‘Selfish is an understatement’ people fume as man ‘on track to be millionaire’ clears Tesco shelves for profit
A SHOPPER has caused controversy online, after revealing that he cleared the supermarket shelves to sell items on for profit.
Sam, who describes himself as a "young entrepreneur" and says he is on track to become a millionaire shared a video of himself nabbing reduced items from Tesco via a video posted to his TikTok channel, @samsjourney.
He often uses the account to show off items he is going to resell for profit and has racked up over 87,000 followers on the video sharing platform.
"Late night lootings", Sam said before picking up some Revlon hairdryers that had been reduced to £37.
He then scanned the hairdryers used an app called BuyBotGo which told him how much they would sell for on Amazon and how many times people had bought them in the last month.
Selfish is an understatement
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Sam revealed that the product sells for £70 on Amazon, meaning he will get £15 profit and added that the hairdryers have been sold 1000 times in the last month on the online marketplace.
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"Picking these right up", he said.
Sam then continued his journey around the supermarket, piling his trolley high with reduced items.
"There's a quick £200 just sitting there", he said as he picked up a load of reduced Bulldog skincare products.
"People are going to hate me today, but I've got to pay my bills", Sam said, as he loaded a cot into his trolley.
As Sam loaded his car with his reduced buys, he rubbed his hands together and said that he had made over £1000 profit by reselling the items using Amazon FBA.
Amazon FBA is a service that online sellers can use, where Amazon takes care of the storing, packing and shipping of your products.
So all Sam will have to do is send the products off the Amazon and wait for the money to roll in.
Sam said that reselling products on Amazon is his full time job.
However, his video left some people unimpressed, and TikTokers raced to the video's comments section to share their thoughts.
One person said: "Selfish is an understatement".
Another person added: "Some of that stuff is to help new mums who can't afford baby stuff, but you're more interested in making £27. "
Another person said: "There's ways of making money while maintaining moral integrity".
A fourth person added: "This doesn't make for comfortable viewing".
However, some people praised Sam for his entrepreneurial ways.
One person said: "Can't blame a dude for seeing a gap in the market".
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Another person added: "How can I start?"
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