SIGNING the delivery slip Lucy Mccarthy, 45, drags a half-pallet size box into her living room and begins opening it. Unlike most people who buy items online Lucy barely has any idea what’s inside her huge delivery. She bought her beauty box haul from an online auction house for £130.
She only knew it contained expensive Chanel no 5 moisturising creams and samples, Ted Baker perfumes and a mysterious selection of returned items, and unsold beauty products. The one other thing the photographer from Coventry , West Midlands, knows for certain is the contents of the box will mean a boost to her bank account. “I buy mystery pallets of beauty products from auction houses and sell them for hundreds.
It’s my secret to boosting my bank balance but anyone can try,” Lucy said. “I bid on the box lots at weekly online auctions run by specialist auction houses. I know what some of the products are.
The rest is a mystery. “It's not a gamble, it's a money-making game changer for me. “I can’t believe more people aren’t using this secret side hustle.
“My mystery pallets have included Chanel and Kiel beauty products, Jo Malone soaps, Kylie Jenner creams, GHD hair straighteners, false eyelash kits, Brazilian Bum cream, expensive sex lubricants, and new electric razors.” But she also gets wacky items. “One box contained a massage device for a single finger,” she said.
“It took me three days to work out what it was. “I have also found beard bibs. Boxes including bea.
