Boy, three, buys car on internet

[maximus otter]

A three-year-old boy has used his mother's computer to buy a £9,000 car on an internet auction site.

Jack Neal's parents only discovered their son's successful bid when they received a message from eBay about the Barbie pink Nissan Figaro.

Rachael Neal, 36, said her son was quite good at using the computer.

Mrs Neal, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, said she had left her eBay password in her computer and her son had used the "buy it now" button.

She said: "Jack's a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons.

The car was a £9,000 pink Nissan Figaro

"I was just horrified.

"We now have the parental locks on - and we make sure we sign out of eBay!"

She said her husband John, 37, had called the seller of the car and explained the mistake.

"Luckily he saw the funny side and said he would re-advertise," Mrs Neal added.

The seller of the soft-top second-hand car, Paul Jones, co-director of Worcester Road Motors in Stourport-on-Severn, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, said he had been "amused" by the bid.

It is the first time the car dealership has sold a car on the site, Mr Jones said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/5379930.stm

maximus otter

 

[T.K.C.]

That is funny on my end, but not if you are the parents!! Thank God the seller was nice and understanding!!

 

[mete]

Pink Nissan ?? The kid has bizarre taste.

 

[JurT]

Funny story . . .

 

[gbaker]

A three-year-old boy has used his mother's computer to buy a £9,000 car on an internet auction site.

Rachael Neal, 36, said her son was quite good at using the computer.

maximus otter

somehow I'll bet this person doesn't know much about passwords, firewalls, updating Windows etc etc. These are reasons I don't encourage my parents to upgrade to broadband.

 

[Guyon]

Could have been worse. He could have bought a Frost knife.

 

[Bob W]

That's an interesting car. But pink? Someone's gonna have to talk to that boy...

-Bob

 

[warrior24]

If he is buying cars it makes you wonder what things he is googing.

 

[reconseed]

That is funny on my end, but not if you are the parents!! Thank God the seller was nice and understanding!!

Yea thank the Lord thatthe seller was kind enough to take into consideration what had happened....

 

[hwyhobo]

His parents better start buying him some toy guns. Pink?

 

[glockman99]

I wonder if that 3 year-old kid has his driver's license yet?...And I can imagine that his car insurance would be pretty high, since he's in "that" youthfull age-group...