New Delhi, March 24 -- Call it marketing, publicity stunt, or customer attraction during an inflationary time, a New York city skincare company has gained attention online for selling eggs at half price, in the costly metropolis. The Ordinary, grabbed eyeballs after a customer posted their reciept for a dozen eggs sold for $3.37 at the skincare company's NYC store.

The bill was posted on Reddit sub r/nyc and another similar post was also made on r/SkincareAddiction. The second post however was deleted for being "outside the purview" of the skincare subreddit.

Notably, according to local media reports by the NBC News channel and New York Times, egg prices in the United States have seen a meteoric rise - from just over $4 in January to $1...