ALDI Kevin the Carrot toys are ALREADY up for sale on eBay as thousands of shoppers queued outside stores and online from as early as 5.30am to bag them.
Shoppers have been desperate to beat the rush and buy the soft toy characters as they have been known to sell out within hours in previous years.
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But greedy shoppers have been taking advantage of the demand by buying the cuddly toys and flogging them for much more than their original price tag on eBay.
Shoppers can bag the cuddly friends, including Ebanana Scrooge and Marcus Radishford from today, Thursday, November 25.
The soft toys are based on the characters featured in Aldi’s Christmas advert for this year.
The ad is a Dickensian-style take on A Christmas Carol and follows the story of Ebanana Scrooge.
Kevin the Carrot reminds the Christmas-hating banana of the spirit of the festive season in the advert, which aired on November 11.
Shoppers took to social media claiming that they have already been waiting for hours for the toys, getting to stores early to queue or waiting online.
One shopper tweeted: “Good luck to everyone purchasing Kevin The Carrot today! @AldiUK Been queuing since 5:30.”
Another customer, who was waiting online behind over 33,000 shoppers, joked: “It’s like the queue for Adele concert tickets.”
But the toys have already found their way onto eBay for much more than their £3.99 original price, The Sun has spotted.
We saw that one seller had listed the new Marcus Radishford character for £19.99 on the auction website.
While a bundle of Kevin the Carrot, Katie and Kids was being listed for £30, and another bundle of characters including Tiny Tom was going for £21.
It’s not the first time mums and dads have gone to great lengths to bag the soft toys for their little ones.
Last year, shoppers went mad for the toys, meaning Aldi had to introduce a digital queuing system usually used to manage Glastonbury ticket sales to control the influx of customers.
But fans were furious after spotting Kevin the Carrot being flogged by greedy shoppers on eBay for 12 times the original price tag.
This year, more characters are available to buy aside from the iconic Kevin the Carrot character.
As well as the main stars featured in Aldi’s Christmas ad, shoppers can buy The Spirit of Christmas character, the Banana Snowman, two peas called Peas and Goodwill, and the tomato Tiny Tom.
Fans can buy Katie the Carrot too, as well as a pack of three Carrot Kids for £3.99.
All the soft toys cost £3.99, and £10,000 from sales of the Marcus Radishford characters will be donated to the charity Magic Breakfast, which provides kids with school meals.
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