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

Feuer Frei! · 02-09-11, 02:03 AM

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

FULL STORY

bookworm_020 · 02-09-11, 02:50 AM

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!

Feuer Frei! · 02-09-11, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

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!

Penguin · 02-09-11, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Good price

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

Sadly the article states:

Quote:

...the jet could be made air-worthy again - but at a significant cost. "It would cost millions of pounds, and for legal reasons, we can't sell it as a working jet,"

still need my car for my work commute...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

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!

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

Feuer Frei! · 02-09-11, 06:38 AM

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

, also making bids on 'other' toys too whilst online.

Back ontopic:
The Harrier for sale on e-bay:

THE COCKPIT:

Comes complete with cannon and missile storage pods.

02-09-11, 02:03 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	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 FULL STORY __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

02-09-11, 02:50 AM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	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! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

02-09-11, 06:38 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	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 , also making bids on 'other' toys too whilst online. Back ontopic: The Harrier for sale on e-bay: *THE COCKPIT:* Comes complete with cannon and missile storage pods. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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