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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Business
Josie O'Brien & Danielle Kate Wroe

Shoppers fume as Kevin the Carrot sold for huge mark-up on eBay hours after launch

As the most wonderful time of the year approaches, we've seen Christmas adverts come one after the other - and the iconic Kevin the Carrot is back with an advert that is cheekier than ever.

Every year, Aldi releases Kevin the Carrot toys, and they go down a treat with keen consumers - with some even queuing outside their local store from 4am to try and bag themselves a plush orange pal.

This morning (November 17) over 70,000 people headed to an online queue to try and get their hands on their favourite characters from the ad - but those who were unsuccessful will not be impressed with how much they're selling for on re-sale site eBay.

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