Tuesday, December 18, 2007
 
Newspapers and online sources today reported that a Canadian father sold a hard-to-find video game, which he bought for $90, for $9000 (Canadian), after finding his son smoking pot.
The father had bought Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for Nintendo Wii, which cost him $90, after scouring every store, to find it as a Christmas present for his son.
"I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time," the father wrote on eBay when selling the item. However, when the man came home on Saturday, a bit early, he found his son smoking pot with two friends.
The man, a school teacher, said he sold the game to punish his son, and stop him from smoking. The game was sold on eBay for $9000, over one-hundred times the original selling price of the game. 
The boy, however, will not go without a present, as the man considered purchasing a Nintendo Wii game such as Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars.
According to the The Daily Telegraph, the purchaser was an Australian father.  
The veracity of the winning bid has yet to be authenticated, so suspicions that the exchange may not be finalised remain.


Sources
 Dopey dad pays $10k for Nintendo Wii game — The Daily Telegraph (Australia), December 17, 2007
 Dad sells son's 90-dollar video game online for more than 9000 — Lycos online news, December 16, 2007


External links
Guitar Hero III 3: Legends of Rock Wii NEW WITH RECEIPT - the closed eBay auction