I earn £80 an hour ‘working’ at Tesco and am accused of ‘keeping people poor’
A MAN has defended himself after being accused of “keeping poor people poor” thanks to his shelf-clearing antics at Tesco.
Everyone loves finding a clearance section at the supermarket, but for Ben, aka Resell Republic, finding a section full of bargains means an epic payday.
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He went to TikTok to explain how his buying into Tesco and selling through his Amazon FBA business means he can “earn over £80 an hour working at Tesco”.
The video showed Ben going straight to the clearance section and seeing a Hawaiian Tropic Mineral Protective Sun lotion.
“I’ve seen it before but it was a bit more expensive in this Tesco so it was only 67p profit,” he said, showing himself scanning the product with an app to see how much profit he would make.
While he decided to leave that one, he noticed the Hawaiian Tropic Mineral Facial Milk right next to it and scanned it, revealing he would make £2.20 profit per unit.
“It’s £2.20 profit per unit, 36 units,” he said.
“I literally took every win of just under £80 for a few seconds.”
Ben continued to share his tips, explaining that he never takes the proceeds to the cash register.
Instead, he uses the self-scanner so that he can scan all 36 bottles himself.
“We put them in the bag by the car,” he said.
“All we have to do now is send them to Amazon.
“They take care of the rest, and we just watch the sales roll in!”
People were quick to comment on the video, with one writing: “Or just let them buy them at clearance price?”
“Do I look like a charity to you?” Ben replied.
“So that’s why we sometimes run out of formula. Thanks buddy!” another commented.
While Ben hit back: “If you’re relying on clearance shelves to feed your baby then maybe you shouldn’t have gotten one.”
“Congratulations on keeping poor people poor,” a third wrote sarcastically.
“£80 an hour!! Wow…so you do this every working hour, every working day?” asked another.
“No, because I’m not slaving for peanuts like you,” Ben replied.
“Nice idea. But a bit misleading. The profit is not real profit,” someone else wrote.
‘It’s potential profit. Furthermore, you have not mentioned your overhead costs. Fuel, labor and shipping costs must be deducted.”
“You weren’t making £80 an hour, you were selling a load of sales,” another raged.
As someone else said: “I’m surprised this is legal, it feels wrong!”
