A man has been selling four half-drunk bottles of Prime to make cash after huge demand for the viral drink led to chaotic scenes at stores.
Prime Hydration - a drink promoted by YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul - has led to huge queues in Aldi and Asda around the UK.
When it went on sale at Aldi for a limited time a staff member at the Botley Road store in Oxford described the scenes as 'crazy'.
He said: "The drinks sold out in under five minutes.
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"There was a queue outside the door before 8am and people were running in when the doors opened."
Kyle Spencer from Abingdon is selling four half-empty Prime bottles online to make profit.
He said: “I have four bottles I brought it from Asda I’ve had a sip of all of them but willing to sell the rest of each bottle."
Kyle paid £3 for each bottle but said "it’s very easy to profit on as there is such a high demand and no one can get it".
He is far from the only reseller profiting by reselling the beverage online.
In an extreme case single 500ml bottles of the hydration drink have been on sale for as much as £1,000 on eBay.
He agreed that the situation was 'crazy'.
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"I think the whole situation has gotten a bit out of hand as there is such a high demand due to them being two famous influencers," he said.
And apart from being a status symbol what does the drink taste like?
"It’s a water-like drink with amino acids in to replenish the body for athletes. It actually works really well and the taste it actually quite nice."
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This story was written by Miranda Norris, she joined the team in 2021 and covers news across Oxfordshire as well as news from Witney.
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