A MOTHER has revealed that she rushed to the till when she spotted a £3 Beanie Baby that was listed for £37,000 on eBay.
But Amy Fuller, who is known online as ‘The Hustle Mumma’, was left disappointed when she did a thorough search on her buy.
Amy, a 37-year-old nurse who earns an additional income through ‘hustling’ and ‘’ and is now teaching others how they can rake in extra too, took to to show off her , which she believed could have been potentially worth £24,000.
Posting online, the , who has 65,300 followers on , filmed herself in her local , as she said: “Come and find out if the bear that I found in the charity shop was worth £24,000.”;
The who , gave her followers a close-up look at the Halo Ty – a small, white Angel bear with a pink ribbon around its neck and halo above its head.
Showing off the which is believed to be rare due to its “tag errors”;, Amy, who is from , continued: “Here is the little Halo Ty Beanie – I found it sitting on the shelf of the , with another little one, for £3.”;
Just days ago, Brits were urged to look in their lofts as this year.
Back in 2015, a couple bought a £10 Beanie Baby at a – only to discover they’d managed to get their hands on the world’s rarest version.
The toy, worth up to £62,500, was one of memorial bears.
According toThis Is Money, original toys – like Flash the Dolphin or Legs the Frog – could earn a couple of hundred pounds.
And after looking online to see how much ger Halo Beanie Baby was being sold for, the savvy woman who picks up bargains for pennies from charity shops, car boot sales and Marketplace and ‘flips' them to make a profit by selling them on and , added: “Quick eBay search showed that they were up for £700, £22,000, there was a £24,000 one, I even saw a £37,000 one.
“So obviously I ran to the till and bought it as quickly as I could and could not believe my luck, I was over the moon.”;
After buying the Beanie Baby, Amy explained: “Anyway, we did a bit more research, it has all of the tag errors that people talk about and the rarities that people talk about.”;
As well as spotting a star on the Ty tag, which is said to be a sign of a rare Beanie Baby, Amy additionally acknowledged: “It's got the brown nose, it's got the spelling error, it's got the exclamation mark error on the tag, it has all of that.”;
Can anyone shed any light onto this because I do think that this bear is worthless, I've seen about three more since
Amy Fuller
Despite this, Amy, who has used cash from reselling online to pay for luxuries including and a sighed: “But they just don't sell for £24,000 – the ones I've seen are selling for a few quid, even with the tag errors.”;
Confused by the numerous hefty listings, Amy asked: “Is this all just a big scam? Are they all just fake listings? What is going on?
“We've got all of the rarities that they talk about and I still can't work out why some of those listings are up for £24,000.
“Can anyone shed any light onto this because I do think that this bear is worthless, I've seen about three more since.
“But why are they up for so much?”;
Amy then shared a short clip shaking her head and covering her face, as she acknowledged: “This is me coming to the realisation that I probably wasn't gonna get £24,000 for the bear and in fact, I probably just wasted £3 on the b****y thing.”;
How much is it really worth?
The clip, which was posted under the username @thehustlemumma, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly amassed 114,600 views, 550 likes and 108 comments.
But social media users eagerly flocked to the comments, keen to share their thoughts on Amy’s bear – with some saying it's worth no more than a fiver.
People can post stuff for whatever price they want on eBay, it doesn’t mean it’s worth that or will sell for it
TikTok user
One person said: “Average sold price is £5.”;
Another laughed: “You fell for it!”;
A third commented: “Not a scam. People just put that price but it doesn't mean anyone is buying it for that.”;
At the same time, someone else claimed: “99% of Beanie Babies are probably worth the same as they were new. There are some exceptions (1st – 3rd gen tags) but we’re unlikely to find any in the UK as those were before they were popular here.”;
Not only this, but another chimed in: “People can post stuff for whatever price they want on eBay, it doesn’t mean it’s worth that or will sell for it.”;
To this, Amy replied and confirmed: “Yeah I’ve learnt this the hard way!!”;
