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Toddler Buys Car on eBay Using Father’s Smartphone

Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
edited 2013-07-11 08:01 in General Discussion
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/toddler-buys-car-ebay-using-father-smartphone-172026670.html
Last month Sorella Stoute from Portland, Oregon, purchased a 1962 Austin-Healey Sprite on eBay. Now, this might not sound like much of a story, until you learn that Sorella is only 14 months old.

Here's what happened. The tiny online shopper was playing with her father Paul Stoute's smartphone when she inadvertently opened the eBay app and purchased the rundown car for a little over $200 from a seller in nearby Tualatin, Oregon.

... he (his father) does not need to worry about Sorella's next purchase; he installed facial recognition technology and a new PIN code on his phone.

Comments

  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-07-11 05:26
    Kid's got taste!

    Those 'Frog eyes' are nice cars, and unless there's serious structural damage on it, it's probably worth more than the $200, too.
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2013-07-11 05:29
    ... it's probably worth more than the $200, too.
    Maybe it's a kid on the other end that was selling it.

    Ray
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-07-11 07:40
    Hmmm. does this mean that people with cell phones should not have children?

    A $200 Austin Healy in Oregon is not likely to be much more than a bucket of rust.
  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,766
    edited 2013-07-11 08:01
    Saw pictures of it on the news, for $200 bucks, it looks restorable. Dad said he would keep it until her 16th birthday.
    Jim
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