Are you tired of standing in those long ques outside the bank to withdraw or change money? Then here is the solution. You can buy Rs.2000 notes from online. Yes! You read it right.

On Wednesday, the new Rs 2,000 notes were being sold on the e-commerce website  eBay India at a heavy premium, starting from Rs 3,500. You have to pay the amount either by credit card or online transfer.

But if you are doubtful, you need to cough up much more for notes whose serial numbers have religious implications. For instance, a series of five Rs 2,000 notes starting with the number 786, were being offered by a seller on the marketplace for Rs 1.51 lakh.

"In India, people are ready to pay a premium for goods that sport numbers with religious significance such as vehicle number plates, mobile numbers or even residential addresses," said a New Delhi-based astrologer, who did not want to be named.

This was also used as a lucky number in blockbuster Bollywood movie "Deewar", where superstar Amitabh Bachchan's badge number as a dock worker was 786

"You can reach out to eBay India to enquire about the listing of the currency", a spokesperson for the US-based e-commerce company said, "as an independent online marketplace and an intermediary, it does not exercise control on items listed by independent sellers on the site."

"There has been no successful transaction for Rs 2,000 currency notes," the spokesperson said. However, after the TOI inquiry, he said "the company was disabling access to the notified listings to avoid any sort of legal hassle."

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BY M. DIVYA SRI