The most touching Ebay auction ever

Holly and Evie are both seven years old and one heart and one soul. The two girls spent most of their lives together. And then: Evie learns from her parents that they will soon move to another house and will not live next door to Holly. A bad stroke of fate for the two girls.

A new house? This is practically the other end of the world when you go to first grade! Holly is devastated. The map that Evie made for her is also a small consolation. She makes Holly sad.

Making fun instead of shedding tears

But then Holly has an excellent idea: why not auction the card and buy a friendship bracelet from the win? Her mother is convinced quickly - shortly thereafter, the two set up an Ebay auction.

Holly describes her dilemma in the explanatory text so convincingly that one would prefer to hug her directly:

Holly, 7 1/2 years:

"My best friend lives next door, we've been best friends for ages, and we're in the same class at school." Today is a sad day because she's moving to another house, and she has a "Sorry, we're moving away" card tinkering at school, but it makes me sad to look at them, but I do not want to throw them away because that would hurt their feelings.

I asked my mom if somebody might buy her because the picture on it is pretty. I want to buy my friend a gift from every penny I get. I asked Mama if we could move if we got enough pennies - into the house next to my girlfriend. But Mama chuckled and said that she does not believe that, but we often come to visit. Please buy my card - I would like to give her a friendship bracelet, so she knows we will always be best friends. She is also very sad about the move. "

Somewhat embarrassed adds her mother ...

Mom, in her 30s:

"Holly is terribly sad that her best friend is moving away, the girls play together everyday and are a fun couple, Holly asked me to help her sell the card because she has to cry from her mere sight I'm not sure yet, but I want Holly to know that I'm doing my best when she asks me for a favor, and I hope a good soul offers a few pennies on top so she can look forward to her friend Gift to buy, then the move looks like an adventure to both of them.

The friendship auction of Holly and Evie was quickly picked up by the British media.

Record amount for homemade card

This incredibly cute auction softened the hearts of quite a few ebay users: from the few "pennies" that Holly asked for, it quickly became quite a few pounds sterling. As the media became more and more aware of the auction, there was an eager competition for the sad greeting card. The auction amount increased every hour. At the end of the auction Holly's card proved proud 510 pounds, about 700 euros.

So she can now buy her friend Evie between 1000 and 2000 friendship ribbons, depending on the quality. Or many, many bus tickets to visit as often as possible.