[Celyn]

A few months ago, I got a text from 'Royal Mail' saying something I ordered hadn't been delivered and had been sent back to the depot and for me to click on a link to rearrange delivery. Even though it got me thinking, I realised it must be a scam because I hadn't ordered anything. It was convincing though!

Originally Posted by Rivière

I've also noticed a lot of scalping behaviour online as well (buying products that would normally be cheap and selling them for 4-5x the price). Hand sanitiser that used to sell for 99p was selling for £4.99 a bottle. 10 disposable masks are selling for £3.99. Home workout equipment has risen over 1000% in some cases. I bought a set of £29.99 30kg weights way before the pandemic, now they cost well over £120 for the exact same thing. Lidl also sold 4-6kg kettlebells for £3.99 and suddenly there were masses of them being sold for £24.99 on eBay.

This. I saw something on social media where someone posted an ebay screenshot where someone had bought poundland perfume and was selling them for £17 and calling them out for it. Except some people were defending the behaviour saying it was probably a poor person trying to make some extra money....and I just can't imagine a poor person wasting money on perfume and packaging in the hopes of making some extra money by selling them for far more than what they are worth?