Archie Lovett is one sneaky kid. Not only is he adept enough at using those computer things, but apparently he's got a good memory, too. See, he used his Grandpa's account, UK resident Ray Atkinson, on eBay, remembering the username and password, to place a £197,654 bid on a Wii. The best part? The kid already has one.Thankfully, the eBay seller was cool about the whole thing and ended up selling it to another individual, although for a lot less than Archie's bid.
We've featured various eBay goodies in the past. Have you seen Miyamoto's first console? Or how about the very sweet Super Mario Galaxy mod? Be sure to also check out this nice pair of Chuck Taylors with Nintendo mascots painted all over them.
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8-20-2008 @ 2:56PM
SoshiKitai said...
If I were the grandpa... I'd... I'd... I'd!
... *sigh* Little brat.
Grubby kids shouldn't get their grubbiness on everything.
Needs some discipline.
Needs some #ss-whoopin'.
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8-20-2008 @ 3:49PM
4N1M3H34D said...
This is news? Fuck whoever put this on here.
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8-20-2008 @ 4:02PM
SoshiKitai said...
*laughs at name* Explains a lot.
Anyways. Yeah, it's news. 'Cuz +most+ Wii-users are social. :P And anything that has to do with: Wii+Person is still news to us. Sorry if you disagree with that.
8-20-2008 @ 3:52PM
cbylife said...
what a little shi*!
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8-20-2008 @ 9:50PM
Crustin said...
Who? The kid in the story or the person posting above as "4N1M3H34D"?
8-20-2008 @ 4:08PM
Abscissa said...
Twenty bucks says grandpa tapes his passwords to the monitor. (Or at least uses incredibly easy-to-guess passwords, like his grandson's name.)
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8-20-2008 @ 4:15PM
Garu said...
To paraphrase the Simpsons:
"Sneaking on Grandpa's eBay accout to bid on a Wii...
Oh, You better believe that's a paddlin'!"
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8-20-2008 @ 4:51PM
bvhj said...
Just look at that kid's face in that picture... He doesn't regret a thing.
So cool.
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8-20-2008 @ 4:57PM
Garu said...
Like a young Charlie Sheen!
8-20-2008 @ 9:12PM
Ninjikiran said...
eh its not that big a deal, and more Grandpa's fault for making it so easy. Little kids do things out of curiosity, I remember ordering a porn thing from pay per view once when I was like 5. I ran to the bedroom so fast when half naked girls appeared on the screen haha.
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8-20-2008 @ 9:55PM
gayboyDS said...
Oh honey, I would run too!!!
8-21-2008 @ 4:48AM
jerem_tb said...
Still, there's something weird,
aren't there automatic auctions on ebay? Somenone must have bid and bid again just to one pound below the kid's bid?
Fishy...
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8-21-2008 @ 6:08AM
The Overlord said...
Social? Wii owners don't even have voice chat so I don't know what you're talking about there.
And, yes I know of Wii Speak but it wont be out till November or sometime later so until than your statement has no backbone and with the friend code system it'll still be not that social.
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8-21-2008 @ 6:33PM
Feba said...
Well, you see, the thing is, we're talking about *real life*. As in, actually having people *come to your house* and *talking to them* and, you know, being social. Not shouting as many homophobic obscenities as we can into a microphone while we shoot someone in the face.