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ANOTHER Golden Stikeez is currently selling on eBay - and you WON’T BELIEVE what the top bid is

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There are still 25 of the $20k GOLDEN STIKEEZ in Coles stores to collect - here’s how you can get one

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Sydney mum’s horror after her 7-year-old son with autism buys a $10,000 Golden Stikeez on eBay - and pays for it on her credit card

He bought it in just three clicks - by Amy Sinclair
  • 02 Apr 2019

A Sydney mum has revealed her shock after her seven-year-old son with autism bought a $10,000 Golden Stikeez on eBay - and paid for it on her credit card. 

Donna Jacob says her son bought the super rare collectable in just three clicks - and then her computer automatically filled in her credit card information to pay for the item without her knowing. 

Sydney mum’s horror after her 7-year-old son with autism buys a $10,000 Golden Stikeez on eBay - and pays for it on her credit card

The 47-year-old mum says she only realised that her son - an avid collector of the Coles minis - had bought the Golden Billy Banana when she received a confirmation email from eBay. 

Now Donna has been left fighting for a refund, distraught at being $10,000 out of pocket with a purchase her son was able to make so quickly and easily. 

'It's certainly nothing we've budgeted for and nothing we can afford,' she told Channel Seven.

Despite making a plea to the seller, her requests for a refund were ignored. PayPal - who arranged the payment - also told her that her chances of getting her getting her money back were unlikely, describing the purchase as a ‘friendly fraud.’

Said the mum: 'Between PayPal and the bank, there should be at least one stopper that says "hang on, this isn't right," and no-one did.’

It was only when the media contacted eBay over the unfortunate purchase that they agreed to refund the $10,000 purchase. 

Coles only made 100 of the Golden Billy Banana Stikeez, sparking a frenzy amongst collectors desperate to own one of the rare minis. Three separate eBay auctions have seen the Golden figurines sell for $50k, $20k and $15k respectively - and this latest $10k sale is the latest in a string of unbelievable purchases. 

The shocking train of events comes just a week after another Queensland mum revealed how Woolworths took pity on her and arranged for eight-year-old son with autism to have a replacement Disney Tile after he lost his favourite one. 

Says the mum: ‘Only parents of children with autism will understand how hard it is to explain that things are lost and that they’re not easily replaced, and he just became more and more upset as the day went on. There was just no talking him down, he was having terrible meltdowns - just so upset.’

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