A COUPLE who spent £500 on an Amazon returns pallet were unsure whether or not their gamble would pay off.
But after getting it home and unpacking it, they soon realised they'd hit the jackpot with some of the items in there.
Jamie and Sarah are pros at picking up returns pallets and selling their finds on for a profit, and explained there's a trick to ensuring you get a good one.
"Our strategy is typically to pick out a pallet in which we can see one or two items which we hope will pay for most of the pallet," Sarah explained in a video on the pair's YouTube page.
"So that's why Jamie chose this pallet that has some kind of welder and everything else should be bonus."
Among the first items the couple got out of the pallet were a foot spa worth £63 ($80), a glass casserole dish and some pet bits, including a dog bed and set of dog bowls.
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"Pet stuff sells really well for me on Facebook Marketplace too, not necessarily huge profit but definitely £15 ($20) here or there all the time."
They went on to open some jackpot items including a hemp WoolRoom pillow that retails for £94 (£119.99), and a gold chandelier that could fetch them £83 ($105.99).
Other items in the pallet included some glass vases, picture frames, snow shoes, loose bedding and a tie and belt organiser.
But it was when they got to a Caraway whistling kettle that Sarah got really excited.
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"Beautiful too because it's in this pristine, original packaging, so that always helps for eBay sales as well," she said.
And when Jamie guess it was worth around £23.50 ($30), Sarah delighted in telling him it could actually fetch them £160 ($195).
The haul continued with some chair cushions, a ring light, a ceiling fan with lights, a mini fridge – albeit one with a shattered front – and a women's clothes mannequin.
The pair then reached the welder that Jamie had been so excited about, and found out they could make around £211 ($270) on it.
They concluded their video by saying while they expected to make their money back and maybe a little bit of profit, it wasn't one of their best hauls.
But Sarah later added a note on the video to admit that the bedding they'd dismissed actually turned out to be really expensive, so that boded well.
In total, the RRPs of all the products inside came to £2,367 ($3,062).
"We used to get monster pallets and it would be a $200 item, $400 item, but now it's getting a little bit more dicey," Jamie said.
"We still think it's a great way to make money – you just have to be willing to take the risk sometimes."
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