SHOPPERS have been sent into a frenzy after Aldi released bargain Bluey chairs following the blockbuster finale episode of the kids’ cartoon last week.
Amongst the Special Buys that hit stores yesterday includes the Bluey or Bingo Plush Chair, £24.99, Bluey or Bingo Talking Plush, £14.99 and a four-figure set of characters for £8.99.
But frustrated parents have been left raging after discovering the popular sell-out item is being sold on Vinted for more than five times the price.
In a clip shared to TikTok (@darcie_diaries), which has since gone viral, one fuming parent shared a snap of a Vinted seller who is flogging the Bluey character plush children’s seat for a whopping £130.
“I hate people!” she commented.
“They’re £24.99…”
Another customer took to money-saving Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK and vented: “People are shocking!
This is f***ing disgusting they should be ashamed!
Frustrated Aldi shopper
“None around me left but people have bought them just to put them on Vinted, Marketplace and eBay to charge £80 each for them to make a profit!”
Meanwhile, a woman named Shannon shared a snap of the Bluey chair being sold on Vinted for £100 and the Bingo option for £70.
Alongside the photo, she fumed: “Two people on Vinted sold them at this price.
“Unless your child likes Bluey, why buy them for extra money? It’s not fair on other people.
“I went down to the Aldi in my town – they were open for an hour and there was none there…I was gutted, my son loves Bluey.”
IF you fancy clearing out your wardrobe and getting rid of your old stuff on Vinted, you’ll need to consider the new rules that recently came into play.
If people are selling personal items for less than they paid new (which is generally the case for second-hand sales), there is no impact on tax.
However, since January 1, digital platforms, including eBay, Airbnb, Etsy, Amazon and Vinted, must share seller information with HMRC as part of a crackdown.
You’re unlikely to be affected if you only sell a handful of second-hand items online each year – generally, only business sellers trading for profit might need to pay tax.
A tax-free allowance of £1,000 has been in place since 2017 for business sellers trading for profit – the only time that an individual personal item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is a profit from the sale.
However, firms now have to pass on your data to HMRC if you sell 30 or more items a year or earn over £1,700.
It is part of a wider tax crackdown to help ensure that those who boost their income via side hustles pay up what they owe.
While your data won’t be shared with HMRC if you earn between £1,000 and £1,700, you’ll still need to pay tax as normal.
It wasn’t long before other annoyed Aldi shoppers rushed to the comments section to express their anger at the re-sellers.
“I remember this at Christmas with all the wooden toys!! I reported so many sellers on Vinted!! It’s so wrong,” wrote one.
A second commented: “I’d be embarrassed if I was a grown up adult who emptied Aldi just to resell them for lots more.
“I feel sorry for those kids who can’t get one because of these people.”
Unless your child likes Bluey, why buy them for extra money? It’s not fair on other people
Frustrated mum
“I’m trying to get a Bluey chair for my daughter but with the prices are reselling them for it’s ridiculous.”
Meanwhile, a fourth vented: “This is f***ing disgusting they should be ashamed!!”
Another noted: “I was in Aldi at 9am, the place had already been ransacked.”
And a further chimed in: “Insane, and sad. I was in Aldi today and someone’s grandma was really on the lookout.”
