Parents sell of kid's toys to replace bathtub...

[TheMightyFavog]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280625155361#ht_866wt_98

We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a "battle arena" and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you "win" this auction DON'T play with in a bathtub!!! We have recieved a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder + labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys!
Good Luck bidding!!!
Paypal only.

The look on the one kids face... funny.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. kid's first mugshot -- priceless

:rofl:

[kentauros]

2. A sign of the times:

Online humiliation at an early age.

Yes, the look on their faces is priceless, but, I only hope they can look back on this later and laugh, too :)

[burrfoot]

3. Ok....

I admit I'm not really up on this; but I work with kids and I remember Beyblades from their heyday a couple of years ago. They're not old, they're not expensive.....why is that auction up to $10,400?????????


I'm mystified.....are they like some crazy-super-uber-collectibles?

[kentauros]

4. Current "bid" is $500,000.

I'm guessing some not-so-serious people are bidding it up for whatever reason, probably seeing the whole thing as a joke anyway. That will just made the parents that much angrier, restart the auction and try again. The pranksters will find them out, make outrageous bids all over again, and they'll still be out the full quote on their new bathtub, and the kids win.

[Recovered Repug]

5. Confession time.

Who else had to google "beyblades" to find out what the hell they were?

[sakabatou]

6. Didn't. They've been out for years. There's even an anime about it.

[hippywife]

10. I did.

I don't watch TV so I had no idea what they were. Look a little dangerous, and since they totally tore up a bathtub and much of its enclosure, I'm thinking I'm not far off on that estimation.

:hi:

[Archae]

7. The auction has been removed.

I think it'll be re-posted, though.

[kentauros]

8. As predicted

;)

[csziggy]

9. For those who missed the Ebay auction, here is a story about it

With pictures:
http://kotaku.com/5752906/boys-beyblade-bathtub-breakage-begets-ebay-bailout