26 Sep 2006
A three year-old boy has bought a £9,000 car on eBay using his mother's account.
Rachel and John Neal first realised something was wrong when they received an email from the seller congratulating them on their new purchase.
"We couldn't understand what was happening as neither of us had bought anything," Rachel told The Sun.
"So we checked and saw it was a Barbie-pink car which we'd bought for £8,999. We flew into a panic."
However, son Jack had gone to bed by that point and it was only when he woke up next day that he told them that he had "bought a car".
The seller of the car, Worcester Road Motors in Stourport-on-Severn, said that it was the first auction it had ever set up on eBay.
Paul Jones, co-director of the dealership, saw the funny side of the sale and cancelled the bid. The car was relisted with a starting price of £7,999.
Latest stories from Web
Related articles
Related jobs
Poll
Are you confident that the UK's IT infrastructure is secure from attack in the wake of the Flame malware revelations?
TFL director of Games transport Mark Evers discusses how the public transport network is preparing for this summer's event
Connect with V3.co.uk
The wrong printers, for the wrong tasks on the wrong contracts
Who leads the BI pack and who should we be watching out for?
CISCO CCNP NETWORK ENGINEER - INVESTMENT BANKING - LONDON...
One of London's leading retailers is currently recruiting...
Agile, Prince2. My client, a global ecommerce organisation...
E-Commerce Producer - Oxfordshire - Permanent My client...
Keep up to date with the latest products, services and technologies from the world's leading IT companies. IThound.com brings you over 2,000 white papers, case studies and analyst reports.
Do you agree?