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A New Zealand toddler gave her parents a shock (to say the least) when she purchased a $12,000 Kobelco digger on an auction Web site. According to Australian newspaper The Age, Three-year-old Pipi Quinlan woke up before the rest of her family and made her way to the family computer. After booting up Internet Explorer, Pipi navigated to an online auction site called Trade Me. Since her mother's account was still logged onto the site, Pipi was able to click her way to a winning bid for the massive industrial digger.
The precocious little scamp said nothing about her purchase until her mother received an e-mail notification from the site confirming the sale.
Luckily for the Quinlan family, a quick phone call to the auction site cleared the mess up, and the digger was re-listed for auction. Is their toddler the next super cyber-hacking genius? We doubt it. She would have used Firefox. [From: The Age via Fark]
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Two high school cheerleaders in Seattle were suspended from school in December when school officials found out that they had taken nude pictures of themselves on their cell phones and, mistakenly or not, wound up with them circulating through the football locker room. The girls' parents have filed suit against the school. You'd think they would just let the embarassment die quietly.
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Subscribe to comments205ChickMay 21st 2009 11:21PM
I would be mad if my kid [if I had one] did that. You have to watch these kids 24/7.
crisyteenamommyMay 25th 2009 9:13AM
You're going to get mad at a three year old? At that point the only one you have to be mad at is yourself for not watching them better and having security settings on the computer. Now when my eight year old cousin got her dad's credit card out of his wallet and ordered something on TV that is something to get mad at the child over. But not a three year old.
Neve1169May 26th 2009 2:34AM
Operative words; "if I had one"
Precisely why you SHOULD NOT have one, until you realize that children mimmick what they see, therefore a toddler cannot be blamed for what they observe mommy and daddy doing.
This was actual carelessness on the part of parents.
Auction house was too nice. This should have been a very expensive lesson for them to learn.
After all it could have been worse.
Kookie79May 25th 2009 7:16PM
You mean . . . you would be mad at yourself for not monitoring the kid 24-7.
mangomawMay 26th 2009 12:10AM
HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS YA HOTHEAD
syn420May 26th 2009 7:45PM
try it when u have one...... then get back to tell those of us who do how to do it....otherwise cute story and good for the site to be so nice about it.
lalasingmeMay 26th 2009 7:47PM
Good thing you don't have one (a kid, that is!).
Felix PleşoianuMay 22nd 2009 7:39AM
"Since her mother's account was still logged onto the site, Pipi was able to click her way to a winning bid for the massive industrial digger."
That's the problem, right there. So, someone using a shared computer was careless enough to NOT click "Log Out" in her favorite website before getting up from the computer. Who's to blame? If the resulting incident wasn't so funny, I'd say it's not news worthy.
jbjg24mMay 25th 2009 6:45AM
FUTURE CONSTRUCTION WORKER !!
Robert PrinceMay 25th 2009 8:22AM
Cute
gasenginenutMay 25th 2009 8:28AM
( just joking)
gasenginenutMay 25th 2009 8:29AM
make the kid pay for it
ecorider41Jun 14th 2009 8:55PM
haha. this is pretty funny (: luckily they were able to clear the sale, cause what in the world would they use it for??
debiMay 25th 2009 9:44AM
OMG! That is so funny!!!!!
jorgebrito2May 25th 2009 10:01AM
WOW! Smart girl
mage0213May 25th 2009 10:27AM
Gee I guess MOM forgot to follow the TOS about not allowing anyone else to use her account? That is why My PC's are password protected, if I doze off my pc hibernates, but then needs MY pw before anyone can use use it. Take this as a clue ppl.. pw protect your pc's and set the screensaver to anything and select the box to password protect on resume (if you have a password already set it to on resume show the logon screen
Tanya NeedhamMay 25th 2009 10:32AM
OK 205Chick, you make sure you stay awake and stare at your kid every single minute of every single day (24/7). Oh, that's right, you said you don't have any kids..... no wonder your comment is so ignorant. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
sandrashomes4uMay 25th 2009 10:46AM
I would be bragging too if my kid could figure that out at 3 yrs old. Anyone who would get mad about this shouldn't have kids. Smart kid.
MarkMay 25th 2009 11:11AM
It was on sale.
NORMA C.May 25th 2009 11:31AM
SO CUTE BUT IT IS THE MAMA'S FAULT