Don't post your baby on eBay — it's not funny [MSNBC News Article]

[Prof.]

Child returned to parents' custody after they offered to sell him for $1.59​

MEMMINGEN, Germany - A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro — $1.59 — as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.

"The child has been returned to his parents," prosecutor Johannes Kreuzpointer told The Associated Press.

The parents maintained that the posting was just a joke gone awry. Investigators agreed, dropping their probe into possible child trafficking.

 

[Osarkon]

They have an extremely weird sense of humour.

 

[heehee]

"The parents saw the bid as a joke," Gaschler said. "It was like a game for them. They never thought that this stupid joke could have such an effect."

What's so funny about it?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Somehow it is funny to me simply because it was now said to be a joke. Not so funny if they were at all serious of course. Reminds me of the threats I used to make about selling my parent's dogs on eBay. Almost as funny but sometimes twice as serious.

 

[The Past]

Is this the same couple that set-up this listing because the baby cries too much? I thought the baby was not going back to them.

Even as a joke it is rather crude. If you think about how many steps it takes to post a listing on ebay, this is more than a casual joke such as a blog post.

 

[Sun Baked]

Yep, it is a joke, or we were selling the picture of the brat.

At least wait until they are in their teens to sell the brats.

Though it would probably be easier to get rid of them on MySpace or Facebook these days.

 

[bamaworks]

I find this absolutely hilarious. Perhaps I'm a bit of a cynic.

 

[idyll]

I found it a bit humorous, but I'm sure the kid won't as they are older and understood what was going on.. Ah what am I saying. I bet the kid is pretty devastated already