Coke's canned water for sale on eBay

Waggish web users have put bottles of Coca-Cola’s Dasani water up for sale on internet auction site eBay.

Coca-Cola withdrew Dasani last week after discovering it contained illegal levels of bromate, a chemical that could increase the risk of cancer. It has no immediate plans to reintroduce the brand.

There are currently five lots on eBay related to the flop bottled water brand, including “two empty bottles that held Dasani water” and a Dasani pen.

One eBay seller has put a 99p starting bid on a bottle of Dasani and claims in his posting that it “will become a collectors item after being withdrawn from sale because of health fears” and poses the question, “who knows what this will be worth in a few years”.

Another seller describes their 1.5 litre bottle of Dasani water for sale as "a good investment and most unusual" and "truely a very collectable item".

Media reports last week mocked Coca-Cola after it emerged the soft drinks giant had produced Dasani from mains water at a factory in Sidcup, Kent.