here is the listing c/p in case it ends without you getting a chance to check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-Hero-III-3-Legends-of-Rock-Wii-NEW-WITH-RECEIPT_W0QQitemZ200181539427QQihZ010QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
BRAND NEW Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock for the Nintendo Wii Game System
In Box Never Opened, just bought it a few days ago I will give you the receipt (shown in picture)!
Here’s the deal:
So I spent who knows how many hours of my life trying to get “Guitar Hero 3” for the Nintendo Wii for my 15 year old son who has been begging for it since he was born (well not really but he’s wanted it for awhile). So after waiting in lines and going into every game store in the city over the last 2 weeks (practically being laughed at when I asked for guitar hero 3) I finally got lucky and got one at EB Games (they just got a shipment of them 25 minutes before I walked in!).
So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Xmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn’t wait to spread the jubilance to my son.
Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what to I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the backyard with 2 of his delinquent friends.
Now I know santa applies the “naughty or nice” paradigm to determine who gets what on Christmas. My son (Isaac) hasn’t exactly been Mother Teresa this year (he got suspended for fighting in the spring, among other things) but I thought I could still justify getting him this present. Maybe it would make him stay home more and “rock out” on this fake guitar thing. He pretty much spends all his free time at his friend’s house playing it anyways (while high on marijuana, I would imagine).
Anyways, I am now finding it hard to justify rewarding him with this gift after he so greatly disappointed me. I know smoking a joint isn’t the end of the world, but if you can convince me that he deserves the gift, then I will end the auction. You will have to be very convincing. I am an elementary school teacher and I know that rewarding bad behavior is just asking for more of the same…
After I caught him getting high on my patio I did the typical yelling, screaming, kicking out the friends, etc… but I had not decided on a suitable way to punish him. As of the time of me writing this, he does not know I got him Guitar Hero 3. I will show him the auction once it is posted and we can watch it finish together. Sort of a “Father-Son bonding experience”. While I doubt this will keep him from ever smoking pot again, I think it will make him think twice before doing illegal (well I think pot is still illegal in Canada) drugs on my property.
I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing With the Stars. These games are in stock everywhere I go, and I know he will just love them.
Merry Xmas Isaac. I hope you’ve learned your lesson. –Father.
BRILLIANT!
Saturday, December 08, 2007
dad sells son's xmas gift on ebay after catching him smoking pot!
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Absolutely love the marketing gimmick. Hate to burst your bubble though, it only works once a year and for the most part, it is a lucky shot.
What's next, are you going to take away Sally's birthday laptop for poor grades on her report card? The pro-education people might kick in some cash. Although, they are usually smarter than that.
Your best bet is to go for the anti-abortion crowd or the religious right in the U.S. Tell them you caught your little boy drawing pentagrams and burning candles in the garage. You don't want to encourage satanism so you are selling his computer (or plasma TV) online to cast the demons out. That would hit home
If the kid can afford pot, he can afford to go out and buy his own Guitar Hero II video game. Chances are, he'll buy it on eBay for less than $90.
Nice pick up though. Way to fleece the anti-drug crowd for money.
Good for dad, but I vote no gift.
hi, there! o/
His story has arrive in Brasil. :D
Ahh yes, but did you actually get paid is the question, This moron obviously put a bid in for 10K thinking no way he could lose the auction, but it looks like he didnt count on the fact others would figure this out and see how much he actually bis and jacked up on purpose.
Good luck!
What a doodie head.
DON"T DO DRUGS.
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