India, July 14 -- A 66-year-old woman from Shanghai, China, has made headlines after reportedly spending more than two million yuan (approximately US$280,000) on online shopping, eventually prompting her to rent an additional flat solely to store the unopened packages, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

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The woman, identified only as Wang, lives alone in Shanghai's Jiading district. According to SCMP, Wang has been purchasing items through online platforms over the past several years, with the packages many of them unopened piling up in her flat and even spilling into an underground garage she owns. The growing clut...