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Bangalore: Log on to eBay for best deals on mobiles, laptops, tablets and METRO TOKENS. Surprised?  Namma Metro tokens were put on sale for a whopping $49.99 (Rs 3,136.37) for a set of 10 on eBay on Monday morning.    According to media reports, the offer price for a Namma Metro token was quoted at $5.99 (Rs 369.97) apiece later in the evening.      Qouting BMRC official, reports state that since passengers are not allowed to keep tokens while exiting Metro stations, their sale on eBay is a punishable offence.   BMRC wrote to eBay and lodged a complaint with the Cyber Cell when the matted came to their notice last month.    Metro tokens from Ukraine, St Petersburg, Shenzen and Santiago among other places are also on offer on eBay. BMRC has been warning passengers that carrying metro tokens attracts a fine of Rs. 200, but, more than 2,500 tokens have gone missing from BMRC counters.   Although, a person has to drop the token to exit. . But people can purchase more than one token, which means that he need to drop only one token and could walk out with the other.    BMRC official said that they have instructed the staff to issue only one token per head to solve this problem.    Moreoever, some passengers holding Metro smartcard can buy a token but use the card to enter/exit the station, making it easy to smuggle tokens out.    For this the metro official said that the only solution lies with the people. He said that they should not indulge in such activities.      THE NUMBERS   Number of tokens lost: 2,500   Price of each token: Rs. 10-15   Fine if caught trying to smuggle tokens out: Rs. 200   Price of a token on offer eBay: $ 4.99 to $9.99