Where does car boot makeup come from?

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1. Could still be knockoffs, could be “last season” stock bought cheap, could be stolen.

2. Sometimes they are stolen goods.

   Other times they are end of line products.

   Even more other times, they have faults that you don’t notice so the usual shop can’t sell them so they sell them on bulk to people who can sell them.

3. Knockoffs are common, people are often arrested at these things because of it.

4. Makeup expires after 6-12 months it is probably ancient.

5. We get donations from people who receive gifts for Christmas, birthdays, etc. are they’re just not wanted.

6. A lot of it is stolen

7. 3 main lines of resourcing these items

   1. They’re stolen
   2. It’s written off and thrown out by a store for what ever reason, either one of store workers or someone down the line that goes all the way to a refuse dumping site worker has picked it up and is selling it.
   3. They’re knockoff items, fakes.

8. I bought a Fenty lipgloss from ebay and that was fake – fairly legitimate looking logo and packaging at first glance, but the lid leaked and if you put it next to the real colour they would look different.

9. I got a 6 cans of Sure deodorant on Amazon for the price of 4 in a supermarket…..but they are fake. It just doesn’t work. Supermarket one I am dry all day…these I could feel myself sweating by 10am then sit and stink all day.

10. They’re knock offs. Very good knock offs but knock offs all the same in the main.

    You may get someone who knows where there’s companies/auctions that do stock disposal where they’ve been able to go buy a few boxes or pallet worth but if they’re selling stuff for a quid that retails for £14 it’s doubtful it’s genuine.

11. Most of the makeup is unused makeup that’s been bought or gifted, all genuine. At the car boots I’ve been to at least, they have a no counterfeits, no stolen goods policy but it varies from place to place.

12. Not specifically car boots but I went through a phase of getting good brand nail polishes in the pound shop. It turned out the brand was changing their packaging and selling off the old style bottles really cheap which is how the pound shop must have got them. Maybe if that happens more often and car boot people can buy wholesale?

    More likely though that they’re buying fakes from AliExpress.

13. Counterfeit.

    Stolen.

    Stock from liquidation sale.

    Out of date stock.

    Factory rejects.

    Take your pick.