I bagged a gorgeous £80 sideboard in B&M for just £1 – it's such a good bargain, trolls say I'm lying
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A SAVVY shopper has insisted she's found the "bargain of the day" after snapping up some huge furniture for just £1 - but was accused of lying by jealous trolls.
The stunning two-door sideboard is usually priced at £80 in B&M which means you could save £79 if you manage to get yoúr hands on it.
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A £1 sale item in B&M has caused a frenzy with shoppers
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So if you're looking to give your home a glow-up but don't want to break the bank, you've come to the right place.
B&M have not announced or advertised a discount for the product.
But one bargain hunter revealed she was able to get it for the heavily slashed price by scanning it with the B&M scanner app.
The scanner lets you see if the item's price is cheaper than advertised on the shop shelf.
Products that are typically discounted are seasonal items and old stock that B&M is trying to shift, or they're labelled "big brands" and "big savings".
Brits up and down the country have already bagged massive bargains at B&M using the method.
Cheap items snapped up include a £12 herringbone side table, £25 bedside table and £60 wooden unit for a quid in the flash sale.
And now it looks like the £80 Ezra premium sideboard is included in the 'secret' clearance.
A shopper took to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group, which boasts 2.6million followers, to inform others about the jaw-dropping price reduction in B&M's Clydebank branch.
Alongside a picture of her buy, she wrote: ''Bargain of the day - scanned at £1 in b&m!"
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Many social media users were delighted for her over the cheap find, as one gushed: "Wow what a bargain."
"Wow, right place, right time. Well done you", chimed in a second.
A third wrote: "Think that's bargain of the year!"
And a fourth added: "I got 4 of them today made them into one long unit £4 and some brackets brilliant."
Others, however, refused to believe such an amazing bargain was possible and accused the shopper of lying.
One fumed: "Deffo don't believe it at this point. We scan EVERYTHING and nevvvvvver £1."
"I do not believe this one bit", sneered a second while someone else simply wrote "not true".
As a result, the woman was forced to add a picture of her receipt to prove she only paid £1.
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A savvy shopper bagged this £80 sideboard for £1
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She was forced to share a picture of her receipt to prove the price
Credit: Facebook/Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK
She said: "Have added the receipt for everyone accusing me of lying. Posted it to let people know in case they had them in their stores. But as usual you get a few."
And a B&M worker instantly jumped to her defence to give their verdict on the sale.
They said: "I work for B&M and can assure you, MANY products regardless of how big or expensive they originally are, ABSOLUTELY go down in price like this....sometimes even to 10p!
"Most of the time when it goes down that much, there is VERY low stock so the chances of others going into their store and actually finding the same products is very low.
"Just gotta be in the right place at the right time!"
How to use the B&M scanner app
Using the B&M app will help you bag plenty of bargains on your next shopping trip.
The app is free and easy to use.
Here's how you can join the bargain hunt.
You'll first need to download the B&M app for free on any smartphone with an App Store or Google Play.
Once you've installed it on your device, click on the option labelled "more" on the bottom, right-hand side of the app home page.
You'll then find an option that says "barcode scanner".
Click on this and you'll open a camera screen.
Use the camera to hover over the barcode of the product you wish to check.
If the price comes up as lower, take it to the cash desk and it will automatically scan at the lower price.
You don't need to sign up for the B&M app to use the barcode scanner.
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