Well, why not? You can sell almost anything there, right? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
[H3]Colorado woman selling snow on eBay[/H3] [P class=timeStamp]Updated Mon. Jan. 1 2007 8:51 AM ET
[P class=storyAttributes]Associated Press
[!-- dateline --]LOVELAND, Colo.[!-- /dateline --] -- Call it a winter sale. Jim and Mary Walker are selling snow on eBay. Starting bids were holding steady Friday at 99 cents for samples from "Blizzard I and Blizzard II."
The Walkers 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 Mary 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.
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a few years ago, someone actually sold a snowball on ebay. the hardest part of all that would be shipping it without having it melt.
Milford Family Buys Colorado Snow On eBay
MILFORD, Conn. -- With all of the recent snowfall in Colorado, one family decided to begin selling it to raise money for a new snow blower and found a buyer in a Milford family.
When Chris Hansen, of Milford, saw Colorado snow for sale on eBay, he said he laughed and decided that he wanted to be in on the joke.
Like many Connecticut residents, Hansen and his wife, Rosemary, have been waiting for snow to fall from the sky.
"I saw something on the Internet that said, 'Snow for sale from Colorado,' and I thought, well 'Lucky them, they have it to sell, we have nothing,'" Hansen said.
The pitch on eBay was a family selling snowballs to raise money for a snow blower. Bids came in from across the country.
"I've gotten letters from people going, 'You're nuts. Why are you buying snow?' I'm like, 'Because I don't have any.' I have three daughters and they're all like, 'Daddy, there's no snow,'" Hansen said.
Chris thought it would be fun to give each of his daughters a snowball, so he began bidding on three of the 10 Colorado snowballs for sale, and won the bids.
"Who would pay $200 for snow? It was a little less, but in the end, I just kind of rounded it up so they'd have the money for their snow blower," Hansen said.
The Hansens said they are unsure when the snow will arrive, but are eager to get it in the refrigerator.
Yep. I've heard about that one, kingy. Too funny. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)