Once my prolonged spree is over, I really feel bizarrely – disproportionately – deflated. I’d preserve going if I might, which I discover barely scary.
Could there be one other blender in there? What about these heavy containers which are priced up at €150 every? According to Nathan, who works behind the until, they cost simply €11 a kilo and provide the very best worth as a result of the contents might be break up up and offered on.
All figuring out marks on the packages should be lined up for authorized causes lengthy earlier than they attain the store flooring. But somebody has forgotten to cowl up the label on a stack of duck egg incubators from – the place else? – China. But I’m unsure how I might realistically discover many takers for them in central London.
As I go away, Suzanna Müller, 37, a photographer from Brussels, is casting her skilled eye over the parcels. “My husband and I order a lot of stuff online and I have to be honest not many people would want 15 kilos of dog food, so I’m quite sceptical about what I might find here.
Brave new world?
“I’m hoping for maybe some nice face cream or cosmetics. Either way. I’ll bring these parcels home to my husband.”
Is this the courageous new world of sustainable discount looking or a flash-in-the pan gimmick to make money from gullible punters? The jury’s out on that one: the recurring theme right here actually is the component of shared shock. Not a lot retail remedy, as retail jeopardy. Who might have guessed that’s what prospects crave?
It would possibly sound loopy in idea however in follow there’s clearly a marketplace for grownup Kinder Surprises. I spent €33 for a load of not-quite garbage however actually rubbish-adjacent trinkets and tat. But – I had a blast.
When I deliver my booty home, the balloon-powered dinosaur proves to be an hilarious hit with my 15-year-old, who immediately regresses and takes triumphant possession of it. I name {that a} win. She additionally fortunately takes the lilac energy financial institution, though it doesn’t include a cable, so I’ve to present her certainly one of mine, which I see as a internet loss. As for the pockets, it’s within the charity store pile so maybe some good will come of it.
So, in case you are passing by Brussels I’d suggest you swing by, however don’t open your parcels on the spot. Bring them home. Put them in your mantelpiece as a dialog piece and ask family and friends to guess the contents.
Take it from me, that giddy air of anticipation renders something – even a job lot of doggy toothbrushes – completely priceless.
