A shopaholic mum spends thousands of pounds of other people’s money each week as a personal Christmas shopper in Primark. Melissa Murphy, dubbed ‘Mrs Claus’ by customers, enjoys the thrill of a retail therapy ‘hit’ without spending a penny of her own cash – instead filming herself shopping in the store and buying requests from viewers.
The 36-year-old set up her personal shopping experience on Facebook in September but as interest grew in the shopping service, launched an account on TikTok so more people could find her. The mum-of-three now spends more than 10 hours a week mooching around Primark, TK Maxx and Homesense snapping up items on people’s wish lists ahead of Christmas.
While completing her ‘free’ retail therapy on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the full-time mum shares videos on social media of what’s on the shelves so people can put in requests.
Eager buyers then have a few hours to secure their items by sending payment across to Melissa …