Young mum’s desperate search for her $700 stroller after the pricey pram was accidentally sold at Salvos for $12

The ordeal began when Emma Burchell left her Bugaboo Butterfly travel pram outside the Brighton Road Salvos while dropping off donations with her two young children earlier this week.

Caught up in the chaos of the morning, she accidentally left the stroller behind.

‘I just had mum brain, was dropping off donations, juggling two kids, left the pram,’ Ms Burchell admitted.

Staff, assuming it was part of the donations, put the high-end stroller up for sale. By the time Ms Burchell returned to collect the pricey pram, it was gone.

‘And then they thought it was stock, so they sold it for $12,’ she said.

The bizarre mix-up was shared online by her cousin-in-law, comedian Josh Hawkins, better known to his 900,000 Facebook followers as HiJosh.

‘This is my cousin-in-law, and she left her $700 stroller at an op shop,’ Hawkins explained in a video that has since gone viral. 

‘They sold it to someone for $12. 

‘Please watch this and see if we can get it back for her.’

Hawkins’ light-hearted retelling struck a chord, with the video quickly going viral and sparking a wave of support for the Adelaide mum.

‘I’ve been back twice today to speak to staff, and they’re like, ‘nah, sold it, sold it for $12′,’ Ms Burchell said in the clip.

‘I know it’s unlikely, but all things are possible. If someone’s going, ‘I got this awesome pram from the Salvos’, yeah, it’s mine. Sorry.’

The mother-of-two told Kidspot she had been running on very little sleep because her husband was currently away working in the UK. 

‘I was on WhatsApp to my husband, crying, saying I’m so angry at myself… these prams aren’t cheap,’ she told the publication. 

Her appeal caught the attention of pram maker Bugaboo, who stepped in to help. 

The company offered Ms Burchell an upgraded Butterfly 2 model, while also pledging to donate other baby essentials through the Brighton Salvos.

Bugaboo has also partnered with children’s charity Big Group Hug to provide a pram to another family in need.

But just as it seemed the case of the missing stroller had reached a dead end, another twist emerged.

Late on Wednesday night, the mystery buyer of the pram came forward.

The Bugaboo Butterfly stroller (pictured) purchased for $700, was sold for just $12

‘I asked the cashier how much… that’s when they told me $10, so naturally I snagged it,’ the buyer wrote to Ms Burchell on social media. 

‘Got to the counter and they somehow charged me $12 but I didn’t care, I thought hell yeah this is amazing I’ve been looking for one for my daughter for so long.’

It’s understood the mystery shopper was able to keep the pram, as Ms Burchell had already the generous offer of a new stroller from Bugaboo. 

‘Social media actually worked. It got my pram back, and more than that, it sparked so many acts of generosity,’ she said.