CUSTOMERS have travelled up to TWO hours for a soft drink from the 'UK's most expensive newsagent's' but they aren't complaining.
Controversial corner shop, Wakefield Wines, West Yorkshire, has garnered a lot of attention after selling soft drinks at £20 a bottle.
The extortionately priced Prime Hydration has created a social media frenzy amongst youngsters following the launch of the brand earlier this year by YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul.
Despite a retail price of only £2 Millie Hazelgrave travelled from Castleford to buy six bottles of PRIME from Wakey Wines which cost her £145.
Two disappointed punters, Danny Booth and David Clempner left empty-handed after they drove all the way from Manchester for the soft drink but were told it had sold out.
Other visitors who feature on the owner's TikTok account, @wakey_wines01924724141, have made the journey from Mansfield and Sheffield.
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The shopkeeper states in his videos that people are only allowed to buy two bottles at a time.
TikTok user are stunned but entertained at the steep prices.
One person commented: "Wooooow £1.80 a bottle in Asda and you're charging that much."
Others posted: "Rip off,""daylight robbery" and "bro has officially lost the plot."
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'Wakey Wines' has been contacted for comment.
"There's me thinking there was a cost of living crisis," a third added.
Another corner shop selling PRIME for £15 is a Nisa Local in Worcester.
Shopkeeper Ameer Khan said: "Nobody has complained about the price.
"People leave their phone numbers with me so I can let them know we have some in stock."
One punter paid £80 for a crate while another shelled out £15 just to keep a bottle behind the counter so no one else could buy it.
He added how some people come every 10 minutes on a Friday to ask if the bottles have been delivered yet, the Worcester News reported.
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But the mania has forced Ameer to keep the bottles behind the counter.
And the 21-year-old has even placed limits on how much each person can buy as kids crowd into his store to pick up the drinks.
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