Wednesday, February 9, 2011

From the ‘Money Talks Department’: Seven-year-old boy buys fighter jet on eBay

This was too good not to share with viewers of this blog. What do you think happened when Dad found out? (Story link at bottom)

The think is, I can see one of my grandchildren doing the same thing! I’m curious about how he planned to pay for it. A lemonade stand in London Square perhaps? And, where did he plan on keeping his Harrier jet? I know for sure his bedroom is out!

Thanks to eBay, a seven-year-old London boy managed to purchase a real-life Harrier fighter jet. It was easy: All he had to do was click on a bright "buy it now" button on the auction site, send a payment of about $113,000, and he'd be ready to live out every young man's fantasy. There was just one problem: He didn't have the money — and his dad found out about his shopping spree.

Story here

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