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Toddler buys real digger online

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NucleusKore
NucleusKore Original post #1
May 22, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Source: *news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8063769.stm

A New Zealand couple nearly found themselves in a financial hole when their three-year-old daughter bought an earthdigger in an internet auction.

The child, Pipi Quinlan, was trying out her online skills while her parents were asleep in bed.

They only unearthed the truth when they received an email demand for NZ$20,000 (£8,000) from the seller.

Pipi's mother, Sarah, had left the computer logged on. The owner of the digger is not insisting on the sale.

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kumarmohit
May 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM
oh well, that is what happens when u leave computers unlocked and do not log out of ebay etc ;)