I bought a pricey-looking necklace in the charity shop for £1.50 – I was floored when I discovered its actual value
A BARGAIN hunter was floored after discovering the actual value of a £1.50 necklace from a charity shop.
After spotting the gold collar-style necklace in one of his local charity shops, he saw the price tag and decided to snap it up.
But he had no idea how much it was actually worth until he checked Google – and was left stunned in the process.
He took to TikTok to share a video of himself paying for his haul, which kicked off with a silver-plated fruit bowl he got for £1.50.
Next up was a bag of four Swarovski items for £1.50, a pearl necklace for the same price, a £1 silver necklace and a cute pill box for 50p.
But it was the next item that stole the show – the gold necklace with a diamond centre.
“BINGO! Christian Dior necklace £1.50!” he wrote over the top of the video on his Fleamarketlondon TikTok page.
He also showed the eBay listing which showed how much another one of the necklaces had gone for – £618.71.
The eBay title listed the necklace as being vintage and from the 1980s, with a crystal centre.
While another listing had the necklace priced at £720.71.
“I found very, very good stuff in one of the charity shops,” he captioned the video.
And people were quick to praise the man for finding the necklace, with one writing: “What a score!”
“You’ve got some great finds,” another said.
“Nice find! Well spotted,” a third commented.
“Great find,” someone else praised.
As another admitted: “I was worried they’d notice and just raise the price!”
The man is a pro at finding little gems among the tat – and does so at the boot sales, at antique markets and in charity shops.
He also revealed the shop he found the gold Dior necklace in was in Ireland.
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.
And when it comes to snapping up a deal, he’s not afraid to haggle.
But if you’re someone who finds the concept of haggling more than a little daunting, there’s a few tips that can help make you more confident.
“Start by offering less than you’re ultimately willing to pay — or as a seller, list items for sale above the minimum you’ll accept,” pro haggler Peter Rothbart told Business Insider.
“Your first offer may be accepted, but if not, you’ll still have room to negotiate below your ceiling.”