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Mon 05 May 2007Thumbs up, thumbs downThumbs up - No more wrinkles...It might (might!) sound a little crazy, but at one point last month some, by all accounts, magic Boots face cream was selling for nearly €150 a pop on eBay, despite having a RRP of closer to €25 in shops.Once the BBC's Horizon TV programme described it as an anti-ageing cream that actually worked, demand went through the roof and sales increased 60-fold overnight.