Ebay: Sell snow for 3G

wind2000 · Dec 30, 2007

Quebec man sells snowbank for $3,550, even after top bidders get cold feet
By Andy Blatchford, THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL - After sifting through a couple of phoney offers, a Quebec man found a buyer willing to snap up his snowbank for a cool $3,550.

Michel Levesque, who put his snowbank up for auction on EBay, thought he had unloaded the imposing mound on Saturday.

But the top bid turned out to be a prank, said Levesque, who planned to donate his earnings to a local youth organization.

When the second-highest bidder also declined to buy the pile, he called Sophie Rouillier, whose $3,000 offer was No. 3.

Rouillier and husband, Claude Fraser, jumped at the chance, and, with the help of their three children, dug up another $550.

"It's a snowbank like any other one, but it's the fact of giving a donation ... it's not really for the snowbank," Rouillier said on Sunday, as she stood next to her frosty heap in front of Levesque's house.

She said her family was so thrilled with the purchase that her children decided to break their piggy banks to match the top bid.

The Longueuil, Que., family donates money to different organizations every year, but never more than a few hundred dollars, she said.

But Rouillier said they got caught up in the flurry of media excitement that followed the auction, and kept increasing their offer until it hit $3,000.

"If other people can be encouraged by all of this enthusiasm, it will be great," she said.

Rouillier and her family will be in front of Levesque's house on Monday, selling lumps of the snowbank by the shovel to raise more money for the charity.

The rest will be carted away in a neighbour's trailer. It will be put to good use, she said.

"We're going to bring our shovels and bring the snow home," she said. "We're going to put it on our lawn so the kids can play in it. Of course, we have a snowbank also, but it's not as high as this one."

The Montreal area was pounded by two snowstorms in recent weeks, which helped build the giant bank on Levesque's front yard, in Saint-Eustache, just north of the city.

Levesque said the snowbank auction started off as a joke, but interest in the heap quickly snowballed.

He was shocked to see the bids roll in.

"It's good news, everyone's happy," Levesque said. "All's well that ends well."

On Sunday, he said the snowbank was dirtier than when he first photographed it a couple of weeks ago, but contends the Rouillier family has made a quality purchase.

"It melted a bit, but it's still at a noticeable height," Levesque said of the two-metre mound.

"It's not an extraordinary snowbank, but it's a nice snowbank."
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Its nice that ppl think about donation but why do they always come up with weird ideas like this?

Knoctur_nal · Dec 31, 2007

weird shit sells man.

Dan · Dec 31, 2007

LOL

i miss those snowbanks.. ever since i moved to toronto, we dont have snowbanks like the ones in montreal... old memories...

fookjay07 · Dec 31, 2007

huh?
ok den lets all go to the north
and get snow and sell it

Dan35 · Dec 31, 2007

Honestly, I wouldnt pay for that...even if it was for charity.

xlemonade · Dec 31, 2007

lollllll people these days. sell the weirdest things. -_-" and the funny thing is people actually buys it! unbelievable :O

exiled · Dec 31, 2007

that is so sad....even if you are donating to charity buying some dude's snow is just stupid. just donate to the charity yourself. if i was the guy who was selling the snow i would be laughing so hard right now. 3,550 for snow especially since the kids pitched in 550. why dont the kids go spend that money on something that would last longer than snow....like a video game console or some sports equipment.

biggest waste of money ever.

Whoby · Jan 1, 2008

people have some crazy ideas these days
but its weird that there are some people that actually help support it
snow...geezzz

BigC · Jan 3, 2008

^ Did they ship the snow using dry ice?

dreyvii · Jan 3, 2008

Hmm...sounds like they're trying to get publicity...

bbrannz · Jan 4, 2008

lmaos thats funny, what are they doing to do with that snowbank?

bbrannz · Jan 4, 2008

lmaos what is that person going to do with the snowbank?

BigC · Jan 4, 2008

^^Make snow cones.

nebz · Jan 5, 2008

wow thats crazy

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