Tuesday, May 10, 2005

North Dakota boy auctioned by friend on eBay; bid reached $3,000

In North Dakota, a prank by two teenagers caught the attention of the principal at North Dakota's Hazen High.

Of of them put the other on sale on eBay, but eBay removed the auction when the bidding reached $3,300. Since sale of body parts on eBay is illegal, and so therefore is the sale of a whole live body.

The boys lost their computer privileges at school (yes, they used the school computers) but Dana Mattheis, the mother of the boy being "sold" on e-Bay, said she thinks the prank was funny. Mattheis said there was nothing inappropriate in the eBay ad.But that's not how Principal Ed Boger saw it.