Expat Primark superfan takes empty suitcase to store to fill with clothes during trip home to Scotland
30.07.2022 - 07:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scottish Primark fan showed her dedication to the chain by making a 12-hour round trip and taking a suitcase to fill up at the counter - as she'd not had chance to go while living abroad for four years.
Suzanne Scott was visiting her family home in Falkirk last month when she opted to take the train all the way down to Birmingham to visit the world's biggest Primark.
With her mum and aunt in tow, the 28-year-old set off to get her fix of the 'fast fashion' retailer, as there are no stores over in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she's been living. Once there, the retail store manager set about filling up her mum's suitcase with £290 worth of merchandise, including toiletries, underwear and clothing.
Footage shows Suzanne piling up her gains into a suitcase so she can haul home her loot, while a cashier scans through the rest of her purchases in the background. Since sharing the clip to TikTok, Suzanne has received a mixed response with many praising her handy hack, whilst others slammed her for 'wasting money'.
Suzanne said: "This was my first trip back to the UK in four years. It was so lovely being back in Scotland after all this time - it was like I'd never left. I decided to do a day trip down to Birmingham to do a Primark shop. I joked 'I better take a suitcase!' and my mum ended up giving me hers.
"I knew it was going to be a big shop. I hadn't been in four years, because they don't have Primark in Canada. I wanted to do the day trip down to Birmingham from Scotland. It was a six-hour trip there and a six-hour trip back.
"We got the first train down in the morning and the first train back at night. We didn't get home until 1am. We had to get the train from Falkirk to Edinburgh then down to Birmingham.