Dad buys £6 jacket from charity shop and is blown away when son checks pocket
'My son has been on the search for the perfect leather jacket for months now'
Stock image of man in charity shop
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A dad was stunned by what he found in his pocket after a charity shop visit. The shopper posted on social media that he made the discovery after buying a $7.99 (£5.89) leather jacket for his son.
In a 2022 Reddit post that has been doing the rounds online this week, the father wrote: "My son has been on the search for the perfect leather jacket for months now. Every Goodwill we go to he wanders off looking for the perfect leather jacket and comes up empty-handed or it's just not quite right.
"But while on vacation in Flagstaff, Arizona, this weekend, we naturally stop at our favourite store, the Goodwill, and he goes on his search for his jacket and I go skipping off to the knick-knacks.
"Then about four minutes later he comes running, 'Papa! Papa! I found the one! I found the one!' And for $7.99 of course I get him his jacket that he's been on a endless search for, for what I imagine seems like decades to an eight-year-old.
"He even said I 'changed' his life... I really don't know what his obsession with the leather jacket is, but hey again for $7.99 I am now a life changer! Well at least for today, we all know how that goes.
"So we purchased the jacket and tucked it in the boot and went on with our holiday."
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As soon as they reached their holiday home, the boy began inspecting his new jacket, then headed upstairs to try it on in front of the mirror, the Manchester Evening News reports.
The dad wrote: "I hear 'PAPA! PAPA! I found credit cards in my jacket!' I was thinking 'WTF' and he comes running down and shows me four gift cards with $10 values on them and I'll be damned they are all loaded! $40 in Subway gift cards!
"So he's totally excited and offers to buy everyone dinner and now I'm absolutely thrilled that means Papa hasn't got to cook tonight."
One Reddit user responded: "That is a very cool jacket, too." Another wrote: "Papa is way cooler though."
Another comment read: "I once thrifted a leather jacket for 7 dollars that had 13 dollars in the pocket, congrats, that is awesome."
"Most wholesome story, ever!" wrote another. "Remind me of mine when they were that age. At eight they loved thrifting and selecting things they loved. Got tears in my eyes, they're now nearly 15." For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter .
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