Duct Stories has tale to tell after homeowner pockets a Quik $4,000
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A Winnipeg homeowner who paid thousands of dollars for a new furnace received a gift of duct cleaning with the purchase.
It turned out to be quite the bonus. The Duct Stories crew found a decades-old Nestle’s Quik can blocking one of the pipes… with more than $4,000 in dollar bills stuffed inside.
“It was totally unexpected,” said Mary, who didn’t want her last name used.
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Duct Stories owner Earl Masanque, centre, with employees Jesse Bardaje, left, and Arthur Sanchez, found a decades-old can of Nestle’s Quik blocking a customer’s vent pipe with more than $4,000 in dollar bills stuffed inside.
“I was actually scared to open it. I thought, ‘What if it was a cremated body or something inside?’ So I was relieved when it wasn’t something scary.”
Mary said the some of the bills were in an envelope, and others were in a wallet with no identification.
“I’ve lived here for 12 years, but people say there used to be an old woman who lived here,” she said. “But then a guy bought it, renovated it and flipped it. That’s when I bought it.”
Mary said when she bought a new air conditioner about a decade ago, it also came with free duct work, but the cleaners didn’t find the Quik can.
“I guess this company was better,” she said, laughing.
The discovery was a first for Duct Stories owner Earl Masanque.
“It is definitely one of the most unusual things we have found… it was crazy,” Masanque said.
“We’ve seen it all. We’ve seen rats and bullets — all sorts of unpleasant things — but we’ve never found cash.”
Masanque said the crew wouldn’t have found it if they hadn’t suspected there was a cold-air return outlet tucked behind a small freezer in the kitchen.
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The homeowner says the found money will help cover the cost of her new furnace.
“We always look for ones that are covered,” he said.
“We’ve done thousands of cleanings, but this is the first time we’ve found money.”
Both Mary and Masanque said the dollar bills all had 1974 printed on them.
The can was at least a quarter-century old. According to the company’s website Nestle’s Quik has been sold as Nesquik in Canada since 1999.
Mary is pretty sure that’s it for hidden treasure in her home.
“But at least I got almost a free furnace out of it,” she said. “It cost $5,000, so this helps.”
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