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I went to a jumble sale & hit the jackpot – I left with a Mulberry bag for 30 PENCE, and two sacks of clothes for a quid
BOOT sales and charity shops are two places people are hitting to find a bargain.
But one reselling whizz has revealed there’s a little-known gem that might be forgotten when it comes to picking up epic buys – jumble sales.
tiktok/@honestlyemilyzReseller Emily is on a mission to turn £3 into £1,000[/caption]
She hit a local jumble sale to see if she could find any good bitstiktok/@honestlyemilyz
She got this bag as part of a five for £1.50 dealtiktok/@honestlyemilyz
tiktok/@honestlyemilyzAnd people in the comments section were quick to point out that it looked authentic[/caption]
Emily is on a quest to turn £3 into £1,000, and has been documenting the journey on her social media pages.
In a recent TikTok video, she explained she’d visited a local jumble sale to see what goodies they had, despite not having been to one “in years”.
“It was brilliant, it was chaotic and amazing and so, so cheap,” she said.
“There was so much stuff and so many people. It was brilliant!”
Joined by a friend, the pair went round the first time, before going to grab a drink at the pub before going round again.
“We went back in and there was half an hour left but they were all packing away,” she continued.
“There were loads of bin bags of clothes on the floor and the woman was like, ‘Do you want them? If you want them you can buy them off us.’
“50p each she wanted!”
“So I got 2 bags, 2 bin bags full of clothes for £1.”
Emily then shared her best buy from the event – a Mulberry bag which she picked up as part of a five for £1.50 bag deal.
While it “needs a bit of a clean up”, Emily added that it “looks legit” as far as she can tell, and even has a code on the bottom.
“I can’t believe I found a Mulberry bag for 30p at this jumble sale!” Emily added in the caption.
“Madness! I’ve not been to a jumble sale in years!
“I’ll definitely be going more often now!”
“Wow… that’s amazing!” one person commented on the video.
To which Emily replied: “I love it!
Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain
Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis’s charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity’s Finsbury Park shop in London.
Choose your area – As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated.
Don’t hang around – If you see something you like, buy it, as it’ll likely be gone when you come back
Look out for cut-off labels – Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn’t sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes.
Stay at home – While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won’t get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you’re looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too.
“I feel like a treasure hunter every time I go out looking for items!”
“I’m pretty sure it’s authentic,” another said of the Mulberry bag.
“They weren’t faking mulberry back then.
“It’s vintage from the eighties.”
“From the 80s? That’s amazing!” Emily grinned.
“I’m so chuffed I found it!”
“It’s genuine,” someone else agreed.
“A vintage gorgeous bag.”
She also managed to bag two black sacks full of clothes for just 50p eachtiktok/@honestlyemilyz
Emily also shared a look at some of the other bits that were being sold in the jumble saletiktok/@honestlyemilyz
BOOT sales and charity shops are two places people are hitting to find a bargain.
But one reselling whizz has revealed there’s a little-known gem that might be forgotten when it comes to picking up epic buys – jumble sales.
tiktok/@honestlyemilyzReseller Emily is on a mission to turn £3 into £1,000[/caption]
She hit a local jumble sale to see if she could find any good bitstiktok/@honestlyemilyz
She got this bag as part of a five for £1.50 dealtiktok/@honestlyemilyz
tiktok/@honestlyemilyzAnd people in the comments section were quick to point out that it looked authentic[/caption]
Emily is on a quest to turn £3 into £1,000, and has been documenting the journey on her social media pages.
In a recent TikTok video, she explained she’d visited a local jumble sale to see what goodies they had, despite not having been to one “in years”.
“It was brilliant, it was chaotic and amazing and so, so cheap,” she said.
“There was so much stuff and so many people. It was brilliant!”
Joined by a friend, the pair went round the first time, before going to grab a drink at the pub before going round again.
“We went back in and there was half an hour left but they were all packing away,” she continued.
“There were loads of bin bags of clothes on the floor and the woman was like, ‘Do you want them? If you want them you can buy them off us.’
“50p each she wanted!”
“So I got 2 bags, 2 bin bags full of clothes for £1.”
Emily then shared her best buy from the event – a Mulberry bag which she picked up as part of a five for £1.50 bag deal.
While it “needs a bit of a clean up”, Emily added that it “looks legit” as far as she can tell, and even has a code on the bottom.
“I can’t believe I found a Mulberry bag for 30p at this jumble sale!” Emily added in the caption.
“Madness! I’ve not been to a jumble sale in years!
“I’ll definitely be going more often now!”
“Wow… that’s amazing!” one person commented on the video.
To which Emily replied: “I love it!
Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain
Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis’s charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity’s Finsbury Park shop in London.
Choose your area – As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated.
Don’t hang around – If you see something you like, buy it, as it’ll likely be gone when you come back
Look out for cut-off labels – Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn’t sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes.
Stay at home – While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won’t get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you’re looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too.
“I feel like a treasure hunter every time I go out looking for items!”
“I’m pretty sure it’s authentic,” another said of the Mulberry bag.
“They weren’t faking mulberry back then.
“It’s vintage from the eighties.”
“From the 80s? That’s amazing!” Emily grinned.
“I’m so chuffed I found it!”
“It’s genuine,” someone else agreed.
“A vintage gorgeous bag.”
She also managed to bag two black sacks full of clothes for just 50p eachtiktok/@honestlyemilyz
Emily also shared a look at some of the other bits that were being sold in the jumble saletiktok/@honestlyemilyzFashion – Latest Style News And Fabulous Trends | The Sun
