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.eBay: Buy a town in Washington!

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dave44
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A small town about 3 hours northwest of Spokane, Washington is available for sale on eBay.

The town features it’s own zipcode, a restaurant, store, post office, three school districts, two septic systems, ranch and four bedroom home.

Currently selling for $370,000 – the eBay auction ends on Friday, April 2nd.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TOWN-FOR-AUCTION-Mountain-Resort-Washington-Multi-Unit_W0QQitemZ280473299745QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCommercial?hash=item414d82eb21&afsrc=1#ht_1300wt_1165

"Why buy a house when you can OWN YOUR OWN TOWN!"
Mar 30 2010 5:30PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 372
such a ballin deal.

ive been there, its a cool little place.
Mar 30 2010 5:32PM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 639
Hahaha, that's awesome.
Mar 30 2010 5:33PM
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.Asain-Skiier
Posts: 3708 - Karma: 977
I shall name you ranger.
Mar 30 2010 5:37PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
lets start a pool and buy this shit.
Mar 30 2010 5:50PM
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.Roockley.
Posts: 3857 - Karma: 4,000
EHEATH FOR MAYOR!
Mar 30 2010 6:00PM
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LoneSkier
Posts: 236 - Karma: 10
Keep in mind you would buy it to make money.
Mar 30 2010 6:23PM
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bryanw
Posts: 533 - Karma: 283
That actually sounds pretty legit, if i had a shit ton of spare money i would consider that. but no dice my wallet is empty
Mar 30 2010 7:31PM
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woollygangster
Posts: 235 - Karma: 18
if only i had half a million dolllars to spare
Mar 30 2010 7:33PM
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pomme-de-terre
Posts: 3915 - Karma: 703
ill put down $20 towards this.

who else is in?
Mar 30 2010 7:33PM
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yourthemannowdog
Posts: 4541 - Karma: 313
i have 40 i could throw, i bet i could find some money in my couch
Mar 30 2010 7:35PM
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 42
the kitchen looks nice
Mar 30 2010 7:35PM
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gustafari
Posts: 726 - Karma: 50
thats such a cool idea actually. i wish i had that much extra cash just to buy a town for fun
Mar 30 2010 7:40PM
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pomme-de-terre
Posts: 3915 - Karma: 703
guys, its two fucking hours from whistler.


im upping myself to $100
Mar 30 2010 7:40PM
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Gooseling
Posts: 1028 - Karma: 10
how does this work exactly... do other people live there?
Mar 30 2010 7:49PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 372
nope.
theres some farms near by though.

and yeah... 3 hours from spokane in the direction of whistler leaves it at about 7-8 hours from whistler.
Mar 30 2010 7:52PM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 170
Its hardly a town... there is only 1 house.
Mar 30 2010 7:56PM
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garettnorthey
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 173
We shall call it PETORIA!
Mar 30 2010 8:35PM
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mode2n
Posts: 2856 - Karma: 255
Looks like a sick deal
Mar 30 2010 8:49PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,844
lets do it,
we can call it Newschoolerville and itll be pang.
we can all bring our homemade rails and have a bus that drives to Whistler

i got $45 to make this happen.
Mar 30 2010 8:51PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
hmmmm Prontotown.com has got a nice ring to it
Mar 30 2010 8:52PM
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SkeechyD
Posts: 2026 - Karma: 1,071
i live close to there. ill come visit
Mar 30 2010 8:52PM
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mak
Posts: 700 - Karma: 167
why not just come live there?! it will be a utopian newschoolers' village of jibbage delights
Mar 30 2010 8:58PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
No pictures of this: "OWNERS RANCH...Very private, behind the businesses, 4 acre fully fenced horse property, 4 bedroom newly remodeled house, huge master bedroom, laundry room, lots of closet and storage, multiple entrances, makes a great B&B Bed and Breakfast (especially since theres a restaurant around front), 3 stall barn with hay storage, creek, access to thousands of acres of riding trails in the national forest."
Mar 30 2010 8:59PM
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SkeechyD
Posts: 2026 - Karma: 1,071
if this shit goes down then i will bring my snow cat for buildin the jibbage delights
Mar 30 2010 9:03PM
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factory81
Posts: 3967 - Karma: 63
newschoolers buys it.

legalizes weed in that bitch.

and a city with over 1000 summer / winter urban features. it would be the mecca for skaters, bikers, boarders, skiers, and so on

Mar 30 2010 9:05PM
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1tenthmoney
Posts: 212 - Karma: 32
newschoolers owned summer ski camp?
Mar 30 2010 9:39PM
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Steezy_IN_KC
Posts: 2033 - Karma: 1,607
yes! i will drop some money to get this idea running!.. Sticky?
Mar 30 2010 9:40PM
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Nathn
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 63
If everyone online donates $1000 we have it.
Mar 30 2010 9:44PM
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factory81
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on top of that
we could throw a huge music fest every summer
Mar 30 2010 9:50PM
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sammiedee
Posts: 974 - Karma: 175
maybe it comes with a plane
Mar 30 2010 9:54PM
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garrets
Posts: 1447 - Karma: 60
That's sick!
Mar 30 2010 11:12PM
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LoneSkier
Posts: 236 - Karma: 10
f this REALLY were to happen, I will put down 10K. We would still be pretty far off. It could happen though. That would be sick to own a percent of a town. We could really make something out of it forsure.
Mar 30 2010 11:14PM
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derbski
Posts: 3173 - Karma: 62
I got 60 bucks on this if I have a couch somewhere in one of those barns/ranches/houses
Mar 30 2010 11:18PM
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i.ski.NC
Posts: 572 - Karma: 18
that it does
ha... haha....
Mar 30 2010 11:22PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
2k for property taxes....... THATS IT?
Mar 30 2010 11:31PM
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HenniferLopez
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Mar 30 2010 11:36PM
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Will-I-Am
Posts: 215 - Karma: 21
If a bunch of stoners/lazy newschoolers get enough determination to buy a town, I will donate my share.
Mar 30 2010 11:47PM
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T.L.
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I'd throw down a g
Mar 31 2010 12:44AM
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ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79
i will throw down up to 1-2 g's if this is to be taken seriously and we get a leader who has extensive business background so i know my investment will do something
Mar 31 2010 12:52AM
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aznsteeze
Posts: 1319 - Karma: 52
this.
Mar 31 2010 1:03AM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
How much is shipping?
Mar 31 2010 10:03AM
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_steezefiend8
Posts: 659 - Karma: 271
haha bidding started at 1 dollar.
Mar 31 2010 10:18AM
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MattWeiss
Posts: 1005 - Karma: 377
im in, i could be the towns engineer, make this shit legit and have a skier/skater/boarder/biker/fun mecca
Mar 31 2010 10:48AM
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DGiurk
Posts: 786 - Karma: 194
i'll throw down a couple g's hahahah
Mar 31 2010 11:34AM
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Steezius_Maximus
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 22
holy balls
Mar 31 2010 12:43PM
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NW_Rider
Posts: 2580 - Karma: 314
Super close to Red Mountain though... which is a fucking gem.

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lets do it.
Mar 31 2010 1:04PM
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Malcolm
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112 bids holy shit
Mar 31 2010 1:15PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
4 acres is a small town. its only 7,000 sq ft.
Mar 31 2010 1:30PM
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Big.L
Posts: 703 - Karma: 15
i got 5 on it
Mar 31 2010 2:23PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79
that's gotta just be the size of the house/cottage
Apr 1 2010 12:13AM
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