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

[Feuer Frei!]

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]

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:

...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...

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!]

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.