Where to buy Currys return pallets
LUCKY buyers have been able to get their hands on goods worth THOUSANDS of pounds for a tenth of the price through auctioned retail pallets.
Stores like Curry’s occasionally auction off their mystery returns pallets. Here’s what we know:
Major retailers like Curry’s often sell returns pallets worth thousands for a fraction of the value[/caption]What are Currys return pallets?
Return pallets are pallets of returned goods that are sold for hugely discounted prices.
Buyers can make a lot of money by refurbishing and reselling the used merchandise online, with some pallet purchases a mystery to buyers until they open them.
Some sites that sell return pallets usually organise them by category, lot size, brands, retailers and location, and typically, the more you are willing to buy, the cheaper the cost.
Where to buy Currys return pallets
The pallet carries an “estimated retail value” price which is determined by tallying up the price of the items in the pallet but the goods inside can be in any condition.
If you end up bidding on and winning an auction, you can arrange to have the pallet shipped directly to your warehouse, but it makes economic sense to look for liquidations in your geographic area to save on transport costs.
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These pallets can be purchased through auctioneer sites and sometimes directly from the company.
As well as major retailers, many websites sell return pallets from various retailers in bulk:
- MartHill International
- gemwholesale.co.uk
- wholesaleclearance.co.uk
- Ebay
- discounthouse.co.uk
- williamgeorge.com
- now-sale.co.uk
- hopite.co.uk
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You can also buy returns pallets from a range of other retailers.
Retailers such as Argos, eBay and Amazon have been known to auction high-value return’s pallets regularly.
Some High Street stores like John Lewis have been known auction pallets too.
Some people make a living out of refurbishing goods from return pallets.
From January 2020 to January 2021, online returns alone cost UK retailers an estimated £5.2billion a year on average, according to PaymentSense’s annual report.
The data, released in December 2021, showed “serial refunders” cost UK small businesses an average of £15,600 a month.
One lucky buyer was able to get her hands on £42,000 of makeup in her pallet while another couple was able to pay off their mortgage early with the profits from their Amazon purchase.