power i
Posts: 1,296
Feb 18, 2011 3:40pm
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/18/6079298-mom-sells-kids-toys-on-ebay-as-punishment?gt1=43001
We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a "battle arena" and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you "win" this auction DON'T play with in a bathtub!!! We have recieved a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder + labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys!
And now she's a bad mom. I think it's a pretty creative idea, and a lesson they won't soon forget. Might do without the pic, but it did make me lol.
We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a "battle arena" and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you "win" this auction DON'T play with in a bathtub!!! We have recieved a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder + labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys!
And now she's a bad mom. I think it's a pretty creative idea, and a lesson they won't soon forget. Might do without the pic, but it did make me lol.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Feb 18, 2011 3:43pm
Pretty lousy marketing pitch, though! LMAO
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 18, 2011 3:43pm
I can't believe this is a story.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Feb 18, 2011 3:46pm
who else had to look up WTF beyblade's are?
This is GOAT punishment BTW. Public humiliation + loss of toys = EPIC MOM WIN!
This is GOAT punishment BTW. Public humiliation + loss of toys = EPIC MOM WIN!
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Feb 18, 2011 3:47pm
Mom used to break my damn Tinkertoys all the time, always went for the purple ones.
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jmog
Posts: 6,567
Feb 18, 2011 3:50pm
Creative punishment, nothing wrong with what the mom did in my opinion.
Only in our current "call CSB" society is she labeled as a bad mom for this.
Only in our current "call CSB" society is she labeled as a bad mom for this.
power i
Posts: 1,296
Feb 18, 2011 3:53pm
They're kind of like Battling Tops (if anyone remembers those). If you go halfway down the page there is a video. Then onto the comments which are all pretty much bashing her. I almost want my kids to screw up so I can do this to them. 
Scarlet_Fever
Posts: 736
Feb 18, 2011 3:54pm
Not me but I have a 9 year old son.j_crazy;683271 wrote:who else had to look up WTF beyblade's are?
This is GOAT punishment BTW. Public humiliation + loss of toys = EPIC MOM WIN!
Great punishment. I don't even see how anyone could say this is bad parenting.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 18, 2011 4:06pm
This is not bad parenting.
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
Feb 18, 2011 4:14pm
justincredible;683287 wrote:This is not bad parenting.
I agree with this douche.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 18, 2011 4:28pm
Nate;683294 wrote:I agree with this douche.
Agreed.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Feb 18, 2011 4:39pm
Nate;683294 wrote:I agree with this douche.
I agree that he is a douche.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Feb 18, 2011 4:49pm
Mom wins.
Oh, and I agree with all above douches.
Oh, and I agree with all above douches.
power i
Posts: 1,296
Feb 18, 2011 4:51pm
password
Posts: 2,360
Feb 18, 2011 4:54pm
Not sure if she is telling the truth as to why she is selling the toys.She is very smart and will find someone to pay more than what the toy's are worth because she is going to play off of everyones emotions and someone will pay what she needs to fix her tub and also help the kids get out of trouble because people like to feel good about themselves when they help a kid out.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Feb 18, 2011 5:02pm
power i;683322 wrote:
Epic picture is epic.
password
Posts: 2,360
Feb 18, 2011 5:26pm
Why did they pull the listing?
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Feb 18, 2011 6:56pm
lol, I remember once as a teenager (mebbe 14 or so) being told to clean my room. I got the ole "if you don't clean your room I will!" Well, several days went by, and being told by mom to clean it a total of 3 times. I don't remember exactly why I didn't...perhaps just being lazy and/or rebellious. One day, came home from school and guess what... Mom cleaned my room. Everything that was on the floor, not put away and all that was gone. Just ... gone. She gathered up all the clothes and washed them while I was at school and took them down to the SA, and threw away what was left. She didn't play. After that, I kept my room clean!
I say congrats to this mom as it looks like she ain't playing the game, either!
But I have to wonder... why did she let them do all that and destroy her property to begin with?!
I say congrats to this mom as it looks like she ain't playing the game, either!
But I have to wonder... why did she let them do all that and destroy her property to begin with?!
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Feb 18, 2011 8:17pm
Do people that are bashing her have a better idea for a punishment? What, a timeout? GTFO
password
Posts: 2,360
Feb 18, 2011 8:51pm
I don't have a problem with proper punishment but I think she just wanted some attention by posting the whole reason why she was selling the toys and that the new tub would cost over $500.00.Why post that her kids only have $125.00 in their piggy bank and the money from the toys would be used with their savings to help pay for the repairs?She tried to use emotional marketing and it back fired.She could have just listed the toys for sale on ebay and proved her point but she got greedy.
UA5straightin2008
Posts: 3,246
Feb 18, 2011 10:34pm
pretty hilarious bidding got up to $999,000, ive read up on Anonymous and 4chan and i find some of the things they do pretty hilarious
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Feb 18, 2011 11:39pm
CenterBHSFan;683386 wrote:lol, I remember once as a teenager (mebbe 14 or so) being told to clean my room. I got the ole "if you don't clean your room I will!" Well, several days went by, and being told by mom to clean it a total of 3 times. I don't remember exactly why I didn't...perhaps just being lazy and/or rebellious. One day, came home from school and guess what... Mom cleaned my room. Everything that was on the floor, not put away and all that was gone. Just ... gone. She gathered up all the clothes and washed them while I was at school and took them down to the SA, and threw away what was left. She didn't play. After that, I kept my room clean!
I say congrats to this mom as it looks like she ain't playing the game, either!
But I have to wonder... why did she let them do all that and destroy her property to begin with?!
Yeah my mom did the same thing to some of my toys that I left on the floor when I was 10. She was sure to remind me afterwards how the kids who would get them would appreciate the toys much more than I did. I never had a problem cleaning up after myself after that.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Feb 19, 2011 7:31am
mom's hittin' em where it hurts
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 19, 2011 10:14am
Love it. Anyone that bashes her or calls her a bad mom is an idiot and is probably an actual shitty parent.
password
Posts: 2,360
Feb 19, 2011 11:00am
So you think it is right to post her kids picture on the internet for everyone to see while they are crying ? I wonder how many times they will be made fun of at school and get picked on in public before they end up in therapy but we live in a society today that likes to announce there personal lives minute by minute to the whole world on facebook and the internet.Maybe the next thing she can do is list the extra condoms that they have in the bedroom night stand for sale and explain that she is selling them because her husband doesn't have sex with her often enough.She could tell everyone on ebay that she will use the money from the sale to purchase a new vibrator and teach her husband a lesson and let's not forget to post a picture of her husband standing there crying for the world to see.