An influencer has been left fuming after splashing out £585 on luxury Christmas crackers he guesses should only be worth “about £45”.
Carmie Sellitto, who has 1.3 million TikTok followers, is known for putting pricey food, treats and high-end gifts to the test to see if they really live up to the hype.
With Christmas Day preparations in full swing, the 26-year-old decided to put Fortnum and Mason’s gold crackers under the microscope to see if the festive splurge was worth it.
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Carmie, from London, filmed himself opening the eye-watering £585 box, captioning the video: “I can’t believe I spent £585 on this,” as reported by What’s The Jam.
He opens the bright blue box to reveal six gold crackers tied with gold and silver bows, admitting: “They actually look beautiful.”
But things quickly take a turn.
As he opens the first cracker with help from a friend behind the camera, Carmie comments on the paper quality while struggling to pull it apart.
Inside, he finds two small boxes of truffles and says: “Why are you doing me dirty for real.”
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Opening the next cracker proves just as difficult, prompting him to joke: “Who is sitting around the table fighting for their lives?”
That cracker reveals a small purse.
In the next one, Carmie finds some Christmas orange and chocolate biscuits, along with a tin of loose tea.
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He reacts: “I feel like I’ve genuinely been robbed.”
The fourth cracker contains hand cream.
The fifth reveals a Fortnum and Mason candle, which leaves Carmie unimpressed.
He says: “If this is a candl,e I swear to God.
“It smells good, it just smells like vanilla.
“But I feel like I’ve seriously wasted my money here.”
In the final cracker, Carmie finds a shot measuring tool, commonly known as a jigger.
Leaning back in disbelief, he sa,s: “No way.
“I spent £585, and I got a cocktail shaker.
“This is actually insane.
“If you’re going to ask me if it was worth it, I’d say hell no.
“I think in total this would have come to about £45.”
Holding up his small collection of items, he adds sarcastically: “Merry Christmas.”
The video has since racked up more than 1.6 million views, 99,000 likes and thousands of comments.
Someone else wrote: “Bro, that’s daylight robbery.”
Katie said, “Commenting because you need this money back.”
Janice added: “Get a refund.”
Silver said: “That’s actually shocking.”
Another user commented: “That’s super disappointing.”
Selena added: “That’s so bad.”
Adam said: “I would be a Karen about this not gonna lie.”
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