A TRADER has been left feeling a right “plonker” trying to flog Platinum Jubilee souvenirs with an Only Fools and Horses-style error.
A Chinese warehouse mistranslated the Queen’s 70 year celebrations and marked up memorabilia crockery with ‘To Commemorate the Platinum Jubbly’ – instead of Jubilee.
Karl Baxter, who is sitting on 13,000 cups, saucers and plates, has compared himself to Del Boy Trotter famous for his comic line ‘lovely jubbly’.
He is hoping to shift the collectables ahead of the summer’s nationwide four-day jubilee party.
Karl, CEO of Wholesale Clearance UK in Poole, in Dorset said: “There’ll be no shortage of royal memorabilia to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as retailers have long been selling souvenirs on royal occasions.
“In classic Del Boy style, we naturally stepped in to help shift the Platinum ‘Jubbly’ stock.
“Previous royal occasion memorabilia are often sought after by collectors, as they’re a great excuse to go out and buy a piece of history which will increase in value over time.
“Besides, what could be more unique than our limited-edition misprinted crockery?”
The translation error was made at a factory in Changzhou, in China.
Thousands of misspelled crockery was shipped halfway round the world after it was ordered by a British firm.
But they were less than “cushti” when they opened up the container and discovered the error.
Instead, Wholesale Clearance UK agreed to purchase the job lot which are now sitting at Felixstowe docks awaiting customs clearance.
But the firm is far from hoping ‘next year we’ll be millionaires’ as they are now selling the collectables for £3 each hoping to recoup £39,000.
The Queen will mark Accession Day on Sunday at Sandringham – marking the day she became the monarch after her father King George V died in 1952.
The nation will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee with a four-day party in June.
