Post by STORMDANCER on May 29, 2011 9:45:23 GMT
Police have investigated the case of a teenager who placed her two-year-old relative on eBay.
"An adorable child for sale can clean and hold a decent conversation very lovable but i just out grew her," she wrote on the listing, however later admitted that it had simply been a joke and that she was trying to see how eBay worked. Concerned eBay users contacted the police after a bid of $1000 was accepted for the auction.
Police in America tracked Braden down in Allendale Township, about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids, Michigan, after being alerted of the auction. According to Ottawa County sheriff's Lieutenant Mark Bennett police received calls about the internet posting from as far away as California, some 2,000 miles away.
Read more: www.metro.co.uk/news/863632-two-year-old-offered-for-sale-on-ebay-woman-accepts-1-000-bid
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"An adorable child for sale can clean and hold a decent conversation very lovable but i just out grew her," she wrote on the listing, however later admitted that it had simply been a joke and that she was trying to see how eBay worked. Concerned eBay users contacted the police after a bid of $1000 was accepted for the auction.
Police in America tracked Braden down in Allendale Township, about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids, Michigan, after being alerted of the auction. According to Ottawa County sheriff's Lieutenant Mark Bennett police received calls about the internet posting from as far away as California, some 2,000 miles away.
Read more: www.metro.co.uk/news/863632-two-year-old-offered-for-sale-on-ebay-woman-accepts-1-000-bid
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