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Naughty kids lose gifts to eBay
« on: Dec 25th, 2004, 4:26pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Newspaper: Naughty kids lose gifts to eBay  
Saturday, December 25, 2004 Posted: 12:30 PM EST (1730 GMT)  
 
 
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- -- The kids were naughty, Dad put the presents on eBay instead of under the tree -- and Mom's been crying ever since.
 
Now, even the tree's down.
 
Saturday morning was sure not to be very jolly for three brothers -- 9, 11 and 15 -- who didn't straighten up when their father told them Santa wasn't too please with their fighting, cuss words and obscene gestures.
 
Dad and Mom had warned their sons that the Nintendo DS video system -- and the three games that go with it -- were headed for the auction block if they didn't get their act together.
 
"No kidding. Three undeserving boys have crossed the line. Tonight we sat down and showed them what they WILL NOT get for Christmas this year. I'll be taking the tree down tomorrow," the man announced in his eBay posting.
 
"If you don't buy them, we'll return them to the store," the seller known online as magumbo--2000 reported on the site.
 
Thursday night, the auction wound down with bidding at $465.01 -- below the price the man had set. He said he would probably list the items again.
 
A single day of particularly bad behavior set the Christmas crackdown in motion.
 
"These are normally really good kids," said Dad, who asked the Houston Chronicle not to reveal his name.
 
Naughty kids forewarned
Dad even admits he and Mom are partly to blame for being too lax at times.
 
But enough was enough. The warning of an impending sale came earlier in the week at a sit-down between offspring and parents.
 
"We told them they were destroying each other and the calm and peace in the household. It had to stop," said the man, who did tell the paper that he works as an information technology specialist and lives in Pasadena.
 
The boys pledged to be nice, but were back to their old ways the next morning.
 
That night, Dad announced that he would indeed be putting $700 in video games up for sale on eBay. The oldest boy double-dared his dad to make good on his word.
 
Son shouldn't have done that.
 
Dad said Mom has been in tears since the showdown.
 
"I don't do it outwardly," he said, "but I'm crying on the inside."
 
 
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« Reply #1 on: Dec 25th, 2004, 10:06pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
These parents need a coupon to a proper parenting course for Christmas.  All of this could have been avoided if they disciplined their kids along the way in the first place.  The children are only behaving in a manner which they have been taught is acceptable by the actions & reactions of their parents up until this point.  It sounds to me like NONE of them are happy with the outcome of this.
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« Reply #2 on: Dec 26th, 2004, 10:20am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Cool  Amen to that, Rhune.  I blame the parents.
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« Reply #3 on: Dec 26th, 2004, 11:39am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Well, at least the parents recognized their failings and made a strong attempt to correct the out-of-control environment.  What would have been worse would be if they kept caving in.
 
Though my children were usually little angels and major suck-ups around Christmas time, I do remember one holiday when they wanted to test my limits.  I told them if they didn't shape up, there would be no Christmas.  
 
They got worried when they looked in all my hiding spots and couldn't find ANY gifts.  (I had hid all their presents in my office closet at work.)  Their attitudes improved tremendously, and it ended up being one of the best Christmas's in memory!
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