Shocked shopper finds £15 Primark jeans for sale in TK Maxx for DOUBLE the price
Richard Foster thought he'd stumbled upon an amazing bargain when he picked up a pair of £30 jeans which were supposedly worth £85
PART of the fun of shopping in a store like TK Maxx is the prospect of finding an amazing bargain buy.
But one shopper was forced to do a double take after stumbling upon a pair of £15 Primark jeans on sale for DOUBLE their normal price in an East London store.
Richard Foster was shopping for jeans in TK Maxx's superstore in Ilford when he came across what he thought was an absolute bargain.
A pair of blue skinny jeans with a 28 waist and 32 leg were on sale for just £30 after being reduced from £85.
But on closer inspection, he quickly realised the reduced denim was actually from Primark and would ordinarily only set him back £15.
Posting on the Facebook group , Richard attached a photo of the jeans and joked: "£29.99 for Primark's finest in Ilford."
After Richard highlighted the brand's mishap, other members of the group began to discuss how the Primark jeans ended up in TK Maxx.
Pointing out how the system could be abused by shoplifters, one user wrote: "This must be a dodgy return someone has gotten away with. Well here's hoping... Kimble guns and security magnets are easy to get hold of online after all."
Having previously worked in retail, another member added that what Richard found was a prime example of a "a shoplifter swap".
"From working in retail in a previous life, you know how it's not that hard to get the security tag off," they wrote.
"Someone has gone into the changing room to do the switch and put the tag on the ones they came in with and walked out wearing the expensive ones."
Another added: "I went on a date with a guy who proudly told me his method of getting 'free clothes'.
"Bought something at TK, used a pin to get the price tag off intact, used the same pin to attach the price tag of an old article of clothing, returned said old item and got his money back."
Meanwhile, another former TK Maxx employee claimed: "We used to get Primark brand names ALL THE TIME, it's not a shady return.
"I literally did deliveries and put out fresh stock of Primark brands!"
A spokesperson for TK Maxx told Fabulous Online: "At TK Maxx, conducting our business with integrity means everything to us and we take great pride in offering our customers great value on high quality brand-name products.
"Unfortunately, from time to time a customer may return an item to our store fraudulently.
"While our store associates are trained to spot this, occasionally a mistake occurs.
"It appears in this instance that an individual purchased one item from our stores, returned a different item in its place, and it was subsequently put back on our sales floor in error.
"As soon as this was brought to our attention, we located the item and removed it from sale."
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