E-Baying at the Moon

Fielded questions from E-Bay all week. People love it or hate it. Many who hate it write. Call us bad names. Tell us we are irresponsible. Write extremely polite responses back, knowing that will infuriate the snotty ones even more ~snicker~ At last the wild ride is finally over! After 24 bids, hundreds of questions, comments and hate mails, the Two Thousand Dollar French Fry Auction closed. The buyer was someone in the Kansas City area that wishes to maintain their privacy. The closing price was $51.00, which will go into the same fund Andrew's paychecks go into, to save for the repairs. All in all, it was quite an experience!I never dreamed how much anger something like this would incite. However, there was an outpouring of support, and letters from people who found the whole thing clever and amusing (as it was intended). And I got to really piss off some don't-know-how-to-take-a-joke jerks ~snort~ The-tired-little-auction-er Marti

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