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My three year old daughter bid on it.....
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What she selected the price box, typed in a suitable price in the correct format and then clicked on "bid" and then "confirm bid"?
It was a 'buy in now' so she only had to click a couple buttons, i must of left the page up on the pc and she clicked a few buttons, My daughter could read at 2.5 years (she has Aspergers and a very high IQ) and could work the PC to get into CBeebies etc..0 -
i think it IS silly how some parents treat their toddlers as young adults, leaving them unsupervised like the couple in the news. My daughter is 4 and while watching her daddy fixing comething, tried to "fix" our dvd player with his screw driver he left next to him (The dvd player was plugged in and working fine, she was role playing). My daughter is very clever for her age, can speak alot of words and phrases in french (taught from a book!), write all her letters, name and numbers. BUT the point remaines that children NEED supervision. No matter how bright or clever, children remain Nieve about things no yet understood.
My daughter knows how to use the internet, but under supervision. When i am out of the room, the computer is turned off. Its not just about ebay, but god knows what she may click on randomly, or type in randomly.0 -
my son bid on something i was looking at, whislt i went out of the room when he was 3yrs old ended up paying £10 for a toy I could have bought in the shop for a £5. it happens people don't have eyes in the back of thier heads.cracker challenge silver: £610/£1010.00 :jOne debt vs 100 days: 1000.00/0.000
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DrScotsman wrote: »Anyone who doesn't believe this is possible hasn't heard of Autism, amongst other things.
I could write and spell at 4.
So can most kids. If you don't believe me - visit any primary school.
And most children of 2/3 will happily use a computer mouse.
However interent browsing, typing in urls, surfing ebay and entering bid prices is something completely different. A small child will only be able to do this if they are shown how. The OP with the couple whose kids bought a digger whilst they were in bed are either shockingly bad parents, or shockingly bad liars."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
Saffronsmum wrote: »It was a 'buy in now' so she only had to click a couple buttons, i must of left the page up on the pc and she clicked a few buttons, My daughter could read at 2.5 years (she has Aspergers and a very high IQ) and could work the PC to get into CBeebies etc..
So she didn't "bid on a rain cover" as you stated earlier, you left her alone with a computer and she randomly clicked on two buttons that were already on the screen.
This is the problem when you only get to hear half a story.
The story in the opening post is probably more newsworthy for the lack of attention that the parents were paying to the three year old than anything else. If she'd turned the oven on and burned down the house instead of turning on the computer, it would have been jst a newsworthy."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
You don't have to type in a suitable price. You can type in 99999999 and you can still win at a reasonable price. If you've got two toddlers bidding on the same item, then you're screwed.What she selected the price box, typed in a suitable price in the correct format and then clicked on "bid" and then "confirm bid"?Wins: Avene Protective Hydrating Cream; 2 x Calvin harris Tickets @ iTunes Festival.
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Lol, next the young kids will look in the history at the sites their old brother was looking at - cue questions, "mummy, what's that man doing to that woman?" :rotfl:0
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You don't have to type in a suitable price. You can type in 99999999 and you can still win at a reasonable price. If you've got two toddlers bidding on the same item, then you're screwed.
I believe you have to type in a decimal... (stop me if I'm wrong)
I don't think I was taught decimals until I was at least 9...
Edit: apparently I'm wrong
My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
You don't. 15 is £15 for example.frivolous_fay wrote: »I believe you have to type in a decimal... (stop me if I'm wrong)
I don't think I was taught decimals until I was at least 9...0
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