Doritos Offers $20,000 Reward For Rare ‘Puffy’ Chip Sold On eBay
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As you are aware, Doritos chips are painstakingly engineered for uniformity and to look a certain way. They start out as regular corn kernels, which are then flattened and stamped out into their iconic triangular shapes.
Somehow, one of them made it out with a “puffy” appearance. The person who discovered it, a 13-year-old named Rylee Stuart, thought the chip was too special to eat. So, with the encouragement of TikTok users, she did the next best thing: she put up the one-bite morsel on eBay.
The chip was listed with a starting bid of AU$0.99 (US$0.73), but climbed its way into the ranks of colonel of kernels, as bids upwards of AU$100,000 (US$73,520) came pouring in, Australian news outlet 9News reports.
However, Stuart removed the listing when Doritos spotted the money-making mouthful and decided to chip in, for lack of a better word. The company offered AU$20,000 (US$14,707) for the chip to reward the teenager for being so business-minded.
“We’ve been so impressed with Rylee’s boldness and entrepreneurial spirit, so we wanted to make sure the Stuart family were rewarded for their creativity and love for Doritos,” Doritos chief marketing officer Vanita Pandey told 9News. “It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Rylee and her family and we’ve loved following her story.”
Similarly, a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget said to resemble an Among Us character was reportedly sold for US$100,000. So, the next time you spot an unusual-looking snack bite, don’t cave to your hunger just yet. One man’s snack is another man’s treasure.
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