THERE are more and more resellers raiding charity shops in a bid to find bits to sell on for a profit.
So it can often be a bit disheartening when you scour the and end up coming away empty handed.
But that could be because you’re looking in the wrong places, one has explained.
The shopper took to TikTok to share one of his recent finds – a £2 buy that ended up being worth a whopping £115.
The product in question? A Littlest Pet Shop version of Monopoly.
And Kev added that the purchase is proof that you should always check the board games on sale in your local charity shop.
“This Monopoly game is !”; he wrote over the top of his video.
Adding in the caption: “Always worth checking out those board games!”;
“You’re obviously never quite sure what you’re going to find when you walk into a charity shop, but this one definitely surprised me,”; Kev began the video.
“Of course you’re always seeing the board game Monopoly in charity shops, but if it’s one that you haven’t seen before, sometimes it’s worth taking a closer look.
“I had never seen this Littlest Pet Shop before and there was good reason why, because it is a pretty rare game.”;
Kev removed the sellotape on the box to have a look inside, to find that the four playable pet pieces were inside and in mint condition.
The rest of the game also appeared to be complete.
There was no price on the box, so Kev took it up to the till, where he was told that board games are sold for £2 each.
“And there we go, board game secured for £2, absolute bargain!”; he said.
“After a few minutes of sorting everything out, I got the pieces together and it was fully complete and actually in really, really good condition.
“The character playable pieces were really good, the money, the cards, even had the discarded cards in there, this has not been played with much at all.”;
Kev then had a look on to see how much the game could potentially fetch – and was stunned to see one exactly the same as his that had sold for £115.
“There is another one that sold for £73 and one of the figures on their own also sold for £52, pretty crazy!”; he grinned.
“Looking at what’s actually currently listed at the moment, there is nothing, none of the full game whatsoever, just bits and pieces, so fingers crossed I should be getting that £115, maybe a bit more!”;
People were quick to comment on the video, with many sharing their own similar finds.
“I once found a Ghettopoly set in mint condition for £2.99 ... I resold it for £100,”; one wrote.
“That was my one and only ever bargain!”;
“I found a sealed snoopy limited edition one for £1.50 few years ago in charity shop, and Ghetto Monopoly,”; another added.
“Wow!!!! I would have completely bypassed this, thanks for the tip Kev! Cracking find,”; a third praised.
With someone else calling it “an awesome find”;.
