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- Freshjive787, on 10/12/2007, -1/+85a kid thats 3 can buy a car online but i still had to help my mom learn how to bid on ebay...
- GNiMeLF, on 10/12/2007, -3/+80It's just a story they made up so they don't get Negative feedback =)
no 3 year old could do that.. - pixelguru, on 10/12/2007, -4/+48GNiMeLF:
>> no 3 year old could do that..
My daughter figured out hot to use a TV remote at 6 months (changing channels until she found either music or cartoons). Now at 21 months, she can dial a cell phone, change a DVD on "her" laptop (my retired Powerbook), and wreak havoc on anything with buttons, touch screens or controls of any sort. It doesn't surprise me at all that a 3 year old managed to bid on a very brightly colored car. Never EVER underestimate a toddler. - teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -6/+48Not that there's anything wrong with that...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38Does anyone else find this sad and fears for our future? No? Just me?
*Cries in the corner* - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35What a lame way to get out of an auction!
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31Auto fill my friend, auto fill.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -11/+39Barbie pink?
I'm sorry to inform you that your son might be gay.
sincerely, chicken101 - fuzzlepop, on 10/12/2007, -12/+33lame, its a lie... noway could a 3 year old do that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Man ***** that, I had a giant pink cadillac that my red power ranger would ride around in to go fight the evil megalodon.
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Eviltypeguy. I think that you're lying, or at least embellishing exorbitantly. Anyone that brags about things like that is generally a liar.
- exiva, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I think a more important question for the parents is why did the boy stumble on a Pink car that's "Barbie" colored?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+26So thats who won that bid. I got owned by a 3 year old!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Too bad there isn't any proof (like footage would be cool). For all we know the parents could have just made that up.
- TruthElixirX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19You read "It" at age 5? That is a really messed up thing to read at that point in your life.
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Sure, blame the 3 year old kid for your drunken mistake
next up, dog accidentally buys car on the internet and ate my homework - fugazi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Dude what the hell. Did you have a chldhood. Or were you the one always sitting by himself not going on the playground out of the fear of getting hurt.
- ogre2112, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15She said: "Jack's a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons."
Actually, they were all the *wrong* buttons or you wouldn't be in this mess. If they were the right buttons, he'd have found some hidden stash of cartoons on YouTube. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14He bought a barbie pink car on ebay... your mother is just more cautious.
- jjk5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13>"You read "It" at age 5? That is a really messed up thing to read at that point in your life."
I suppose that's why he goes by "evil type guy".. - NLindz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Good stuff. My little brother, 8, got into my dad's Netflix queue (thank god it wasn’t mine) and put a ton of random cartoon movies into the queue. Dad didn’t notice until he started getting DVD's of Star Wars cartoons. Got to watch little kids and the internet, even though by 12 I would think he would know better.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Everyone's children seem to be "ahead of the curve." Amazing how many special and gifted kids there are. Makes you wonder where all the ***** up adults come from...
- violentvinyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Yeah, right? You never hear anyone go "My kids the stupid one with the bucket on his head running into walls". Of course, this is the internet, where EVERYONE is a lawyer/pundit/rocket scientist/economist/doctor/close personal friend of Quentin Tarantino/starving artist/fabulously wealthy with a great home entertainment system/and above all else, ALWAYS RIGHT.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Believe it or not, a three year old is an intelligent being. It's quite possible that if his folks held him while they did were on eBay, he could have picked up the same movements his parents did. If they stored their password, it doesn't seem too far of a stretch to think this is possible.
- JJMaxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I bookmarked this news story so when my new Cinful Cindy blow-up doll arrives at my house I can blame my 4 year old.
"Can you believe that sweeheart? What are the odds?! I'll just put this in our closet..." - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The odd thing is, I looked at eBay UK auctions for a Nissan Figaro, going back to the 11th of September, and there weren't any with a Buy it Now price even close to £9,000.
In fact, it seems like they usually go between £3,000 and £6,000. That's an awfully high price for this car.
How long ago did this happen? - green1152, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7atleast the kid's got good taste.
- violentvinyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Eh, he only used Buy It Now? I'm not impressed. Had he sniped someone for it, been hustled for shipping, and then used his alternate E-bay account to sabotage future auctions, then I'd be impressed.
- polyfrolic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am the same size (height/weight/build) as Jonah Lomu (look him up if you haven't heard of him). I am male, hetro, have a full beard and dress like a lumberjack (So I'm OK ;) ). I am VERY fond of pink.
Most gay men I know prefer baby blue and wear it a lot. In fact they look good in baby blue evening dresses.
My wife prefers blue and my son prefers pink.
So I do have to ask what your problem (and everyone elses problem) is with pink? Are you all secretly terrified of being attracted to your neighbours husband? - polyfrolic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The problem here cannot be cured by user accounts. The adult left the computer running with the session open. Humans do this.. the phone rings, a door knock, a child screams from the back yard. Humans who are fully functioning (not Autistic) will prioritize certain things over sitting and logging out of their computer while their child possibly burns to death in the kitchen (or other emergency not quite as dramatic).
Yes, you CAN stop a child doing bad things on a computer if you log them in when they want to play "Elmos Jello Castle", but this doesn't protect your computer for the rest of its life. - mywhitenoise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I hope someday you get raped by a big black guy.
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I thought eBay removed old auctions after they were won or closed?
I could be wrong. - swanny89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If a child has ANY sexual preference at 3 there's something wrong.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4update - ok, so I found the actual car - http://www.wrml.co.uk/car-stock.asp?id=4247
But it's not on eBay, just on the dealer's site.
Even with "Buy it Now," it seems like the kid would have been pretty advanced to have gone through the puchase and confirmation of this, especially if he had never done it before. Or has he been buying things on eBay for his parents all along?
This is great free advertising for the dealership, and the kid gets to be in the paper. Sounds to me like the dealer had a little "understanding" with the parents beforehand... - JackHallows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3...Maybe I should have made it clearer somehow that I was being just a little sarcastic. I know Ebay didn't exist when I was 3, I was just trying to make a point... Don't look too hard into it...
- UrlorJkron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3When I was three I spent as much time as my parent would let me on our Apple IIe. It's not much of a stretch at all.
- BlogCruiser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This one is great, if it really happened, and the dealership even got some free advertisement out of the deal.
- polyfrolic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5You don't have children do you!
I had my first son using a computer (Amiga 500) back when he was two. He didn't know how to read, but he knew where to click for things to happen. I recently got shafted in "My Dream App" trying to convince people that this ***** happens all the time when kids screw with the icons on screen when unmonitored for a few minutes.
Either by chance, or through watching "Mum" buy things on ebay a few times, this child would have been capable. - zerodotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My son just got a job working for google. He is 3 years old. We are very proud of him. He got his BA in CIS 6 months ago. He is very advanced. I'm not impressed at a 3 year old buying a car on ebay... pshhh....
- sciencebase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Others may already have said this, but it's pure PR puff! Absolutely 100% made up.
First clue - the 3y old denied buying it on the BBC TV news. If he was so clever and they'd told him he wouldn't get in trouble surely he'd be bragging about his efforts.
Second clue - it takes more than a single click on a picture of a car to place an actual bid even on Buy it Now and even if his mother had left the account logged in.
Killer clue - this was originally in The Sun an infamous UK red-top with an alleged penchant for applying factual restriction economics to its headlines - favoriteguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My 3 year old is pretty handy on the computer. He can navigate from website to website (via favorites) and can startup and change video games within a nintendo emulator. I think this is easily possible.
The way you get around this is to set up a limited user account. There is no way I would let my son play on a computer where he had the same access I did and/or give him access to sites in my favorites. The best way would be to let him use a seperate computer, but sometimes you are limited in that factor. The best thing to do though is to at least seperate your account from your children's account.
A little prevention goes along way. - jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lol
- fatnutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm not saying a 3 year old couldn't do it. BUT, I've been on Ebay for like 5 or 6 years now and that seems like the bidders ultimate bail-out excuse for not going through with the purchase of an item. "my (insert age under 10 here) year old (son, daughter, neice, nephew) was messing around on the computer and bid on your item with my account."
I've had it happen to me at least 4 times, and in all but one case I've looked at the bids afterwards, and the supposed x year old kid bid on it, was outbid, kid bid again, was outbid..kid was totally out of the running..then in the last hour threw in more bids. For a 7 day auction wouldn't you think a parent or guardian would notice the kid getting back online to bid more and more? I could understand if the kid just threw a high bid down and rode it for the entire auction and won, but in my case they've been totally out of the running then come back at the end and win them.
I will give credit, Being on from 2000-2006 I have like a 410+ feedback, and I believe around 250 of them are as a seller, so it's not often.
Not saying it's not possible, who knows, I think it's BS though. - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2crilen -
No, you can view completed listings for a couple weeks back, at least. Plus, if it had been relisted, as the dealer claimed, it would show up as well.
Try this link to see all the completed auctions for a Figaro in the UK: http://search-completed.ebay.co.uk/figaro_Cars_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfisZ2QQfromZR32QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ1QQga10244Z10425QQsacatZ9801QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsbrsrtZd - CeeJayDK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't know about british law but where I live minors cannot endebt themselves.
The sale would be void. - eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4At age 3 Jaws was my favourite movie, and I had a childhood...
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Don't say poo. It offends me. Please say ***** when you feel like cursing.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm amazed at all the homophobia. Pink, big ***** deal. Lots of little kids like pink, and don't know any better. When I was 5 I'd hump anything.
He didn't bid on it though, big ***** lie. - biometricks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2crap, I click the link and then started clicking around on the site and bam... i just bought a barbie pink Figaro. crap...
- radiofrequency, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Each generation becomes more and more computer-literate. Now if only the kid can learn some taste. On second glance, that's a pretty cool car.
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