A SHOPPER has sparked a debate among bargain hunters after sharing an incredible yellow sticker haul on social media – and admitting she cleared the shelves of highly reduced items.
The savvy shopper managed to scoop up 51 cartons of fruit juice for less than £4, along with a massive discount on cleaning essentials.
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The post quickly racked up comments after the woman declared: “Yes I cleared the shelves who wouldn’t,” justifying her massive purchase.
The focus of her shopping spree was Morrisons, though she noted the deal might not be nationwide.
The woman, who shared her impressive savings in the popular Facebook group Extreme Couponing And Bargains UK, basket was full of discounted everyday essentials.
She bought 17 multipacks of juice cartons (4x apple and blackcurrant, 13x orange juice) that were priced at a mere 20p per pack.
This means she paid just £3.40 for 51 individual juice cartons, a saving of over 90% on the original price.
The money saver also grabbed a huge stock of Dettol cleaning wipes.
These were marked up at 75p but scanned at an even lower 37p per pack of 70 wipes.
She bought 13 packs, grabbing a year’s worth of cleaning supplies for just £4.81.
But her post soon quickly got a reaction from other money savers.
Many users congratulated her on the incredible luck, insisting that any serious bargain hunter would do the same but others disagreed.
“I wouldn’t have cleared the shelf actually,” one wrote.
A second also stated: “It’s lovely to hear of people getting a bargain but when you say…
“I cleared the shelf, surely you didn’t mean that figuratively.
“I mean you did leave some for someone else to ‘get a bargain’?”
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“I’m sorry but I get annoyed when people clear the shelf.
“I just think it’s a great bargain but please be fair to others to have the opportunity to get as well,” a third added.
But someone else said: “Why not, great find. That pack lunches are sorted.”
And another added: “Well done you…I would have as well…always share with relations and friends.”
A Facebook user also commented: “Well done you, who wouldn’t take the lot I would , to split between my family.”
Money saving challenges
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- Weather saving challenge – Save the amount equal to whatever the highest temperature was that week. £1 = 1C.
- 1p challenge – save 1p a day for everyday of the year, but it increase the amount by 1p each day. So day one you save 1p, 2p on day two and 3p on day three. When you reach 100 days you start adding a £1 coin each day too, while this increases to a £2 coin each day plus pennies at 200 days, and £3 each day on top of pennies at day 300.
- 20p a day challenge – Start by putting 20p in savings, then increase the amount by 20p every day. For example, the first week will look like this: 20p, 40p, 60p, 80p, £1, £1.20, £1.40.
- £5 a week challenge – Like the 20p challenge, put aside £5 a week and increase it by a fiver each week. Eg £5, £10, £15, £20
- Round-up challenge – Every time you buy something, round up the purchase to the nearest £1 and put the difference in a savings account. Eg. You pay £2.60, so you put 40p in savings. You can use an app such as Monzo or Starling to do this.
- Bingo challenge – Here you have a bingo card with different numbers on it and you tick them off when you’ve put that amount in your savings account. It can be ad hoc but you have to tick them all off by the end of the month.
- Monday to Sunday challenge – With this challenge, you simply save £1 on Monday, £2 on Tuesday and so on until the weekend where you don’t save on Saturday or Sunday.
- 365 day challenge – Every Sunday you put aside £1, followed by £2 on Monday, £3 on Wednesday and so on. On Saturday you’ll put away £7, and then the process repeats and you’ll put aside £1 on Sunday as the new week begins