County Finds High Demand For eBay'd Sleds

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jan 30, 2009 10:30PM

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County decided to raise money by selling, among other things, 150 toboggan sleds on eBay. The sleds were recently used on the County's toboggan runs and at $20 a piece ($10 if you worked for a charitable organization), they were a steal, as similar sleds cost upwards of $100. Of course, "were" is the operative word as it took less than 15 hours for all of the sleds to sell out. Steve Mayberry, spokesman for the forest preserve district, said, "It's not a terribly expensive item but it's a useful item. You can still take our toboggan sleds down a sledding hill." Also being sold are used picnic tables at $15 each. [Trib, S-T]