An online auction for a five-year-old Wispa bar has been called off after the winning bid was declared void.
Rebecca Wells, 17, from Stoke-on-Trent, put the out-of-date Cadbury bar up for auction on eBay after finding it down the back of a sofa.
The student said she was disappointed when eBay emailed her to say the top bid of £2,550 was unauthorised.
She was hoping to raise money for the charity LAM Action, which funds research into a fatal lung disease.
Birmingham firm Cadbury stopped making Wispa bars in 2003. It brought them back as a trial in October following an internet campaign.
"The person who won was either messing about having a joke or had their account hacked into," she said.
Ms Wells said there had been an earlier bid of £1,067 and she was waiting to hear from eBay whether the auction could be resumed.
Treatment research
Ms Wells said she initially wanted to eat the chocolate - which was best before 28 April 2004 - when she found it.
She said: "I didn't know what to do with it. I was looking for things to put on eBay when I found it so I thought I might put it on eBay and see what happens."
Ms Wells said she wanted to raise money for LAM Action because her friend had the disease and she wanted to help fund research into treatment.
Peter Bonner, who led the Bring Back Wispa campaign, said the auction might appeal to be people who wanted a memento from their childhood.
He said he thought it might sell for as much as £50.
I think Ebay should of let her carry on and give the money to charity, wasnt harming anyone, not as if anyone would eat it?
p.s. If that had been down the back of my sofa for 5 years it would of been flat and covered in crumbs and dog hairs by now lol:wah::wah::wah:
'Rare' Wispa auction in meltdown
'Rare' Wispa auction in meltdown
Chezzie;774859 wrote:
p.s. If that had been down the back of my sofa for 5 years it would of been flat and covered in crumbs and dog hairs by now lol:wah::wah::wah::wah:
p.s. If that had been down the back of my sofa for 5 years it would of been flat and covered in crumbs and dog hairs by now lol:wah::wah::wah::wah:
'Rare' Wispa auction in meltdown
You know the way that they brought back the Wispa bar, well did they get rid of it again? I hope not, cause I love Wispas!
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
'Rare' Wispa auction in meltdown
do you remember the Texan bar, now I loved them
cos a man's gotta chew what a man's gotta chew¦
Not the original but close
cos a man's gotta chew what a man's gotta chew¦
Not the original but close