Dad sells son's US$90 video game for over US$9,000
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MONTREAL - AFTER catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get 'Guitar Hero III' video game he bought his son for US$90 (S$131) for Christmas at an online auction, fetching US$9,000.
The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.
'So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son,' the father wrote on the eBay website.
'Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends.' The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope.
The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the game the father purchased for US$90 was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down US$9,100 for it.
The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas.
'I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them,' the father said, tongue-in-cheek. -- AFP
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AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA !
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Originally posted by Ferret:AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA !
hi ferret
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hahahaha!
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wow, that game is worth a lot eh?
i heard from my australian friends that games arrive late there, so i guess thats why that chap is willing to pay 9k for it -
self-pWned.
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cool
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wow. Guitar heroes
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that's way too much man!
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Barbie.
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how many barbie shoot-em-up does he intends to buy ?
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i think that even encourage the kid to smoke more
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smart dad lol..
hi phoebie zeh zeh -
hiOriginally posted by FBI:smart dad lol..
hi phoebie zeh zeh -
not bad. can buy another 100 more of guitar heroes 3
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nt bad eh, buy one $90 sell for 1000%Originally posted by jay_rocks:not bad. can buy another 100 more of guitar heroes 3 -
its actually 10000%.Originally posted by kenn3th:nt bad eh, buy one $90 sell for 1000% -
Originally posted by Wankham:its actually 10000%.
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is the father smarter than a fifth grader, yes ser- ree
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He still wanted to give his son something? Should have just given him charcoal..put in his xmas sock
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