Britons 'not insuring their car boot bargains'
Bargain-hunters should think about insuring their car boot sale purchases, an insurer had advised.
According to Halifax, 5.6 million Brits made £890 million a year by trading at car boot sales.
Research revealed that 12 per cent said they had discovered a hidden treasure for a great price at a second-hand market or boot sale, and two-thirds of respondents said they had gone to one in the last five years.
However Halifax said that often people forgot to update their home insurance contents policy.
Senior Manager of Underwriting Vicky Emmott said: "Britons like nothing more than snapping up a bargain, and with all those TV programmes devoted to turning trash into treasure more Britons seem to know what they are looking for."
Ms Emmott advised people to inform their home insurance company of changes to the contents of their property.
September 14th 2007