VIRAL drink Prime has been selling at double the price after it sold out in minutes at the city's Aldi supermarkets.
People are capitalising on the drink's popularity with Malvern-based Facebook Marketplace sellers offering bottles at an inflated price.
Prime Hydration, an energy drink endorsed by well-known YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul, is only stocked in Asda and as a Specialbuy in Aldi for one day.
Long queues snaked around the car park of Worcester's Aldi to get their hands on a bottle for £1.99 on Thursday (December 29).
Aldi in Pheasant Street, Worcester, ran out of stock within 10 minutes of opening its doors to the public.
The official price for the drink is retailed at £2 in Asda, £1.99 in Aldi, and £2.08 on the official website.
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However, selling sites are now being flooded with people selling the drink for over the RRP.
Prime Sellers from Worcester
On Facebook Marketplace, one seller in Worcester is offering the Tropical Punch flavour for £12 a bottle or two for £20.
A whole 12-pack crate is also being sold by the same person for a whopping £120.
Another seller is charging £5 per bottle on flavours like Blue Raspberry, Lemon Lime, Orange, and Tropical Punch.
But you can also get a crate of 12 for £40.
One seller is hoping to make some money by selling three bottles of Blue Raspberry for £15.
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Another seller based in Worcester is offering bottles of Blue Raspberry for £6 each or all six are available for £35.
A seller in Pershore is offering eight bottles of Blue Raspberry for £30.
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Prime Sellers from Great Malvern
Prime is being sold for £6 a bottle by a Facebook Marketplace seller in Great Malvern.
Another seller is hoping to sell Prime Hydration sticks - the contents mixed with water makes the drink - for £20 each.
It is not the first time the bottles have been sold at an inflated price with the Nisa in Brickfields offering bottles for £15.
Despite the expensive price tag, youngsters have been queuing up outside the shop to buy a bottle after the shelves at Asda were cleared of stock.
People have been going to Asda in Silver Street at opening just to grab bottles with the stock of Prime quickly disappearing.
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