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    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

    Wow. Wonder what the hell those kids did to deserve this. Also, don't you think the prices are bit high? And the reserve hasn't even been met yet!!

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    3 nintendo ds - $450
    3 games - $120?

    $570. Yes sometimes the ds goes for 190 or so, but this auction is still high.
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    Yeowch. I hear that coal's gone down in price...
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    Apparently the children made their mother cry...check the bottom of the ad, she answers questions.

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    Well, the reserve was met now.

    Yeah, $570 is probaly what they paid for this. At least they can make some money off it.

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    The boys actions included flying single digit fingers in the air, kicking, yelling, and using grammer you would not expect from anyone. If you make your mother cry you're wrong.
    Good stuff. I don't know, the whole thing could just be some made up sob story to make you shell out more cash. You know, Trying to make you feel like you have actually discipline her kids.

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    "Flying single digit fingers in the air" - Lol, highly amusing!!!


    My mate has done this a few times - If his kids are naughty (They are 5, 9, and 13 by the way) then he just tells them he will sell their toy's and stuff on eBay!

    He then lists them on eBay, and makes them watch the final ten minutes of the auction count down just so they learn their lesson!

    They never learn though, and between them they have lost about £300 worth of stuff!

    And it's alway's their favourite things that go first - N64 and games went first, then their Lego, then Beanies...


    But this could well be a bogus auction - There is no picture for a start, so they are either lazy, porr, a combination of both, or it's just a scam...

    Mind you, some stupid person has bid on it, and it's met it's reserve price, so someone obviously want's 3 DS's and a few games...


    They could always just be doing it as a joke - Just to wind up their three children... They may even be forced to go through most of Xmas day without their pressies, and then be given them sometime later.


    If it was just a lesson they wanted to teach them, then why not simply put the auction for the price paid for the items? No loss, no gain, lesson taught. Simple.

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    $46 shipping??

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    They showed this on the Charlotte news earlier tonight, funny way of disciplining your kids


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    I've seen these auctions before. Last one I saw was for a PS2 with games. Most likely bogus. I mean, who takes the tree down on the 23rd?? Even if your kids were little shits doesn't mean you cancel xmas all together, they just don't get their presents.

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    For some reason that auction's not up anymore. Here's a story with the details:

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    More attention-seeking eBay bullshit. File alongside that guy selling his wife's Beabie Babies and that wedding dress auction.

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    Looks like the same casino that bought the Virgin Mary grilled cheese ended up buying this item as well.

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    The story says that the casino has spent just about $108,000 in odd ball eBay auctions in just over a month.

    If there was ever a time for a Digital Press insane eBay auction listing contect it's now.

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    That must be one happy father if the casino paid over $5,000 for it.


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    which casino is this again? I have a rare dog that can pee while running through the house and causing me more work than hes worth, easy $10k

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    I actualy saw a story yesterday on CNN's website about this auction. It may not be bogus like some of those other auctions but those could have influenced this father to do the same...

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    Ah yes, Golden Palace. Even though the article identified it as being Antigua-based, it's actually based in Montreal (in the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, in the southern Montreal suburbs, to be precise).

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    I applaud the father for doing this. Maybe the kids will learn a lesson. Nothing worse than seeing your things go to stranger and have someone else pocket the money. Also, this is a better way to discipline your children than hitting them. I HATE child abuse.

    I just sold my son's gamecube and told him to get with the program at school. What he doesn't know is that he will soon get one again since I sold his cube for 50 bucks and put that money towards the purchase of a platinum gamecube with Mario Kart. I am letting him sweat it out. He has improved VERY MUCH.

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    I'm sure those kids will learn a lesson, but if my father ever did that to me he'd get a fight. I'd create another ebay account and then just bid some insane price to win the auction, then never pay.

    But then again my parents could never pull anything like that. I made sure growing up that any material thing I cared about I bought myself, that way it couldn't be taken away from me. All of my games, comics, toys and electronics I've had over the years came from money I earned through work, it may have made me broke, but at least no one could use it against me. Though now I'm 23 and haven't been "punished" in about 6 or 7 years, so now it doesn't apply, I was always a good kid anyway though

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    Quote Originally Posted by slip81
    I'm sure those kids will learn a lesson, but if my father ever did that to me he'd get a fight. I'd create another ebay account and then just bid some insane price to win the auction, then never pay.

    But then again my parents could never pull anything like that. I made sure growing up that any material thing I cared about I bought myself, that way it couldn't be taken away from me. All of my games, comics, toys and electronics I've had over the years came from money I earned through work, it may have made me broke, but at least no one could use it against me. Though now I'm 23 and haven't been "punished" in about 6 or 7 years, so now it doesn't apply, I was always a good kid anyway though
    Same here, anything I really wanted or treasured I made sure I bought myself, that way its mine, all mine! If my dad ever threatened to do that, I'd threaten to sell something dear to him on eBay in retribution, but it would have to be something serious, like the PC I personally forked out for.
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