--- title: Brilliant Guy in Massachusetts Is Selling Snow for 'Only $89' description: Originally marked down from $99! The price includes overnight shipping anywhere in the U.S., and each package includes enough snow to make about a dozen snowballs. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-02-24T15:31:55.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T05:22:27.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Boston - Entrepreneurs - nature - New England - Odd Spending - small businesses word_count: 376 canonical: https://money.com/buy-ship-snow-boston/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![snowball wrapped in brown paper](https://img.money.com/2015/02/150224_em_sellingsnow.jpg?crop=0px%2C86px%2C4900px%2C2756px&quality=85) New England—and Boston specifically—has way more snow than it knows what to do with. Boston has received roughly [100 inches of snow](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-24/westerners-ski-on-dirt-while-boston-snowfall-reaches-99-9-inches) this winter. And it's not even March yet. And guess what the forecast calls for on Tuesday? Yep, a few more inches of snow. Boston has had so much snow that in early February the city started considering special approval by the EPA to [dump it in the ocean](https://time.com/3701775/boston-weather-snowfall-dumping-ocean/) because snow removal teams have been running out of places to put it. It's amid this scene that a Massachusetts man got the idea that he could do his part to get rid of some of the snow—and make some profits while he's at it. The service, [ShipSnowYo.com](http://shipsnowyo.com/), started as something of a joke, but by mid-February it had reportedly sold around 100 16.9-oz. plastic bottles filled with snow, which were frozen in dry ice and shipped around the country, at a cost of $19.99. By the time the bottles arrived at their destinations, they were most filled with pure New England water, not snow. But Waring insists that the recipients didn't mind much. “They understand that we want to clean up Boston, so even if it does arrive as water, they get a kick out of it,” Waring explained to [*Boston Magazine*](http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2015/02/12/ship-snow-yo-snow-packages/). Nonetheless, ShipSnowYo has since begun offering a new product that's "Guaranteed Snow on Arrival!" This package includes 6 lbs. of snow collected courtesy of [Winter Storm Neptune](http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-neptune-reports-how-much-snow-wind#/1), which dumped 20+ inches in parts of Massachusetts. The "Limited Supply" snow comes in a thick Styrofoam container and is shipped overnight, at a cost of "~$99~ Now Only $89!" Waring told [Boston.com](http://www.boston.com/news/2015/02/23/massachusetts-man-shipping-our-record-breaking-snow-for/01Ij0WsQHP0DwW8OPfsKSJ/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp) that the $89 package yields enough snow to make 10 to 15 snowballs. “It seems to be corporations paying for the $90 product as a funny gesture, where the $20 one is regular consumers,” he said of his customers. What's next for Waring? Look for a bigger, 10-lb. snow package to hit the market at a price of $119. Presumably, such a product would be more appropriate for larger snowball fights in Florida, Arizona, or wherever else they're shipped. And the entrepreneur says that he might try a slightly different moneymaking idea next autumn. 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