SecretMethod70

I just read about this in GamePro Magazine and I looked it up on google. This is WAY too funny to not share with everyone.

Apparently, some 13 year old kid misbehaved VERY badly, having friends over while his parents weren't home, drinking some beer, and some Dom Perignon Champagne. So, as punishment, his mom sold his Playstation 2 - his favorite possession - on ebay, with a detailed explanation of why she is doing so.

Auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...107675670&rd=1

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haha. That'll learn him!

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KellyC

Hahahhaah!! Now that's great parenting!!

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Hah! This is quality discipline.

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Asuka{eve}

OMG This is truly priceless.

oushi

Haha. That bastard deserved it.

isis

Wow, I'm glad my mom didn't think of this when I threw a party and her favorite heirloom plate got broken.

Ingenius though.

bermuDa

that is so awesome... bad kids sometimes lead to creative parenting. bbq

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punx1325

LOL! I now know how I will punish my kids in the future. I can't believe that!!!

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Blackthorn

Ouch! And over a bottle of Dom Perignon....eeeyeeeeecht!!!

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Silvy

hahaha, very funny and deserved punishment!

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Madd

LOL classic, when i was 14 my Nintendo 64 was my prize posession, good thing my parents didnt know about ebay then

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CaptainGumby

Its funny, but I wonder if its true. Why sell just the ps2 & not any of the games? There have been a lot of fake stories on ebay lately as to why an item is for sale. I cant say I blame them, it works! I guess now I just need to come up with an elaborate lie about my wife so I can sell my paintball gun for a premium.

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sbscout

fake or not, it's still a great idea!

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amonkie

Nice to see the parents are being proactive in their parenting, and they are certainly going to get a message across to their son. And a 6'3" 13 year old? That's tall.

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maleficent

What kind of idiot uses a corkscrew on a bottle of champagne?

Isn't the mother really punishing herself? She paid for the game, I don't see where the young cretin paid for the game himself - so isn't mom really out more money then?

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World's King

What happen to beating your kids?

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Bill O'Rights

Dayum! And I thought that I was literal...

It's not about recouping her monetary loss. It's about an effective punishment. This gets the little delinquent right where it hurts. Not only doesn't he get to play with his video game...it's gone...sold. And to add a little salt to his wound...he still has the games themselves, that he gets to sit and look at longingly.

That went out when we started allowing interfering, nosy busybodies get into our business and start telling us how best to raise our children. After all...it takes a village.

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maleficent

Mom just doesn't come across as being all that intelligent - but what do i know.....

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Dennis

Hot damn, that is a major kick in the pants. Smart momma, but I think mine would do the same to me. She would probably sell my anime collection too.

Kalnaur

Now that is punishment. Damn, I'm glad my mother never thought of that. though I was never bad enough for this kind of punishment anyway. My mama put the fear of God (or even worse, the fear of her)in me real early.

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rainheart

If she hasn't made a real honest, persevering effort to build a proper and close parent-child relationship with her son, then she deserves to get that shit done to her.

If you raised a child and he turned out to be a brat then who's fault is it? She probably didn't go about raising him properly. She recoils at some misdemeanors by getting revenge on her son, she sounds like a terrible mother.

raeanna74

This kid is not grown up yet. He's still learning and obviously his parents are still teaching. Hopefully he'll learn his lesson.

In the end we are all responsible for our own actions. That kid is responsible for his own actions. Sometimes kids just never learn, some are slow learners, some are terribly stubborn. I had a stronger will than my mother. VERY strong will. My mother was very strict. I still screwed up at times.

This sends a strong message to a boy who's just testing the limits of his newfound Puberty. It's good they're doing it now at 13. By 15 my brother hadn't been taught this and wrecked such havoc until he was 21 and got kicked out of my parents house.

I hope he learns his lesson.

If this is just a story - no big deal. I will have to keep this "teaching" method in mind when my daughter hits her teens and starts pushing the limits.

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maleficent

How is this really teaching?

1. Mom paid for the game.

2. Junior drinks the beer/champagne/breaks bugel

3. Junior should be held responsible for the damage he's inflicted, a responsible parent would make him work off the money owed. (hell, every window I ever broke playing baseball in the backyard, I had to work off to pay for)

By selling something that wasn't the kids to begin with, to work off the debt the kid incurred, what has this kid been taught?

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CSflim

God, what atrocious spelling.

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rainheart

Simple truth:
Mom exacts revenge for son's misdeeds.

phoenix1002

Well, even if the PS2 was paid for by the mother, it doesn't sound like she was the one using it. My guess is that it was given to the kid as a gift. Which makes it his, even if he didn't pay for it.

This seems like a better form of punishment than simply making him pay for the stuff he broke/drank. There's a difference between breaking a window with a baseball and stealing a $120 bottle of wine. This kid is probably going to want to play his PS2, only he won't be able to, because his parents sold it after he acted like an idiot. Every time he wants to play, he'll probably kick himself for doing what he did.

Either that, or he'll just hate his family and start acting like an even bigger ass.

Either way, the ebay thing is pretty damn funny.

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Ace_O_Spades

true dat

My kids are NOT getting away from beatings when I'm a father... It's the only way I learned to respect my dad's authority.

I personally wouldn't sell my kids PS2, mainly because I'm not that cruel as to take away something that means as much to the kid as apparently this PS2 did

Also, we don't know if the kid has a history, or if this a first time offense... If it's the first time, this is a pretty fucking harsh punishment.

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People posting here are talking of fear of their Mothers... Now speaking from my experience, my mom NEVER punished me, she deferred to my dad, who laid the smacketh down... So by the time i was in my late teens, when she TRIED to punish me, I would ignore her because it was pointless, she didn't hold any sway over me... Now that my parents are divorced, I never talk to my mom, and when I do we usually fight.

I wonder what it would have been like if she had taken some of the punishment on herself.

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Eric640

LMAO. I think we've all learned that the best way to sell sometihng on e-bay is to put a nice little story on it.

The guy who modeled the wedding dress comes to mind... he was on a talkshow eventually. Then it turns out the 5+ page story about him leaving his wife and selling her wedding dress because he hated her guts was TOTALLY FAKE.

You guys really think they had a 200$ bottle of wine in the fridge and a 13yr old kid drank it for fun? lmao... whatever floats yer boat. buyer beware.

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I agree with this too. If it is a true story the mother is a horrible parent.

First of all selling the childs "prized posession" doesn't really have anything to do with the damage he caused.

Frankly, the kid may not even UNDERSTAND what he did and he will be left hurt by loosing his PS without an explanation for it. The kid could simply retaliate at his parents for punishing him in a way he doesnt really understand.


Making him work off the debt is a much better idea.


Plus just remeber that the child caused all this damage when UNSUPERVISED (and with a friend for that matter). He is only 13 years old... had the parents been doing their damn job in the first place there wouldnt even be an issue.

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uhhh

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Rdr4evr

He deserved what happened. Although the parents should have had him disciplined enough not to throw a party while they are away.

yournamehere

What do you expect - it's the internet.
Its rediculous how people loose there spelling skills online - and grammer, to.

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MSD

I would have thought the experience of trying to open champagne wiht a corkscrew would have been enough of a punishment. I don't know how he still has both eyes.

KMA-628

I am guessing this one is fake as I have seen this listing a couple of times in the past.

I thought the story was good the first time I read it, though.

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Fob_Magi

the mom needs to spend money on english lessons not champagne :P

hahahahahahahahahha thats great... i didnt catch it in the story i'm glad you pointed it out... rofl

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slant eyes

my mom would've beat the crap outta me. i'm 27 and i still fear her even though i outgrew both parents when i was 12. the early on discipline is what worked for me and will hopefully work for my kids

LMAO...wait, i hope this was intentional....

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Thats great I think that is great punishment on the parents part.

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