My three year old daughter bid on it.....

*Scottish*Lass*

I have a very clever 4 year old nephew who quite often sits on my knee & noses about on ebay with me, but there's no way he could bid on an item. He could view an item if I left a page open, but he can't write/spell properly yet to look stuff up. Folk that say their kid bid on it are taking the *P*!! lol
Whenever the wee man sees a toy he likes he asks if we can look it up on ebay to see if its cheaper! :L :L :L Thats his way of asking for it! He's too clever for his own good. He also knows my pin number off by heart (he likes pressing the buttons). When he goes to school in August I'm changing ALL my passwords & pin numbers! :L :L :L

mrcow

*Scottish*Lass* wrote: »

I have a very clever 4 year old nephew who quite often sits on my knee & noses about on ebay with me, but there's no way he could bid on an item. He could view an item if I left a page open, but he can't write/spell properly yet to look stuff up. Folk that say their kid bid on it are taking the *P*!! lol

Exactly - I know full grown adults who can't even use it properly!

anewman

That girl must be a little tom boy wanting to buy a digger.

soolin

As a seller an email with 'my son/daughter/cat bid' will get a full NPB opened on day 7.

How I would love to send an email along the lines of.'I'm sorry that you have absolutely no parental control or understanding of how to stay safe on the internet, may I suggest that you box up your PC and return it to the shop and explain that you are not intelligent enough to be trusted online and ask them to ban you from future PC purchases.In the long run this may save you lots of money as your son/daughter/dog might be forwarding your details to con artists More worryingly they may browsing items unsuitable for their age and for which you may find yourself in police custody if discovered for your poor parenting skills'.

Yasmine1984

It is easy for children to bid on anything.

Most children of 3 years can access the favourites of internet explorer and if that has an Ebay page they can start browsing from there.

Also you don't have to type a number in the bid,you can just do a one bid click also.

Still,,my children have never bid on anything but it is not totally impossible.

soolin

OK then, I am old fashioned but I actually cared what my children watched on TV or browsed online.

I'll bow out then as it seems obvious that it is now the norm for children to be allowed full access to anything they want with no parental controls at all.

JakeyH_2

Good news is my son dont like eBay.com,lol

Soubrette

mrcow wrote: »

What she selected the price box, typed in a suitable price in the correct format and then clicked on "bid" and then "confirm bid"?

My daughter said 'its a puter' when she was two and the midwife I was visiting was overwhelmed with how clever she was, obviously old hat for two year old these days

I honestly think that when people say bid - they mean click, the whole page is up waiting to go and their child does some random clicking.

I wish people would be clear though - this is how the urban myths start :mad:

Sou

DrScotsman

Anyone who doesn't believe this is possible hasn't heard of Autism, amongst other things.

*Scottish*Lass* wrote: »

I have a very clever 4 year old nephew who quite often sits on my knee & noses about on ebay with me, but there's no way he could bid on an item. He could view an item if I left a page open, but he can't write/spell properly yet to look stuff up. Folk that say their kid bid on it are taking the *P*!! lol=

I could write and spell at 4. I remember once getting some stickers and writing the first letter or two of each of our many videos (I can't remember the exact system) putting them on the boxes and then putting them in alphabetical order. My mum says I was younger than 4 when that happened. We didn't have a PC then but I could use our Amiga (not that I didn't need help with the harder levels of Lemmings 2, but can you blame me?)

Of course to other parents I probably appeared to be a stupid kid at first sight, for example I stopped talking shortly after I learned (trigger might have been moving house), and this is a common trait. So I guess the reason not many of you are believers is because you've probably never realised you've seen a kid smart enough to do it. That said, I'm amazed how little faith some of you have in children.

frivolous_fay

Hm... I'm sure autism is one explanation for very clever kids (savants?)
But it does feel like another unlikely explanation for the piles we are already given when someone bids in error!
People say their dog bid FGS! :rolleyes: