ncsurcombs Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-Hero-III-3-Legends-of-Rock-Wii-NEW-WITH-RECEIPT_W0QQitemZ200181539427QQih
"BRAND NEW Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock for the Nintendo Wii Game System"
In Box Never Opened, just bought it a few days ago I will give you the receipt (shown in picture)!
Here’s the deal:
So I spent who knows how many hours of my life trying to get “Guitar Hero 3” for the Nintendo Wii for my 15 year old son who has been begging for it since he was born (well not really but he’s wanted it for awhile). So after waiting in lines and going into every game store in the city over the last 2 weeks (practically being laughed at when I asked for guitar hero 3) I finally got lucky and got one at EB Games (they just got a shipment of them 25 minutes before I walked in!).
So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Xmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn’t wait to spread the jubilance to my son.
Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what to I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the backyard with 2 of his delinquent friends.
Now I know santa applies the “naughty or nice” paradigm to determine who gets what on Christmas. My son (Isaac) hasn’t exactly been Mother Teresa this year (he got suspended for fighting in the spring, among other things) but I thought I could still justify getting him this present. Maybe it would make him stay home more and “rock out” on this fake guitar thing. He pretty much spends all his free time at his friend’s house playing it anyways (while high on marijuana, I would imagine).
Anyways, I am now finding it hard to justify rewarding him with this gift after he so greatly disappointed me. I know smoking a joint isn’t the end of the world, but if you can convince me that he deserves the gift, then I will end the auction. You will have to be very convincing. I am an elementary school teacher and I know that rewarding bad behavior is just asking for more of the same…
After I caught him getting high on my patio I did the typical yelling, screaming, kicking out the friends, etc… but I had not decided on a suitable way to punish him. As of the time of me writing this, he does not know I got him Guitar Hero 3. I will show him the auction once it is posted and we can watch it finish together. Sort of a “Father-Son bonding experience”. While I doubt this will keep him from ever smoking pot again, I think it will make him think twice before doing illegal (well I think pot is still illegal in Canada) drugs on my property.
I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing With the Stars. These games are in stock everywhere I go, and I know he will just love them.
Merry Xmas Isaac. I hope you’ve learned your lesson. –Father.[b] 12/10/2007 8:36:58 PM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
there is an ebay auction like this every year 12/10/2007 8:39:46 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
there is an ebay auction like this every year 12/10/2007 8:40:30 PM |
hondaguy All American 6409 Posts user info edit post |
there's a lot more than that 12/10/2007 8:41:18 PM |
Lionheart I'm Eggscellent 12775 Posts user info edit post |
great way to incriminate your son btw 12/10/2007 8:41:46 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
i am kinda torn by this... 12/10/2007 8:42:18 PM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
i would have punched that kid in the gut 12/10/2007 8:44:26 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
i probably woulda smoked his shit and been like you are grounded 12/10/2007 8:46:33 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
there is an ebay auction like this every year
[Edited on December 10, 2007 at 8:48 PM. Reason : and fwiw, guitar hero is so much better when you're stoned] 12/10/2007 8:46:58 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
there is an ebay auction like this every year 12/10/2007 8:48:51 PM |
9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
i am gonna go roll up a joint 12/10/2007 8:59:22 PM |
hgtran All American 9855 Posts user info edit post |
I tried playing guitar hero the otherday, and came to conclusion that I suck at it. The sad thing is that I've been playing real guitar for 8 years. 12/10/2007 9:03:33 PM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
there is an ebay auction like this every year 12/10/2007 9:06:58 PM |
datman All American 4812 Posts user info edit post |
i could easily say, if it truly was his first time, how to justify it but if he does it and still will even when the dad says don't. then he shouldnt 12/10/2007 9:15:53 PM |
seedless All American 27142 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Meet the seller Seller: k_lid( 21Feedback ) Feedback: 92.0% Positive" |
12/10/2007 9:20:10 PM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I tried playing guitar hero the otherday, and came to conclusion that I suck at it. The sad thing is that I've been playing real guitar for 8 years." |
im convinced that you have had to never picked up a guitar before to be good at guitar hero
ive played too much guitar and bass to be good at that game12/10/2007 9:23:24 PM |
WolfAce All American 6458 Posts user info edit post |
what the fuck?!
sold for $9100.01??? 12/10/2007 9:38:50 PM |
joe17669 All American 22728 Posts user info edit post |
That's like $12,000 US 12/10/2007 9:41:02 PM |
wwwebsurfer All American 10217 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""I tried playing guitar hero the otherday, and came to conclusion that I suck at it. The sad thing is that I've been playing real guitar for 8 years."" |
(2 here)
same makes no sense12/10/2007 9:42:00 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what the fuck?!
sold for $9100.01???" |
12/10/2007 9:45:23 PM |
dagreenone All American 5971 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ Quote : | "Winning bid: US $9,100.01 " |
but still wtf ]12/10/2007 9:46:16 PM |
DiamondAce Suspended 12937 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "1.The auction will finish at an absurdly high price due to uncontrolled bidding, and the high bidder will be a newly registered user who with no intention of paying.. Several bidders seem to have registered just to bid on this auction. I am fully expecting the bidding to skyrocket near the end of the auction. There are nearly 400 people watching the auction. Instead of canceling bids, we have decided on something else. If the seemingly LIKELY situation of a non-paying bidder winning the auction is realized, that will be the end of it. I will not beg or plea someone to pay, nor will I give out second chance offers. My son will get the guitar hero game. Just my assertion of this is almost guaranteeing that this will be the outcome. I can just see all of the “Isaac-apologists” rushing out to get an ebay account right now and putting in a bid of $10 000. Well, go for it if you want. As I mentioned in several comments, my son is a smart cookie.
2.Less likely. The auction will finish much higher than I had initially anticipated, and the high bidder will actually pay. We have talked about this, and my son (always one to seize an opportunity) has negotiated a plan of what to do with the money. We have struck a deal. It seems that guitar hero 3 is not the only thing he has ever wanted. The money will go to good, fair use, and depending on how much it actually is, I may use some of it in a more philanthropistic context. I made him understand that the money is NOT HIS and it is not a situation of “higher bids = better present for Isaac”. " |
12/10/2007 9:46:44 PM |
Snewf All American 63359 Posts user info edit post |
Guitar Wiiro is so much fun on drugs
hahaha his son created a shill account to get the game anyway
[Edited on December 10, 2007 at 9:48 PM. Reason : -] 12/10/2007 9:46:55 PM |