$9000 Guitar Hero
Well, I stand by my earlier statements that Guitar Hero is a really silly video game…but it most certainly is a popular one! One father-son duo found that out the fantastic-hard way when Sr. got Jr. the most recent incarnation, Guitar Hero III, for Christmas.
After catching his son in the backyard smoking pot with his friends, he confiscated the game and sold it in an online auction. Believe it or not, the $90 game sold for $9000 to some poor soul in Australia.
If this isn’t a hint as to what this year’s big Christmas item is, I don’t know what is. For those parents trying to please children, pick up Guitar Hero as fast as possible. For all you holiday profiteers out there, pick this up and sell it on Ebay!
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 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.
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 school teacher, 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 game the father purchased for 90 dollars (US) was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down 9,100 dollars 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.
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4 opinions for $9000 Guitar Hero
Christina
Dec 17, 2007 at 6:52 pm
That is such a funny story - my hubby and I were just having a talk last night about what we would do if our young teenaged daughter was smoking pot. Very timely story indeed, esp since we just got Rock Band. But Im not sure that my hubby and I could part with it. Maybe a worse punishment would be to take it into our bedroom and only let them watch US play. LOL
Davey Dambroski
Dec 17, 2007 at 9:58 pm
What is a “Nintendo Wii gameboard” ?
adam
Dec 17, 2007 at 11:22 pm
She wouldn’t do it infront of you….kids these days will go out with friends to the “back woods” - down the street, whatever - and smoke it :P
Only stupid people get caught.
Awesome catch for this dude….lol. I wonder if GH is rare is Australia or something…?
alicia
Dec 17, 2007 at 11:50 pm
i bet his hypocrite dad bought a few pounds of weed with that $9,000
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