NYC shop peddles $4-a-pop ‘mystery packages’ of Amazon, Walmart returns like hotcakes — but there’s a twist

A Bronx store has gone viral for peddling $4-a-pop “mystery” packages from retailers such as Amazon and Walmart that were returned and are now up for resale — but the set-up isn’t without controversy.

The packaged deals have been flying out of massive bins at Dollar Universe in Allerton faster than employees can restock the containers since an April TikTok video posted by a local influencer racked up nearly half a million views, store manager Luis Almonte told The Post.

“People are buying these like crazy,” he said last week. “Today I sold 150 packages. We have people coming all the way from Brooklyn.”

But at least some of the wrapped parcels’ original owners were disgusted to learn from The Post that the packages — which hail everywhere from Texas to Florida to Pennsylvania — still have their names and addresses on them…

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