How much pot can you get for $9,100?

MrBrian
MrBrian Posts: 2,672
edited December 2007 in A Moving Train
Dad auctions son's Guitar Hero game after catching him smoking pot
Fetches $9,100 for coveted video game that cost him $90
Agence France-Presse
Published: Saturday, December 15, 2007
MONTREAL -- After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for $90 for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 100 times its face value.

The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.

"So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents, pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote on the eBay website.

"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."

The man, a schoolteacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope.

The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the $90 game was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down $9,100 for it.

The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=d6a9358e-fedb-4647-aef4-99f8b2c80a68&k=74009
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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    a boatload
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Enough to make the holidays a really great time. :D
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    What fucking idiot would pay $9,100 for a video game.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    mammasan wrote:
    What fucking idiot would pay $9,100 for a video game.
    ...
    That's what I'm thinking. Can't you just order the fucking thing on Amazon and get it after Christmas?
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    That's what I'm thinking. Can't you just order the fucking thing on Amazon and get it after Christmas?

    Or just tell your kid sorry but we couldn't get it.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    mammasan wrote:
    What fucking idiot would pay $9,100 for a video game.

    parents trying to buy their children's love....;)
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    and that is going to make the kid stop smoking uhhh i don't think so ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    cutback wrote:
    parents trying to buy their children's love....;)

    Well that's one stupid fucking parent. I want my kids to love me too but I'm not going to shell out $9,100 for a stupid fucking video game.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    cutback wrote:
    parents trying to buy their children's love....;)
    ...
    I bet the decimal point was misplaced... it actually sold for $91.00.
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    mammasan wrote:
    Well that's one stupid fucking parent. I want my kids to love me too but I'm not going to shell out $9,100 for a stupid fucking video game.

    I think he was trying to say you don't have to shell out $9,100 dollars to get your kids' love :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    meme wrote:
    I think he was trying to say you don't have to shell out $9,100 dollars to get your kids' love :)


    I know.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    meme wrote:
    I think he was trying to say you don't have to shell out $9,100 dollars to get your kids' love :)
    ...
    You know what would be really funny?.
    ...
    The kid gets all into the Princess Barbie and Dancing With The Stars and tells his dad he's Gay.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    You know what would be really funny?.
    ...
    The kid gets all into the Princess Barbie and Dancing With The Stars and tells his dad he's Gay.

    hehe! funny!
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Delinquents Smoke Too?
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I don't think the kid was the only one smoking stuff in this story. Any dude that pays $9,000 for a video game is smoking some weird shit.
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  • Royals32
    Royals32 Posts: 160
    macgyver06 wrote:
    Delinquents Smoke Too?


    Haha, yeah. I love how the dad says his kid was smoking pot with his delinquent friends. What do you think their parents are calling this guy's kid?

    Anyway, to answer the original question in the thread - A LOT!
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    You are not how much money you have in the bank.
    You are not the car you drive.
    You are not the contents of your wallet.
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  • TheVoiceInside
    TheVoiceInside Posts: 361
    See only good can come from smoking pot. That guy should thank his son.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    man that's like 12 Tickle Me Elmo's.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I have a barely used one I'd let go for $5,000...
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    and as to the pot question, I'd say about 2lbs of really good pot... but what do I know!

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