A BARGAIN hunter has come under fire after proudly showing off her mega haul of £2.50 cleaning essentials.
Asda customer, Mandy Ward, was slammed after sheand filled the shopping trolley the boot to the brim withcut-price laundry products.
According to the thrifty shopper, thewas running awhich meant she only paid a mere £2.50 for the branded liquid detergent.
The popular brand usually goes for an eye-watering £7.98 at the store, so Mandy managed to save nearly 4x the original price.
In her post, the money-saving shopper explained she had spotted someone else raving about the epic deal on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.
All chuffed with the monster haul, she said: ”;Thank you so much to the person who posted about the Persil bottles for £2.50.
”;It was only the blue one.”;
She confessed to leaving the store with no more stock, writing: ”;I cleared my out (Boston). Will share with friends and family and the local .
”;The price on the shelf was still showing as £7.98, I used the to check the price which came up as £2.50,”; said Mandy who had bagged more than a dozen liquid detergents.
‘Wow! Why clear them out’
But while Mandy vowed to donate some of the cleaning essentials to help , the mega haul sparked fury amongst Facebook users.
Since being shared online, the post has racked up close to 300 likes in less than 24 hours, with a further 249 people flooding to comments – where it was a mixed bag of reactions.
One wasn’t so convinced by what Mandy claimed she’d do with the cut-price items.
”;Why do people always say, share with friends and family and local foods.we all know you plan on keeping it... and that’s ok! Don’t need to lie, or justify it.”;
”;Which store? So we know not to go,”; wrote another who thought they’d be met with empty shelves.
”;Wow! Why clear them out? Let sum1 else get a share,”; someone else slammed the money-saving shopper.
Meanwhile, there were also a few of those who, too, made the most out of the offer, such as Tor Summers Powell.
She said: Lol I bought 12 earlier left 5 on the shelf and no I’m not sharing.”;
If you’re keen to snap up the discounted detergent but your local Asda has been cleared out, one shopper revealed that a rival supermarket was running a similar deal.
”;They do a 2 pack of these in home bargains around £5.69 so only 69p more.”;
