Artur Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well my mom was checking her mail and stumbled upon this article and after she showed it to me it just made me laugh so now I'm gonna share it with you guys. MONTREAL (AFP) - After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.ADVERTISEMENT The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard. "So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote on the eBay website. "Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends." The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope. The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the game the father purchased for 90 dollars (US) was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down 9,100 dollars for it. The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas. "I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek. Rofl, ok couple funny things to point out here. "Nintendo Wii gameboard?" Also Barbie as the Island Princess and Dancing with the Stars. Obviously how he sold GH3, for 9.1K is just awesome. See guys, doing drugs will make your family $9000 richer! BTW, here's the link to the original article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter88888 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Awesome. Just awesome. Who says smoking pot is bad now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 So the Wii Version of GHIII is rare? Wonder if they ever been to my local mall? There's a million there. And sold to an Aussie, wow, we really have idiots that don't know the difference between a PAL and NTSC game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Haha I just realized that (the PAL and NTSC difference). But yeah my parents have been looking for GH3 everywhere and they can't find it. So it's not just the Wii version... I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 That's sick, I LOVE it! There's been a few times my kids (especially step-daughter)almost got pictures of what the WOULD HAVE got for Christmas. When told this, I was taken seriously. Unruly kids are just cheaper. As for the buyer, NTSwhat? DOH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Haha nice Urban. And yeah I'd like to find out who the Aussie guy is so I could tell him: pwned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 ROBO-pwned! (Unless he has a NTSC console) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Lol, yeah. He must be one rich son of a bitch. OR he's just a dumbass. I can't believe he would pay 9K just for GH3, some crazy people out there these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I'm thinking rich dumbass. It's late & I'm off to watch cartoons & eat cheap frozen pizza in a few. Maybe I'll play a few PAL games on my PS2 (AR Max fixes that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Still you look here and they have heaps of copies of the game, except the X360 version. Unless he payed for a NTSC console, got it imported, then had to get an adaptor, then he would only play NTSC games, so he'd have to import them as well. I wanna hit him over the head with the Guitar from Guitar Hero and say, LOOK AT FREAKING EB GAMES YOU N00BHEAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Gorilla Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Some people are so stupid these days, seriously, who spends 9k on a video game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Inferno Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hell, I couldn't shell out the $120 for the Legendary edition of Halo 3! Yet this guy spends $9000 on a game not even that rare and it may not even work on his system? People these days are nuts....and have WAY too much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Some payed $250,000 for a PS3 when they came out (yeah, I was watching them). Supposedly it went to the Red Cross, but still... Next to that, $9000 isn't so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Inferno Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Then again, you're comparing a console to a game with a special controller. Speaking of Red Cross and paying far out the ass for consoles, I've heard of a person paying $75,000 or $750,000 for an Xbox 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 If it was e-bay, they should have a record of it. Just a matter of digging for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm going over there to shoot the guy who bought it. I'm gonna guess that Randomness took over their mind. Why on earth would someone buy a game for over $9000 let alone $500? This world is getting stranger and stranger every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hell, I couldn't shell out the $120 for the Legendary edition of Halo 3! Yet this guy spends $9000 on a game not even that rare and it may not even work on his system? People these days are nuts....and have WAY too much money. Depends on where you live. Around here, GHIII is the Christmas must-have. It is the hardest game to find this year. And to a note on the Wii version, that's actually the HARDEST one to find around here. Not to mention the Wiis are now hard to find again because of Christmas. Then again, you're comparing a console to a game with a special controller. Speaking of Red Cross and paying far out the ass for consoles, I've heard of a person paying $75,000 or $750,000 for an Xbox 360. The game is the better deal, though. It is only 100 times the original price, while the $250,000 PS3 is 500 times the original price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I guess money is not a problem for some people. I can just see this happening a lot with GTA IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishoM Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Hard to find on the Wii? That one and the PC version is all I keep seeing. The hardest one to find over here is the 360 one, but I can still find that on pretty much any given day at any Best Buy. Rock Band is harder to find, but I can find that too at Best Buy on both the PS3 and 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Well, around here GHIII is a little harder to come by, mainly, the Wii version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Jay Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 fucking hell, i will never understand people with more money than common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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