Wow, did you see this? A 16-year-old boy in England bought a PlayStation 2 on eBay for 95 British pounds. No big deal right? Well, when it showed up, he eagerly tore into the box, as any boy his age would do, and found that there was also 65,400 euros (about $90,100 U.S. dollars) in the box. The package was to also come with 2 games that was missing from the package. But hey, with such a costly mistake on the sellers part, the boy can buy his own games right? Well not quite yet.
See the parents (on March 20,2007) took the package to the police, who are holding unto the money, while they try to identify the seller, with the cooperation of eBay, and alert them to his/her costly mistake. The money, which still has not been claimed will remain in police custody until the owner claims it. However, the owner only has until September 22 (2007). At which time the family may be able to apply to get it back.
"We have until 22 September before we have to go back to court to apply for a further order if necessary," a police spokesman told the BBC.
An eBay spokesperson told the BBC:
"We know that eBay is a great place to pick up a bargain, although in this case, we agree that the contents of the parcel were somewhat unusual and we will assist with any inquiries the police may wish to make."
If you were this 16-year-old kid what would you have done? Would you have have done the same thing he and his parents did? or would you have just kept the money, without telling anyone? I want to hear your thoughts.
this article was derived from an article originally seen at GameInvasion.comcast.net
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