Original Mr Blobby BBC costume from the 1990s attracts bids of up to £60,000 after going up for sale on eBay By Madeleine Ross For Mailonline Published: 12:42 GMT, 22 January 2023 | Updated: 13:04 GMT, 22 January 2023 An original 1990s Mr Blobby costume is for sale in an auction on eBay for nearly … Read more
Hat’s crazy! Baffled shoppers spot limited-edition fluorescent orange Hermès hardhat being auctioned online for up to £5,750 – and joke you could just buy one from a hardware store Orange workman hat by Hermès is being sold for £5,750 on Sotheby’s website Hats released in limited numbers to mark opening of Toronto Hermès in 2008 … Read more
Can’t find that present? Blame the ‘Grinchbots’: Online hackers are frustrating shoppers by buying up popular products using sophisticated software programs and selling them at inflated prices when stocks run out Sophisticated software programs – referred to as Grinchbots because they ruin families’ Christmas plans – are being used to target in-demand products Once items … Read more
A PlayStation 5 shortage is forcing parents searching to use resale sites where they are having to pay up to £1,000 for the new must-have Sony console – which normally retails for £450. A current global shortage of microchips which has affected gaming console stocks has seen desperate Brits on the hunt for must-have Christmas … Read more
Opportunistic eBay sellers have been taking advantage of the supply crisis by buying up popular Christmas gifts and listing them online for more than double the price. As the countdown to Christmas continues savvy vendors are capitalising on parents’ desperation to secure the gifts on their children’s lists. It comes after families were warned to start … Read more
#FreeBrittany! British wholesaler wanting to raise money for Britney Spears’ conservatorship fight is left with 10,000 misspelled t-shirts after a factory error Karl Baxter, of Wholesale Clearance UK, ordered 10,000 #FreeBirtney t-shirts He wanted to ‘appeal to young customers’ and raise money for Britney Spears But the suppliers made a spelling error and the t-shirts … Read more
Schoolgirl, 13, who found an ‘ultra rare’ puffy Doritos chip is given $20,000 by the company after listing the snack on eBay and sparking a bidding war Gold Coast teen has been given $20k from Doritos for discovery of rare chip Doritos rewarded the teenage girl for her ‘bold entrepreneurship’ and ‘ingenuity’ Rylee Stuart listed … Read more
eBay launches a massive EOFY sale on the latest must-have gadgets – with prices slashed on Dyson hairdryers, Apple AirPods, coffee machines and air fryers eBay Australia has launched a huge sale on popular big ticket items and gadgets For a fraction of the price, shoppers can expect huge savings on big ticket items Big … Read more
Manchester City kit man puts Sergio Aguero’s £40,000 Range Rover on eBay just DAYS after winning it in a raffle arranged by striker as a farewell gift Sergio Aguero organised a raffle before leaving Manchester City last season One of the kit men, Ally Marland, won a 2016 Range Rover Evoque He embraced the legendary … Read more
Manchester City kit man puts Sergio Aguero’s £40,000 Range Rover on eBay just days after winning it in a raffle arranged by striker as a farewell gift, with 5 per cent of the sale being donated to a children’s hospice Sergio Aguero organised a raffle before leaving Manchester City last season One of the kit … Read more
An office worker who was so talkative she was called the ‘Tracey Trap’ by coworkers, who complained they couldn’t ‘break away’ from her conversations, has seen her unfair dismissal claim thrown out. Tracey Bodman resigned from AA-Wargames, a company based in Westbury, Wiltshire, after she was given a warning by her bosses for her slow … Read more
A couple who gave up their £650 a month bungalow to move into an ex-police riot van and save for their future – have revealed they’ve already saved £15,000 in rent and expenses in under two years. Carpenter Cameron Smith, 30, from South East England, decided to buy the van off eBay in 2019 after … Read more
A couple who gave up their £650 a month bungalow to move into an ex-police riot van and save for their future – have revealed they’ve already saved £15,000 in rent and expenses in under two years. Carpenter Cameron Smith, 30, from South East England, decided to buy the van off eBay in 2019 after … Read more