Good Samaritan anonymously pays $16k worth of customer lay-bys at Gold Coast toy store

An anonymous ‘Santa’s helper’ has paid off all the lay-bys at a toy store on Queensland’s Gold Coast, totalling more than $16,000, with customers surprised and emotional with the gesture of Christmas goodwill after a tough year.

Staff at Mr Toys Toyworld at Burleigh Waters said a woman came into the store with two others at lunch-time last Thursday and paid the outstanding balances on more than 80 lay-bys in the lead-up to Christmas.

Employee Maddie Gillespie said she had never witnessed such an act of generosity.

Employee Rachael Thompson said she had to console parents who had been overcome with emotions when they were informed about the stranger’s kindness.

“We…