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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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A Wii bit overpriced

A five-year-old has landed his grandad in a spot of ecommerce bother after bidding £200,000 for a second-hand games console on eBay, the Daily Telegraph reports. The cheeky scamp used grandad's log-in details to bid for the Nintendo Wii - which must've set him all a flutter when an email asking for payment of £197,654 turned up later that day. "I couldn't believe it when I saw how much I needed to pay. I then realised it must be Archie." Grandad had to phone the seller and explain. "He was very understanding, although before I put the phone down he did ask if I still wanted it." Worth a try, I suppose.

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