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Woman spots 5p bargain at Wilkos and clears the shelf of 533 items

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Updated 12:31 18 Nov 2022 GMTPublished 14:19 16 Nov 2022 GMT

Woman spots 5p bargain at Wilkos and clears the shelf of 533 items

Talk about a bargain

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

One enterprising woman walked away from Wilkinson's with over 500 items after spotting a shelf full of stock which had been knocked down to 5p.

With a cost of living crisis on these days, you've got to scope out bargains where you can find them, and all the better if the shop will let you buy as many as you want.

It feels like the price of everything is going up so any deal that can be found is worth taking advantage of.

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And that's exactly what one woman did when she walked into Wilkos and spent £26.65 on 533 items after spotting a bunch which had been dropped down to 5p each.

At 5p per packet, Sara was able to buy 533 bags of seeds for £26.65.
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The items in question were packets of seeds, with the clever shopper taking to Facebook to share her fortunate find with Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.

She showed pictures of her shopping bag filled to the brim with packets of seeds, and even after walking away with 533, there were still 'thousands left'.

However, not everyone was chuffed with her efforts when they discovered her bargain buying, as some people thought buying 533 packets of seeds was a bit excessive.

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One person wrote that they reckoned she was going to 'resell and make a profit' off the bargain seeds, saying that it was 'totally selfish' to buy so many.

She then responded to say she was buying them as wedding favours and left plenty behind for other customers.

Someone else said they were 'glad I wasn't behind you in the queue', with the woman admitting the staff member on the checkout said 'oh my god' when they realised they'd had to scan over 500 packets.

One woman got much more than she bargained for at Wilkos.
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She was lucky that she was buying from Wilkos and not Lidl, as the supermarket has just introduced a rationing notice of three items per person for their most popular stock and other places could soon follow suit.

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Right now, some of the most popular things on the shop shelves are eggs, which are scarce at the moment due to a problem with the supply.

If that's ever the case for seeds and there's a catastrophic shortage, then she should have plenty left over to sort you out through these tough times.

There are obviously downsides to going bargain hunting right now, as sometimes you can end up buying something that is so naff it's not even worth the knock-down price you spent on it.

Meanwhile, Martin Lewis has warned people that with the festive season coming up, now is not the time to be overspending on gifts, no matter how magical you want to make this Christmas.

We all want to push the boat out for our nearest and dearest but this year, it's more important than ever to avoid spending beyond our means.

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But if you're stuck for low cost gift ideas and reckon someone might want to take up gardening in 2023, I've heard they're doing a smashing offer on packets of seeds at Wilkos.

Featured Image Credit: Facebook/Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Bax Walker / Alamy

Topics: UK News, News, Shopping

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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