eBay fun...

Stephen Petschulat (stephen.petschulat@sun.com)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:01:38 -0700


http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctf027.htm

HADDONFIELD, N.J. - Andrew Tyler didn't actually have the money to buy a
1955 Ford convertible or a Van Gogh painting or an antique bed. Or the
Viking ship replica, or the Superman comic, for that matter.

But that didn't stop the 13-year-old boy from bidding more than $3
million
for the merchandise and other items via the Internet auction house eBay.
....

Andrew's shocked parents suspended his Internet privileges after an
auction
house called last week to discuss a winning $900,000 bid their son made
on
April 18....
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- steve