WANT to save some pennies on the Christmas shopping?
Look no further than the Thames Valley Police eBay page, where this week the force are flogging bundles of expensive perfumes, branded hair care and high-tech gear at a sliver of the usual price.
Bundled together this week are four branded toothbrushes, all untouched and unused – but with slight damage to the packaging.
Police use the buying and selling page to get rid of goods seized in investigations, or handed in at police stations.
Another hot listing, which all start at 99p before bidders battle in cash to win, are 17 different designer scents.
Issey Miyake, Armani, Ralph Lauren and Paco Robanne perfumes are currently going for just under £300 – at least £500 off the retail value – if you wanted to buy 17 all at once.
The profits made from the sales go to good causes in the Thames Valley, divvied up through a scheme run by the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Winners must collect everything in person from the police eBay HQ in Milton Keynes.
Here is the full list, with prices accurate at the time of print:
• A bundle of four Philips Sonicare electric toothbrushes, two basics and two with ‘diamond clean brush heads’ £63.20 (11 bids)
• Orange designer Loewe Barcelona bag £3.20 (two bids)
• Nike Air Vapormax plus in black and metal colour in size 8.5 £80 (13 bids)
• Ted Baker purple bow purse in a wipe clean patent £10.51 (11 bids)
• 11 Body Shop products in a winter-themed pink gift box sold with a white unicorn handbag £5.19 (three bids)
• Big 22” black Hitachi TV £51 (11 bids)
• Two wireless earphones with an ‘audio buddy’ £4.20 (three bids)
• A pack of 10 Paco Rabanne 1 Million fragrances £255 (26 bids)
• A single Philips toothbrush with a charging point £16 (13 bids)
• Bose mini portable speaker £24 (nine bids)
• Blue 'specialised' bike in a large £265 (16 bids)
• LEGO Ninjago Stormbringer build kit £22.56 (seven bids)
• A bundle of 11 beauty products: L’Oreal men expert vita lift moisturiser, another cream, a Toni & Guy hair serum, L’Oreal men expert anti-ageing cream, three lipsticks in a nude and two reds, Maybelline Superstay cream, BalanceMe moisturiser, a wonder eye cream and some face oil £14.50 (10 bids)
• Three Hugo Boss perfumes £26 (six bids)
• Wireless speaker with honeycomb patterns £10.50 (eight bids)
• A Gillette Fusion razor blade with nine blades bundled with a pack of 10 blades £27 (nine bids)
• Pack of three action cameras from GoXtreme similar to GoPro’s £23 (15 bids)
• DVD player from Sony £12.51 (four bids)
• A bundle of 17 different perfumes: seven from Issey Miyake, seven from Armani, two from Ralph Lauren and one from Paco Rabanne £290 (24 bids)
• Pack of nine beauty buys: two St Tropez gradual tan moisturisers, a John Frieda leave-in conditioner and shampoo for curly hair, L'Oreal no haircut cream and 60-second conditioner, and two 'gentle' L'Oreal shampoos £12 (nine bids)
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