Lake Winnipesaukee Water for sale

RamJet · 09-07-2006, 07:41 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/LAKE-WINNIPESAUK...QQcmdZViewItem

can you believe this?

"BRING HOME A PERMANENT PIECE OF THAT SPECIAL VACATION OR GETAWAY AT THE LAKE.

AUTHENTIC WATER FROM LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. YOU SPECIFY THE SECTION OF THE LAKE IT COMES FROM. CHOOSE FROM: WEIRS BEACH, ALTON BAY, WOLFEBORO BAY, 19 MILE BAY, MEREDITH BAY OR CENTER HARBOR.

SHIPPED TO YOU IN AN ATTRACTIVE BOTTLE. DISPLAY A PIECE OF THE "BIG LAKE". NEVER BE FAR FROM THOSE SUMMER MEMORIES!"

Island Life · 09-07-2006, 08:44 PM

Does it have the floaty stuff in it?

Kevin C · 09-07-2006, 08:58 PM

Well....we all know it has healing powers.

Bear Islander · 09-07-2006, 11:21 PM

Shouldn't they specify it as not for drinking?

pmj · 09-08-2006, 04:01 AM

Oh boy, what people will do to make a buck.

I just hope it doesn't have those invasive milfoil spores in it!
pmj

Weirs guy · 09-08-2006, 06:40 AM

Ships from Concord, NH. so they don't even live here apparently. Tell you guys what, for $1.99 I'll take a picture out my window of the lake and send it to you.

GTO · 09-08-2006, 06:41 AM

Now we can't blame the damn operator for letting to much water out and making the water level so low. People are actually bottleing it up and selling it........oh well, one way to get rid of duck itch.

codeman671 · 09-08-2006, 10:03 AM

Hopefully it is not being drawn from Braun Bay on a hot Saturday afternoon...

mcdude · 09-08-2006, 10:26 AM

The Forum at Winnipesaukee.com makes the news again!
(link is to a Citizen article that requires registration)

Peechee · 09-08-2006, 12:25 PM

Bottling lake water makes me sad for not easily explained reasons. Too personal to sell? Too cheeky, from people who don't live 'round these parts? Callous? Hmm.

SteveA · 09-08-2006, 12:43 PM

Wish I had posted this one.... several weeks ago e-bay had someone trying to sell Driftwood.. collected from the big lake.. the auction has expired.

Noone bid on that either...

It is fun to look on e-bay and search "lake Winnipesaukee' it's amazing the stuff people have out there for sale..

Rattlesnake Gal · 09-08-2006, 01:06 PM

RamJet, thanks for posting this E-bay item. What a hoot!
McDude, thanks for posting the article. We just love our press.

How many of us will be looking around now for interesting items like this to sell?

Personally, I think this auctioneer should have posted a photo of the bottle, not just any one will do.

jlrm73 · 09-08-2006, 05:39 PM

Hey everyone, get your bids in...
It's up to $5.99 as of 6:30 pm!!!

Bear Islander · 09-08-2006, 05:55 PM

I think I will start selling off Bear Island, one rock at a time.

We have plenty!

Tallyho · 09-08-2006, 06:27 PM

I believe a quote from Mr Barnam would be appropriate: "there's a sucker born every minute" .

dpg · 09-09-2006, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tallyho

I believe a quote from Mr Barnam would be appropriate: "there's a sucker born every minute" .

Well wait a minute now. Last winter I captured a little sand from the Bahamas, do you think I'm....naw!!

Aquadeziac · 09-09-2006, 10:27 AM

I can remember a guy on eBay getting $250 for an old LL Bean flannel shirt. His claims were that he never failed to **** when he was wearing his "Lucky Flannel Shirt" but he was getting married and the future wife ordered him to dispose of the shirt. He wanted to pass his good fortune on to another person so he was selling it....as opposed to donating it to Good Will. Have also seen stuff like a potato chip shaped like Lincoln's silouette, a sandwich scrap off the plate of a movie star at a restaurant, someone was even selling pieces of the Old Man in the Mountain when it fell a few years ago. I think the next time I go out on the lake I'll take a couple of gallon jugs, a shovel and a sand pail. Not to mention what I could find snorkling at the Witches. WOW!! I may be able to afford a new boat in the spring. Watch for my upcoming ads on eBay!!! hahaha!

camp guy · 09-09-2006, 11:27 AM

I'm so glad I saw this posting, it reminds me of the need to change the air in my tires. Each Fall I remove the Summer air and its extra humidity and replace it with Fall air which is less humid. One year I forgot to do this and the clink-clink-clink of the frozen bits of humidity rattling around in the tires drove me nuts all Winter long. Once again, thanks for reminding me.

Grant · 09-09-2006, 02:05 PM

Okay, I'm a geek.

While in college, I had a glass bottle filled with Lake water in my room. It kinda filled a void that all these web cams do now.

jetskier · 09-09-2006, 03:52 PM

I am continually amazed by ebay. I do use ebay quite a bit and am in the process of liquidating some coins from my late father.

A few years back I put my old running shoes on ebay. I did not think that they would do much, but the alternative was to toss them. They sold for $80 and the buyer sent me a personal thank you note. One man's trash is truly another's treasure.

Jetskier

Rattlesnake Gal · 09-09-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grant

Okay, I'm a geek. While in college, I had a glass bottle filled with Lake water in my room. It kinda filled a void that all these web cams do now.

Just curious, did the water grow anything? If I fill my dog's bowl in the morning, by evening there is a coating of slime in it.

Waterbaby · 09-09-2006, 08:51 PM

My boat ("Bear") actually keeps "her" own sample of Winni Water at all times -- in the bilge! Guess "she" doesn't need to bid on e-bay...........

Kevin C · 09-09-2006, 10:38 PM

Has anyone seen my lucky flannel shirt that I paid $250 for?

BBS2 · 09-11-2006, 09:13 AM

I sold a bunch of my old toys (circa 1950s and 60s) including a 1958 Barbie doll that were stored in my folks attic. I made over 2K.

I wonder how much someone would pay for a bottle of Duck Itch?

Weirs guy · 09-11-2006, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bear Islander

I think I will start selling off Bear Island, one rock at a time.

I wonder if I could sell off the Weirs, one tourist at a time?

RamJet · 09-11-2006, 01:23 PM

An eBayer named jp75023 was the auction winner and paid $7.50 for something in a bottle.

Janet · 09-13-2006, 10:03 PM

Not all of us are able to be at the lake as often as we would like. Living in Texas it's hard to get to the lake every weekend. Yes I purchased the bottled lake water as a Christmas gift to my 9 year old nephew who lives in Fort Worth Texas and loves the lake. He has one corner of his room devoted to memorabilia of the lake and I knew this would be one of his most favorite presents. Hope this doesn't sound too harsh, however, everyone has their reason for purchasing items.

Pepper · 09-13-2006, 10:14 PM

Janet - sounds like a great purchase, which will become a treasured gift! Good for you!

I'm sure your nephew will absolutely squeal with delight when he opens your gift this Christmas!

ApS · 09-14-2006, 06:17 AM

Sounds OK to me.

As a Christmas present, however, it needs to go to the freezer on Christmas Eve!

SIKSUKR · 09-14-2006, 07:58 AM

I see a few red faces on the forum today.What's wrong with a souvenier from the big lake?I bet some members might have dirt from a certain field in Foxboro!

Rattlesnake Gal · 09-14-2006, 07:58 AM

Janet, this “Lake Winnipesaukee Water for Sale” has given a lot of us something to smile about.

It’s a cool thread with a uniquely cool subject! Congratulations on your purchase! You are a wonderfully thoughtful aunt! Every child should know that kind of love.

Airwaves · 09-14-2006, 06:24 PM

The person who did this is second on my list of entrepreneurial heros only to the guy who came up with the Pet Rock!

I wish I had thought of it first!

pmj · 09-14-2006, 06:50 PM

Not to rain on this parade...but..How do you know it has come from Lake Winnipesaukee and not a faucet or other local source of water

??

pmj

Janet · 09-14-2006, 07:41 PM

Just got to have faith.

Janet · 09-14-2006, 07:49 PM

Thanks Pepper and Rattlesnake Gal for your kind words. I know my nephew will be excited when he opens his present. He won't know if it really came from the lake or a faucet - he'll think it's lake water and will be thrilled.

pmj · 09-14-2006, 08:18 PM

Janet,
faith will do in this case. It sounds like your nephew will treasure this gift.
(i guess i am just too much realist and not enough romantic)

pmj

Weirs guy · 09-15-2006, 04:19 AM

Having once lived in Concord where the seller was shipping from, theres not a whole lot of diffrence between water from the lake and water from Concords taps!

09-07-2006, 07:41 PM	#1
RamJet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NH Seacoast and Smith's Cove Posts: 58 Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Lake Winnipesaukee Water for sale http://cgi.ebay.com/LAKE-WINNIPESAUK...QQcmdZViewItem can you believe this? "BRING HOME A PERMANENT PIECE OF THAT SPECIAL VACATION OR GETAWAY AT THE LAKE. AUTHENTIC WATER FROM LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. YOU SPECIFY THE SECTION OF THE LAKE IT COMES FROM. CHOOSE FROM: WEIRS BEACH, ALTON BAY, WOLFEBORO BAY, 19 MILE BAY, MEREDITH BAY OR CENTER HARBOR. SHIPPED TO YOU IN AN ATTRACTIVE BOTTLE. DISPLAY A PIECE OF THE "BIG LAKE". NEVER BE FAR FROM THOSE SUMMER MEMORIES!" __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~Henry David Thoreau

09-07-2006, 08:44 PM	#2
Island Life Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 273 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Floaters Does it have the floaty stuff in it? __________________ Island Life the way my grandparents' grandparents enjoyed it - but with a faster boat!!!

09-07-2006, 08:58 PM	#3
Kevin C Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Billerica, Ma Posts: 103 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well....we all know it has healing powers. __________________ Skipper of CIRCUITOUS Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. Author Unknown.

09-08-2006, 06:40 AM	#6
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ships from Concord, NH. so they don't even live here apparently. Tell you guys what, for $1.99 I'll take a picture out my window of the lake and send it to you. __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

09-08-2006, 06:41 AM	#7
GTO Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,072 Thanks: 336 Thanked 342 Times in 158 Posts	?? Now we can't blame the damn operator for letting to much water out and making the water level so low. People are actually bottleing it up and selling it........oh well, one way to get rid of duck itch. __________________ GTO

09-07-2006, 11:21 PM	#4
Bear Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bear Island Posts: 1,757 Thanks: 31 Thanked 429 Times in 203 Posts	Shouldn't they specify it as not for drinking?

09-08-2006, 04:01 AM	#5
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh boy, what people will do to make a buck. I just hope it doesn't have those invasive milfoil spores in it! pmj

09-08-2006, 10:03 AM	#8
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,360 Thanks: 209 Thanked 764 Times in 448 Posts	Hopefully it is not being drawn from Braun Bay on a hot Saturday afternoon...

09-08-2006, 10:26 AM	#9
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,359 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,041 Times in 489 Posts	The Forum at Winnipesaukee.com makes the news again! (link is to a Citizen article that requires registration)

09-08-2006, 12:25 PM	#10
Peechee Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	doesn't hold water Bottling lake water makes me sad for not easily explained reasons. Too personal to sell? Too cheeky, from people who don't live 'round these parts? Callous? Hmm.

09-08-2006, 12:43 PM	#11
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,053 Times in 496 Posts	How about lake Winnipesaukee driftwood? Wish I had posted this one.... several weeks ago e-bay had someone trying to sell Driftwood.. collected from the big lake.. the auction has expired. Noone bid on that either... It is fun to look on e-bay and search "lake Winnipesaukee' it's amazing the stuff people have out there for sale..

09-08-2006, 01:06 PM	#12
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,447 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	What a Hoot! RamJet, thanks for posting this E-bay item. What a hoot! McDude, thanks for posting the article. We just love our press. How many of us will be looking around now for interesting items like this to sell? Personally, I think this auctioneer should have posted a photo of the bottle, not just any one will do.

09-08-2006, 05:39 PM	#13
jlrm73 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's going up!!! Hey everyone, get your bids in... It's up to $5.99 as of 6:30 pm!!!

09-08-2006, 05:55 PM	#14
Bear Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bear Island Posts: 1,757 Thanks: 31 Thanked 429 Times in 203 Posts	I think I will start selling off Bear Island, one rock at a time. We have plenty!

09-08-2006, 06:27 PM	#15
Tallyho Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 312 Thanks: 439 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Selling Lake Winnpesaukee water? I believe a quote from Mr Barnam would be appropriate: "there's a sucker born every minute" .

09-09-2006, 10:27 AM	#17
Aquadeziac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Concord NH Posts: 239 Thanks: 19 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I can remember a guy on eBay getting $250 for an old LL Bean flannel shirt. His claims were that he never failed to **** when he was wearing his "Lucky Flannel Shirt" but he was getting married and the future wife ordered him to dispose of the shirt. He wanted to pass his good fortune on to another person so he was selling it....as opposed to donating it to Good Will. Have also seen stuff like a potato chip shaped like Lincoln's silouette, a sandwich scrap off the plate of a movie star at a restaurant, someone was even selling pieces of the Old Man in the Mountain when it fell a few years ago. I think the next time I go out on the lake I'll take a couple of gallon jugs, a shovel and a sand pail. Not to mention what I could find snorkling at the Witches. WOW!! I may be able to afford a new boat in the spring. Watch for my upcoming ads on eBay!!! hahaha! __________________ "He who dies with the most toys wins"

09-09-2006, 11:27 AM	#18
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,134 Thanks: 284 Thanked 480 Times in 271 Posts	Lake Winnipesaukee For Sale I'm so glad I saw this posting, it reminds me of the need to change the air in my tires. Each Fall I remove the Summer air and its extra humidity and replace it with Fall air which is less humid. One year I forgot to do this and the clink-clink-clink of the frozen bits of humidity rattling around in the tires drove me nuts all Winter long. Once again, thanks for reminding me.

09-09-2006, 02:05 PM	#19
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,485 Thanks: 337 Thanked 212 Times in 116 Posts	Okay, I'm a geek. While in college, I had a glass bottle filled with Lake water in my room. It kinda filled a void that all these web cams do now. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

09-09-2006, 03:52 PM	#20
jetskier Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Reading, MA and South Down Shores Posts: 850 Thanks: 57 Thanked 183 Times in 114 Posts	Ebay is amazing I am continually amazed by ebay. I do use ebay quite a bit and am in the process of liquidating some coins from my late father. A few years back I put my old running shoes on ebay. I did not think that they would do much, but the alternative was to toss them. They sold for $80 and the buyer sent me a personal thank you note. One man's trash is truly another's treasure. Jetskier

09-09-2006, 08:51 PM	#22
Waterbaby Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kensington, NH and Paugus Bay Marina Posts: 656 Thanks: 323 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	eeeeeewwwwwwwww!!!!!! My boat ("Bear") actually keeps "her" own sample of Winni Water at all times -- in the bilge! Guess "she" doesn't need to bid on e-bay...........

09-09-2006, 10:38 PM	#23
Kevin C Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Billerica, Ma Posts: 103 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Has anyone seen my lucky flannel shirt that I paid $250 for? __________________ Skipper of CIRCUITOUS Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. Author Unknown.

09-11-2006, 09:13 AM	#24
BBS2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 88 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	duck itch I sold a bunch of my old toys (circa 1950s and 60s) including a 1958 Barbie doll that were stored in my folks attic. I made over 2K. I wonder how much someone would pay for a bottle of Duck Itch?

09-11-2006, 01:23 PM	#26
RamJet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NH Seacoast and Smith's Cove Posts: 58 Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Auction ended An eBayer named jp75023 was the auction winner and paid $7.50 for something in a bottle. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~Henry David Thoreau

09-13-2006, 10:03 PM	#27
Janet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 467 Thanks: 230 Thanked 130 Times in 88 Posts	Not all of us are able to be at the lake as often as we would like. Living in Texas it's hard to get to the lake every weekend. Yes I purchased the bottled lake water as a Christmas gift to my 9 year old nephew who lives in Fort Worth Texas and loves the lake. He has one corner of his room devoted to memorabilia of the lake and I knew this would be one of his most favorite presents. Hope this doesn't sound too harsh, however, everyone has their reason for purchasing items.

09-13-2006, 10:14 PM	#28
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Janet - sounds like a great purchase, which will become a treasured gift! Good for you! I'm sure your nephew will absolutely squeal with delight when he opens your gift this Christmas! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

09-14-2006, 06:17 AM	#29
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,084 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Sounds OK to me. As a Christmas present, however, it needs to go to the freezer on Christmas Eve! __________________ Every MP who enters Winter Harbor will pass by my porch of 67 years...

09-14-2006, 07:58 AM	#30
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I see a few red faces on the forum today.What's wrong with a souvenier from the big lake?I bet some members might have dirt from a certain field in Foxboro! __________________ SIKSUKR

09-14-2006, 07:58 AM	#31
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,447 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Janet = Super Auntie! Janet, this “Lake Winnipesaukee Water for Sale” has given a lot of us something to smile about. It’s a cool thread with a uniquely cool subject! Congratulations on your purchase! You are a wonderfully thoughtful aunt! Every child should know that kind of love.

09-14-2006, 06:24 PM	#32
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	The person who did this is second on my list of entrepreneurial heros only to the guy who came up with the Pet Rock! I wish I had thought of it first!

09-14-2006, 06:50 PM	#33
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	the million dollar question:idea: Not to rain on this parade...but..How do you know it has come from Lake Winnipesaukee and not a faucet or other local source of water ?? pmj

09-14-2006, 07:41 PM	#34
Janet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 467 Thanks: 230 Thanked 130 Times in 88 Posts	pmj Just got to have faith.

09-14-2006, 07:49 PM	#35
Janet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 467 Thanks: 230 Thanked 130 Times in 88 Posts	Thanks Pepper and Rattlesnake Gal for your kind words. I know my nephew will be excited when he opens his present. He won't know if it really came from the lake or a faucet - he'll think it's lake water and will be thrilled.

09-14-2006, 08:18 PM	#36
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Janet, faith will do in this case. It sounds like your nephew will treasure this gift. (i guess i am just too much realist and not enough romantic) pmj

09-15-2006, 04:19 AM	#37
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Having once lived in Concord where the seller was shipping from, theres not a whole lot of diffrence between water from the lake and water from Concords taps! __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?