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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 US$90 (S$131) for Christmas at an online auction, fetching US$9,000.
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 US$90 was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down US$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. -- AFP
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