Well, would you? It’s a bit steep considering the face value for a bag of sugar-coated delights was around £2.50. Even when I worked at the store back in the day (yes, I’m using the phrase ‘back in the day’ to describe Woolworths) no customer seemed that desperate or crazy or stupid enough. Apparently though, someone is. An auction for what is being described as the last ever pic’n'mix bag to raise money for the Retail Trust ended today at lunchtime. Over 100 bids were placed but £14,500 was the winner. Ex-employee Ed Adams was the person who single-handedly started these crazy e-commerce shenanigans. An eBay spokesperson said:
The amount of interest this has generated reflects the popularity of the iconic Woolworths brand…We are very excited by the result and are going to be working with Retail Trust over the coming days to finalise payment for the winning bid.
At midday today the winner was probably jumping up and down at the latest addition to his/her collection of memorabilia of dead retail stores (I’m presuming that is who the winner was – they own an old MCV bag and everything!), but later on they will soon realise that they have been ripped off by £14,447.50. And they have no one to blame but themselves.
