Rylee Stuart (13) was about to put the chip in her mouth when she noticed its special shape. Dorito chips are usually flat, triangular corn chips from the US manufacturer Frito-Lay. But that of Stuart was filled with air, like a pillow.
Instead of eating it, the teen from Australia films the chip and puts the video on Tiktok. The clip goes viral and is viewed over 2 million times. Stuart places an advertisement on the Ebay sales platform: “Inflated Dorito chip, unique!”
The auction is going through the roof. “I saw that a user was offering $ 10,000 – and I could only scream,” the teen tells the Australian broadcaster 9News. More bids follow, make up to $ 100,000!
Ad deleted – Doritos pays a reward
“My dad says he bought the bag and that’s why the chip belongs to him,” says Stuart in an interview. “But I ate the packet and found the chip. So he’s mine. “
Unfortunately, nothing came of the $ 100,000 sale in the end. The ad has now been deleted. The teen still has reason to be happy: The Doritos brand gave Rylee Stuart around 20,000 Australian dollars, the equivalent of over 13,000 francs, for their find. “We wanted to make sure that the Stuart family was rewarded for their creativity and enthusiasm for Doritos,” said the local marketing director. (hah)