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Would You Spend $1,000 on a Glass of ‘Cool-Aid?’

That was the asking price for one Lakewood man who set up a table on his parents' front lawn to raise money for his medical bills.

A 43-year-old Lakewood man spent Sunday afternoon selling “Cool-Aid” from the front yard of his parents Manor Park Avenue home.

But he was charging $1,000 per cup.

Tobin Northrup needs some help paying his medical bills, stemming from a few bouts with pancreatitis, reported Fox 8.

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So he set up what he called a "Cool-Aid" stand.

He didn’t have any takers, but some neighbors bargained down to a couple of bucks — despite his buy-one, get-one-free campaign. 

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Northrup told Fox 8 that he’d have to sell about 38 cups at full price to pay off his medical bills.

Although times are tough for lots of folks, we thought we’d ask anyway: Would you pay $1,000 for a cup of “Cool-Aid?”

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