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Old 12-16-2007, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Montreal, Canada (AHN) - A father sold the hard-to-find video game "Guitar Hero III he bought for his son for $90 as a Christmas present at an online auction for a whopping $9,000 after he caught his 15-year-old teenage son smoking marijuana.

The sale occurred after the father searched for the video game for the Nintendo WII game board. The father spent two weeks searching for the video game as a Christmas present for his boy.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009469533 (broken link)
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Old 12-16-2007, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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Montreal, Canada (AHN) - A father sold the hard-to-find video game "Guitar Hero III he bought for his son for $90 as a Christmas present at an online auction for a whopping $9,000 after he caught his 15-year-old teenage son smoking marijuana.

The sale occurred after the father searched for the video game for the Nintendo WII game board. The father spent two weeks searching for the video game as a Christmas present for his boy.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009469533 (broken link)
That's insane!!! I have GHIII for PS2. Is it really that hard to find for the Wii?
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Old 12-16-2007, 05:14 PM
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Location: home...finally, home .
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Good for him . (the father, I mean).
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Old 12-17-2007, 02:22 PM
 
Location: In a tiny, noisy, frigid cube
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See? Drugs = No Fun

Now, where's that "my brother's a pothead" thread......
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Old 02-12-2008, 01:37 PM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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Who in the HELL was insane enough to buy this game for 9k?

This is one of the big differences between our culture today and yesteryear. The premium of entertainment and machines is out of skew in comparison to the importance of other variables in life. Do I like playing video games? Yes, in moderation. Would I ever spend more than list price for a video game or system? Not on your life.
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Old 02-12-2008, 02:05 PM
 
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Who in the HELL was insane enough to buy this game for 9k?
Someone I wish I would've gotten to first! I have that game.
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Old 02-12-2008, 02:18 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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He's not going to get 90k.

This story was highly publicized on many gamer sites, it was bid up due to the publicity. I doubt he'll actually collect it.
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Old 02-12-2008, 03:11 PM
 
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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"... bought for his son for $90 as a Christmas present at an online auction for a whopping $9,000 ... the family budget got some hefty help from the $9,010 profit the dad made from selling his son's gift on eBay."

The author of the article must have been smoking instead of attending math class.
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Old 02-13-2008, 09:49 PM
 
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I could've bought a lot of weed AND Guitar Hero III for $9K
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Old 02-23-2009, 07:02 PM
 
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"... bought for his son for $90 as a Christmas present at an online auction for a whopping $9,000 ... the family budget got some hefty help from the $9,010 profit the dad made from selling his son's gift on eBay."

The author of the article must have been smoking instead of attending math class.
Math is just fine.

$9,000 + $10 shipping dude.
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