"Unwanted" xmas presents wrapped in same wrapping paper seriously people buy it?

RHemmings · 5 January 2013 at 10:31PM

Perhaps this could start a trend. Maybe I should list this item:

I've just been shopping, but have decided that I don't want any of the food I just bought. On the way home I decided that I need to go on a diet and can't bring myself to sort through the shopping bags and torture myself with all the delicious food that I can't eat any more. So I'm selling three still packed bags of shopping. I can't remember what I bought, but I usually buy myself high quality food, so you won't be disappointed. The photo shows this shopping in Waitrose bags, but I often try to re-use bags and I can't remember which supermarket I was shopping in half an hour ago. So I can't make any promises. One of the shopping bags seems to have a round bulge, and I think this might be a parma ham or a luxury christmas pudding.

Kite2010 · 5 January 2013 at 11:33PM

I have their wrapped box, it might contain something very rare and expensive, or the other hand it might contain a receipt for some fruit gums from Poundland.

Lets start the bidding at £100.

I also have this limited edition £2 coin, printed in order of Oasis's 4th album. It reads Standing on the Shoulders of Giants along the outside (like most £2 coins from that era, but don't let misinformed foreign fans now about it).

patman99 · 6 January 2013 at 12:10AM

Nothing new. These auctions crop-up every Christmas/Valentines & Easter.

In fact, I have some broken bits of hoover a few empty boxes and some old wrapping paper................

Cooper18 · 6 January 2013 at 5:14PM

I have never heard of this! God, how mad are some people?! Maybe the folks buying them have NO friends or family and they just want to have something to unwrap?!

LittleMax · 6 January 2013 at 6:03PM

I had some rubbish presents ... I'm going to give them to charity. Maybe I'd have been better off leaving them wrapped up and flogged em on e-bay. Maybe next year, but then to be honest I would have to say, last year I had some pretty !!!! presents, don't want to risk it this year and am just selling them. Maybe you will be lucky and my friends will have bought better this year!