Boy, 7, tries to buy fighter jet on eBay for £69K
 

A close call...

AN overenthusiastic seven-year-old London boy almost bought today his very own real-life Harrier fighter jet on eBay for £69,999 ($113,515). The British-built Harrier jump jet was for sale on the site - but for a fixed price instead of an auction.
A youngster hit the "buy it now" button to purchase the restored fighter jet, causing his father to quickly apologize to the sellers and tell them his son was not able to buy the aircraft out of his pocket money.
"His dad rang up and profusely apologised to us, so it's still for sale. We've put it on as an auction now so that won't happen again," said a spokeswoman for Jet Art Aviation, of Bradford, central England, which is selling the Harrier.
Good price :O:



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There was a three year old girl in New Zealand who bought a backhoe off an auction site. The sellers were a little upset that it wasn't a real bid, but the publicity ment that they sold it three days later!

Yea, i saw/read about that.
And it's great advertising too!

Yes, I thought so, too. If I had the dough to choose between a Harrier or a Porsche for the same price, I know what I'd buy :DL
Sadly the article states: :cry: still need my car for my work commute...

:har: guess she got a little confused about the scale...

Just quickly O.T., here is the story of the New Zealand toddler in 2009 who 'accidently' bought a backhoe off e-bay:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...igger-internet

Clever little 3-year-old :O:, also making bids on 'other' toys too whilst online.

Back ontopic:
The Harrier for sale on e-bay:
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8...30d05c3fc0.jpg

THE COCKPIT:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2...30d0377ef0.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/796...30d0374fb0.jpg


Comes complete with cannon and missile storage pods.