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Colorado Woman Selling Snow on EBay
Associated Press ^
| Dec 29
| (AP) -
Posted on 12/30/2006 9:28:55 AM PST by george76
As if Colorado residents don't have enough snow to dig out from, one resident is offering more for a price on eBay. Starting bids were holding steady Friday at 99 cents for snow from "Blizzard I and Blizzard II" being offered by Mary Walker.
She and husband, Jim, got the idea for selling snow after shoveling mounds from two storms a week apart that together dumped more than 4 feet along the Front Range.
"I figured eBay has ghosts and all sorts of weird stuff, so why not snow?" said Walker, who teaches business workshops on employee communications.
How much snow 99 cents or whatever the winning bid gets depends. Walker's auction notice suggests avoiding shipping and handling charges by stopping by their home and picking it up - in a dump truck.
Only 10 offerings of snow are available and the proceeds are earmarked for a used snowblower for Jim or a pair of shovels.
She says she doesn't really expect to find a buyer for their blizzard overstock.
"We just wanted to just give some folks a laugh," she said.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Hobbies; Humor; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2eskimosnodoubt; blizzard; blizzardi; blizzardii; colorado; ebay; humor; loveland; sellingsnow; snow; snowstorm
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"Blizzard I and Blizzard II"
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:28:56 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76
Buy the snow, receive the water, and sue her pants off. :)
2
posted on
12/30/2006 9:30:02 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: george76
Free enterprise! I love it! But yes, there will be lawsuits and refund claims ... "I ordered snow and all I got was a box of water!"
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:31:38 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Saddam is Dead! Bush's Fault. [Pray for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub.])
To: george76
"'We just wanted to just give some folks a laugh,' she said."Captures the true American Spirit!!!
I love it!!
:-)
4
posted on
12/30/2006 9:32:05 AM PST
by
Nancee
((Nancee Lynn Cheney))
To: 1rudeboy
Buy the snow, receive the water, and sue her pants off. :) And receive enough to pay for MY snowblower!! hahahaha That's the American way.
Okay I shouldn't think that way. Bad BipolarBob bad.
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:33:20 AM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
To: Nancee; jan in Colorado; XeniaSt
"We just wanted to just give some folks a laugh," ...
8-)
6
posted on
12/30/2006 9:33:43 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
If people are willing to buy it.....
smart move.
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:35:46 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas--and a New Year.)
To: george76
"'We just wanted to just give some folks a laugh,'" You succeeded! Thank you!
:-)
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:36:17 AM PST
by
Nancee
((Nancee Lynn Cheney))
To: george76
To: patton
10
posted on
12/30/2006 9:36:43 AM PST
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
To: Nancee
11
posted on
12/30/2006 9:37:13 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
How much snow 99 cents or whatever the winning bid gets depends. If they put the snow in their pockets, they will need "Depends."
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:38:07 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire)
To: Rb ver. 2.0; Colorado Doug; OldFriend; BIGLOOK
END OF 2006 SNOW!
We’re overstocked!
All of it must go!
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:39:05 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
"It's pure snow, and it's everywhere. Do you know what the street value of this mountain is?!?!"
14
posted on
12/30/2006 9:41:51 AM PST
by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
To: NonValueAdded; unkus; ican'tbelieveit; familyop
" You can personally pick up your snow any time this week to avoid shipping and handling charges. Bring a dump truck and your own shovels.
Otherwise, your snow will arrive in some sort of leak proof container…a jar? (We promise no yellow snow!) Sorry, positively no refunds. Quantities vary. "
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:42:02 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
You're welcome!!!
This is the kind of story that will soften the harsh realities of that which we live with in this miserable world....where the genuine rugged individualism and creativity of the American human spirit prevails...helps so much to keep us balanced!!
So, thank you!!!
Nancee
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:42:50 AM PST
by
Nancee
((Nancee Lynn Cheney))
To: Nancee; bitt; freema; Chgogal; CedarDave; crz
Everything is sold "as is."
17
posted on
12/30/2006 9:44:35 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
18
posted on
12/30/2006 9:45:21 AM PST
by
Nancee
((Nancee Lynn Cheney))
To: george76; ExTexasRedhead; melancholy; Northern Yankee; Mia T; desherwood7; justiceseeker93; ...
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posted on
12/30/2006 9:50:21 AM PST
by
Nancee
((Nancee Lynn Cheney))
To: george76
Well, since I've lived in Alabama my whole life - if I want snow I pretty much
have to buy it.
Maybe the old gal is on to something. LOL
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