Grandson sneaks on eBay, uses Grandpa's account to buy Wii
by David Hinkle 
{ Aug 20th 2008 at 2:47PM }
Archie Lovett is one sneaky kid. Not only is he adept enough at using those computer things, but apparently he's got a good memory, too. See, he used his Grandpa's account, UK resident Ray Atkinson, on eBay, remembering the username and password, to place a £197,654 bid on a Wii. The best part? The kid already has one.Thankfully, the eBay seller was cool about the whole thing and ended up selling it to another individual, although for a lot less than Archie's bid.
We've featured various eBay goodies in the past. Have you seen Miyamoto's first console? Or how about the very sweet Super Mario Galaxy mod? Be sure to also check out this nice pair of Chuck Taylors with Nintendo mascots painted all over them.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SoshiKitai @ Aug 20th 2008 2:56PM
If I were the grandpa... I'd... I'd... I'd!
... *sigh* Little brat.
Grubby kids shouldn't get their grubbiness on everything.
Needs some discipline.
Needs some #ss-whoopin'.
4N1M3H34D @ Aug 20th 2008 3:49PM
This is news? Fuck whoever put this on here.
SoshiKitai @ Aug 20th 2008 4:02PM
*laughs at name* Explains a lot.
Anyways. Yeah, it's news. 'Cuz +most+ Wii-users are social. :P And anything that has to do with: Wii+Person is still news to us. Sorry if you disagree with that.
cbylife @ Aug 20th 2008 3:52PM
what a little shi*!
Crustin @ Aug 20th 2008 9:50PM
Who? The kid in the story or the person posting above as "4N1M3H34D"?
Abscissa @ Aug 20th 2008 4:08PM
Twenty bucks says grandpa tapes his passwords to the monitor. (Or at least uses incredibly easy-to-guess passwords, like his grandson's name.)
Garu @ Aug 20th 2008 4:15PM
To paraphrase the Simpsons:
"Sneaking on Grandpa's eBay accout to bid on a Wii...
Oh, You better believe that's a paddlin'!"
bvhj @ Aug 20th 2008 4:51PM
Just look at that kid's face in that picture... He doesn't regret a thing.
So cool.
Garu @ Aug 20th 2008 4:57PM
Like a young Charlie Sheen!
Ninjikiran @ Aug 20th 2008 9:12PM
eh its not that big a deal, and more Grandpa's fault for making it so easy. Little kids do things out of curiosity, I remember ordering a porn thing from pay per view once when I was like 5. I ran to the bedroom so fast when half naked girls appeared on the screen haha.
gayboyDS @ Aug 20th 2008 9:55PM
Oh honey, I would run too!!!
jerem_tb @ Aug 21st 2008 4:48AM
Still, there's something weird,
aren't there automatic auctions on ebay? Somenone must have bid and bid again just to one pound below the kid's bid?
Fishy...
The Overlord @ Aug 21st 2008 6:08AM
Social? Wii owners don't even have voice chat so I don't know what you're talking about there.
And, yes I know of Wii Speak but it wont be out till November or sometime later so until than your statement has no backbone and with the friend code system it'll still be not that social.
Feba @ Aug 21st 2008 6:33PM
Well, you see, the thing is, we're talking about *real life*. As in, actually having people *come to your house* and *talking to them* and, you know, being social. Not shouting as many homophobic obscenities as we can into a microphone while we shoot someone in the face.