Bargain Hunt host red-faced after contestants lose over £100

A presenter on Bargain Hunt was left red faced after two contestants lost more than GBP100 on Wednesday’s episode. Bargain Hunt presenter Thomas Forrester actually apologised after telling them a bonus buy item could ‘make them a fortune’, only to see it fail spectacularly at auction. Fans were complaining about the prices of mundane items when two new teams were introduced on the show.

Married dup Ben and Mandy were part of the Red Team while Janet and her son Xander joined the Blue Team. The teams were given GBP300 to purchase items in Brackley, Northamptonshire. The winner is whoever makes the biggest profits or most minor losses, the Mirror writes.

Two people in redThe red team lost more than GBP100

Red Team buyers Bill and Mandy purchased an oil lantern for GBP35, a Clarice Cliff pot for GBP85 and a Swedish glass vase for GBP50.

However, they made a GBP20 loss on the pot and a GBP10 loss on the glass vase. Presenter Thomas gave the couple a ‘bonus buy’ option to give them a chance to gain a profit. The host brought out a sack barrow – which is from the 20th century – and told the married couple that the trolley could see them rake it in.

Bill decided to take the risk and Thomas estimated the barrow could earn them up to GBP180. Unfortunately, it only sold for GBP45, bringing the couple’s total loss to GBP115. Feeling bad about the situation, Thomas told Bill and Mandy: “Oh no, no.

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Viewers were shocked at the estimated price of the sack barrow and rushed to social media to complain about it. “No way I’d be paying GBP130 for that”, one user said while another added: “Sack trolley, no chance”. One person posted: “Sack barrow for GBP130?

Lunacy.” It is not the first time viewers were left unimpressed as an episode from earlier this month saw one team get disqualified. The teams were given the challenge to comb for an item that matched very specific criteria.

Pals Lisa and Helen were on the red team and had to find something agricultural. They ended up purchasing a mole spade for GBP18. Lisa and Helen, along with their expert Philip Serrell, assumed it was a spade for digging out moles but later found out it was probably a bread peel from the 19th century – which wouldn’t be part of their criteria.

The host said the Bargain Hunt team also thought it wasn’t a mole spade, which meant the red team were disqualified.

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