Shopper snaps up £337.50 worth of viral chocolate for £22.50, but admits he doesn’t even know ‘what to do with it’
A SHOPPER has left people stunned after nabbing £337.50 worth of chocolate for just £22.50.
And it wasn’t from his local supermarket either, as Lee admitted he picked up the epic deal on Amazon.
He took to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group on Facebook to share his buy, alongside pictures of the haul.
“£337.50 worth of Tony’s chocolate for £22.50,” he wrote alongside the snaps.
“Now, what to do with it?”
He actually bought 15 of the six-pack chocolate bars, called Tony’s Chocolonely Rainbow classic pack, in the flavours milk chocolate, milk caramel sea salt, milk almond honey nougat, dark almond sea salt, milk hazelnut and extra dark.
In total, he ended up with an incredible 90 bars.
However, in the comments section, people took aim at Lee, as they questioned why he’d waited for the chocolate to be delivered before sharing the bargain price.
“So you share the deal after it’s been delivered, good one,” one wrote, sarcastically.
“I don’t understand why people share things like this after it’s over?” another questioned.
“At that point, continue keeping it to yourself. No one benefits from this post!”
However, others explained: “Best way to do it, otherwise it could be cancelled if everyone jumps on the bandwagon.”
“When I share the deal it gets cancelled as everyone orders and Amazon notice,” another wrote.
“Maybe you should leave some for others?” someone else raged.
While others used the post to make their own suggestions as to what Lee could do with all the chocolate.
“Sell some, and give some to food bank?” one wrote.
“Easter gifts, give to a food bank, donate to kids’ school class, or my favourite idea… make multiple choc puddings!” another added.
“Save it for Easter if you have kids,” a third said.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for the supermarket’s own brand bars.
Shop around – if you’ve spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it’s cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you’re getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers – supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they’ve been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars – most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you’ve got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.
“Donate to a mum and child place or a safe home place for those that won’t be able to afford much or have had to run leaving everything behind,” someone else commented.
“They would appreciate it for their kids for Easter.”
“Resell them and make profit, ignore jealous people,” another said.
But there were some who praised Lee for snapping up the deal at the incredible price.
“Aaww gutting, why didn’t I see this offer before now?” one sighed.
“I’m so jealous, that is my all time favorite chocolate,” another said.
“Wish I’d seen this!”
“Wish I found this deal, love that chocolate,” a third said.
“Incredible deal!” someone else exclaimed.
“Bargain of the year! Dark almond is so good,” another commented.