3-Year-Old Buys £9,000 car

Poppycat

I just saw this on 1 0'clock news, my first thoughts were, how did her son managed to get on-line? I have my ebay so I must login first and have a password that is hard to crack as I do with most banking online with a password generator, surely the person is responsible for how there pc is used. Okay kids are kids and play around but security should be paramount regardless of siblings there so much cons these days.

I felt sorry for the car owner, he probably had no choice but to accept it as the media would make him look bad.

Hintza

The seller is a plank as well! Listed under Car Parts incorrectly, should be under Cars...doh!!!

Blue_Lou

The email address for BBC Breakfast is:

breakfasttv@bbc.co.uk

frivolous_fay

Hintza wrote:

The seller is a plank as well! Listed under Car Parts incorrectly, should be under Cars...doh!!!

My report button finger is itching...

tsharp

You cannot bid on something without entering figures, which incidentally have to be above whatever the reserve is, then hit Bid, then hit confirm. Even if it's BIN, you'd have to go thru a couple of screens. I'm sure a mathematician could work it out, but the odds of hitting the right keys in the right combo would be really damn high.

redballoon_2

I am thinking too that it was a free way of getting advertising.
I do have one of these cars and they are amazing although mine is in original colours which looks far better than that nasty pink colour.

Labman_2

Now it's on the 6 o'clock news!

kittykate_2

It's pathetic. I can't believe the news team really thought that this was 'news'. It's so obviously a lie. I mean, I have no kids but I'm fairly sure a 3yo couldn't do what they are suggesting.

KKx

clairehas

yeah im thinking its a way of advertising - even on the listing its says along the words of 'you may have seen this is the national news' its like they have done it on purpose?

Moneyfornothing_2

tsharp wrote:

You cannot bid on something without entering figures, which incidentally have to be above whatever the reserve is, then hit Bid, then hit confirm. Even if it's BIN, you'd have to go thru a couple of screens. I'm sure a mathematician could work it out, but the odds of hitting the right keys in the right combo would be really damn high.

He clicked on the 'buy it now' button which doesn't involve entering any figures.
2 clicks and it's purchased.