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Bargain hunters often visit charity shops in the hope of seeking out rare finds or expensive goods for a fraction of their original price. However, one lucky woman bagged the deal of a lifetime after she dug out a woman's engagement ring for the shocking price of just £1, the Mirror reports.
Ellie Page, who works in marketing, claims she had a 'crazy feeling' that she had to step into her local charity store before she discovered the jewel. The TikToker, who boasts over 30k followers on her account @elliepaage, shared how she accidentally stumbled across the 'amazing deal' during the Bank Holiday weekend.
In a clip which has now racked in a humongous 2.9 million views, the thrift shopper explained she's unaware of the jewellery's true worth. Ellie said: "POV - you have a crazy feeling that you need to go into your favourite charity shop on the way as you think you're going to find something amazing.
"When you go in there's a woman in there, she's saying 'this is my engagement ring, I don't want it, and I don't want any of the money that comes from selling it, I don't want anything to do with this man, I don't want anything from him'.
"The store assistant is like, 'Oh my god, are you sure?' The woman goes, 'I want you to put it in the charity shop and list it for £1 - I want you to sell this for £1 and whoever buys it, it's their lucky day'.
"You want it to be your lucky day so you go up to the woman and say, 'I'll buy - list it for a pound and I'll buy it right now'. You buy it for £1 and now you own this woman's engagement ring.
"You can't get it valued because it's Bank Holiday, so you have no idea how much this ring is that you own right now. It's a big fat mystery whether you're right or not - but for the meantime, you
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