Mr. Frugal
February 10th 11, 02:11 AM
Seven-year-old boy buys fighter jet on eBay
Image via Jet Art Aviation Limited
By Rosa Golijan
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.
Whoops! The fun was over right then and there as the boy's dad immediately
called up Jet Art Aviation Limited, the company who had placed the jet on
eBay, and explained the situation. According to My FOX Chicago, the company
was very understanding and canceled the sale right away.
There aren't any details regarding what happened after that — though we do
know that Jet Art Aviation Limited put the jet up for auction again — but
we imagine that there is one very disappointed seven-year-old boy in London
right now.
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/09/6018399-seven-year-old-boy-
buys-fighter-jet-on-ebay?GT1=43001
Image via Jet Art Aviation Limited
By Rosa Golijan
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.
Whoops! The fun was over right then and there as the boy's dad immediately
called up Jet Art Aviation Limited, the company who had placed the jet on
eBay, and explained the situation. According to My FOX Chicago, the company
was very understanding and canceled the sale right away.
There aren't any details regarding what happened after that — though we do
know that Jet Art Aviation Limited put the jet up for auction again — but
we imagine that there is one very disappointed seven-year-old boy in London
right now.
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/09/6018399-seven-year-old-boy-
buys-fighter-jet-on-ebay?GT1=43001