Mike Pero Pays $1,000 For Feijoa!

Christchurch businessman, Mike Pero, may have paid a world record price for a feijoa. Pero paid $1000 for the feijoa, which has an uncanny resemblance to a Kiwi, on Trademe yesterday.

The seller, an Auckland woman, couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the bids jump from $12.50 to $1,000.

The Kiwi shaped feijoa fell to the ground from its tree on Anzac Day.

Proud new owner, Mike Pero of SafeKiwi, Escrow said the Kiwi shaped feijoa caught the attention of his team and it seemed to symbolise of what SafeKiwi stands for.

“Saving this little Kiwi seemed to be in line with saving Kiwis from losing money in a financial transaction, which is what an escrow company does,” said Pero. “We took it a step further when we realised that $1000 was too much to pay one person for a piece of fruit. We thought we’d aim to get a second bite out of the feijoa by making our purchase price conditional on a $500 donation to The Child Cancer Foundation. We liked the synergy of money towards saving Kiwis’ lives in this case,” said Pero.

The auction closed at about 10:15pm last night with close to 5000 hits on the site and 362 watchers. The Kiwi will make its way south to Christchurch during the next few days. Mike Pero intends to preserve the feijoa.
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