such as a local church, as a fundraising effort.

They will typically ask local people to donate goods, which are set out on tables in the same manner as car boot sales, and sold to members of the general public, who have paid a fee to enter the sale.

Typically in the UK the entry fee is somewhere between fifty pence and one pound fifty. (Rummage sales in the United States generally do not charge an entrance fee, but may place a small jar near the cash register to collect additional donations.)

Jumble Sales in Britain have a reputation for being somewhat like a rugby scrum as people jostle for bargains.

Jumble Sales are becoming less prevalent in the UK, as car boot sales and the internet enable people to sell their unwanted goods rather than donate them to charity.