Consequences!

That'll larn them. You wreck something, you pay for it!

While I realize that this might be staged, it's one of the BEST that I have ever seen! That older boy bawling is priceless too. If I even knew what it was that they were selling, I'd consider buying it just for the creative salesmanship. It certainly beats all of the craigslist beggars' ads.wink

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I don't hate your kids, I HATE YOU!

This. Made. My. DAY! I looked at the page and couldn't help but laugh at the two little shit-heads: one crying his eyes out, the other looking completely dumbfounded (I'm sure more than usual). It's good to see that there are still real, honest-to-the-gods, vengeful, punishing parents in the world. I'll be laughing about this for while to come. larious

Good punishment here!=3

Holy shit, old school parents. I thought they were extinct!

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I want to pick up a bus full of unruly kids and feed them gummi bears and crack, then turn them loose in Hobby Lobby to ransack the place. They will all be wearing T shirts that say "You Could Have Prevented This."

HA! Great punishment! Look at the miserable faces! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Wow... $125 fucking dollars in their "piggy banks"? Seriously? Wow... I guess I didn't know how to save at that age. But...um...how in the fuck? Well, I guess... Since kids get paid for shitting in the potty these days.

bid is up to 91$ with 25 bids

102.50$ now

PNBs! All parents should be like this! Of course one could argue that the kids weren't being properly supervised if they managed to wreak such havoc on the bathtub... but at least now these kids will learn their lesson and hopefully never even need to be supervised again, as they'll just internalize this humiliation and behave of their own volition. Their parents are draining their piggy bank AND making them sell enough toys to earn the money needed to fix the tub... no mercy! I love it.

I'd love to see what those stupid GD crunchy moos say about this. Someone should make a fake moomie account and post it as a topic for discussion... but it'd probably go way too far. I could totally see them banding together and have these children removed from the custody of their 'abusive', spirit-breaking parents.

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While I realize that this might be staged, it's one of the BEST that I have ever seen! That older boy bawling is priceless too. If I even knew what it was that they were selling, I'd consider buying it just for the creative salesmanship. It certainly beats all of the craigslist beggars' ads.wink

it's apparently a small battle top.

305$$$$$

For a bunch of used toys!

Those kids should thank the heavens people are willing to come to help them.

Hahaha, that is just awesome. I'm glad to see parents who are willing to actually make their kids own up to their mistakes, humiliate them AND help pay for the repairs. I do hope it's real and not just assholes faking it trying to score some cash. Losing things they love and their savings will teach them right fucking quick that they can't wreck stuff. My mother did something like this to me when I was a kid - I did something she didn't like, so she took one of my favorite dolls and put it in the fireplace. I think I hid her keys from her in retaliation, but still she tried.

And I'm sure the seller has gotten all manner of hate mail over this too. From all the GD mommies who would never stifle their child's precious creativity over a silly bathtub. A parent who is not a doormat is not only foreign to them, but a threat. It's like how if the average American were to come face to face with a space alien, they'd kill it rather than trying to communicate and find out more about it.

I actually sent her a very nice e-mail. Here is what I wrote: "Hi there, I did not bid on your auction (it's a little too expensive), but I have to compliment you on your parenting. I see so many parents just laughing the stuff their children destroyed off as a "normal part of childhood". My parents did not accept this, nor would I. So, I just want to say thank you very much for properly parenting your children! (As in teaching them consequences of their actions and making THEM pay for the damage!) My parents would have done the exact same thing. I am sure your children are very well behaved otherwise!
-Amy"

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"I took the batteries out of my biological clock and put them in my vibrator"

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305$$$$$

For a bunch of used toys!

Those kids should thank the heavens people are willing to come to help them.

Yeah, you know it's only because of the backstory and photo of sobbing kyds that people are bidding. The kyds should have this pointed out to them.

I had never heard of these Beyblade things. They look like little plastic toys. What the fuck were those kyds DOING with them to cause that kind of damage??

It's good that the parents are making the kids see the consequences of their actions, but back in my day, waaaaay before things like eBay, we'd simply gotten our asses beaten to within an inch of our lives for pulling something so stupid, especially since we only had ONE bathroom and not our own, like these brats apparently do.

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305$$$$$

For a bunch of used toys!

Those kids should thank the heavens people are willing to come to help them.

Yeah, you know it's only because of the backstory and photo of sobbing kyds that people are bidding. The kyds should have this pointed out to them.

I had never heard of these Beyblade things. They look like little plastic toys. What the fuck were those kyds DOING with them to cause that kind of damage??

It's good that the parents are making the kids see the consequences of their actions, but back in my day, waaaaay before things like eBay, we'd simply gotten our asses beaten to within an inch of our lives for pulling something so stupid, especially since we only had ONE bathroom and not our own, like these brats apparently do.

looking at these things, they appear to be a die cast metal top.

the auction appears to have been pulled.

Found this. Some good comments, including the expected ones saying that the parents were so meeeeaaaaannn for doing this. Supposedly the auction got up to $1100 before it was pulled, which is just insane.

http://kotaku.com/5752906/boys-beyblade-bathtub-breakage-begets-ebay-bailout

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how is that being an "asshole"? if a child is destructive with a toy, you take it away. if a child destroys something, they should be taught to pay for it. i guess it would have been better if mom and dad just put a black mark on their happy poster and took them out for some sympathy ice cream because lord knows we should NEVER hurt their self fucking esteem!

I don't quite understand why the auction would be pulled.
Can someone explain?

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I don't quite understand why the auction would be pulled.
Can someone explain?

violaion of terms-ebay may have received complaints.

Crabcake beat me to the link

I've been looking into this and I see a lot of "when I was a kid I loved playing with Beyblades". WTF are Beyblades?!? I'm not that damn old....am I?

Anyways, I can see why they pulled that auction. In this kid-centric society of ours this can be seen as child abuse. In my childhood days this would have been seen as the "gentle discipline" approach.

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I don't know what the hell "Beyblades" are, but where the fuck were the parents when these little shits were destroying the fucking bathtub?

You gotta figure the damage was not done in such a way that was QUIET, eh?

Holy crap! If I did something like that my parents would have taken away every toy I ever owned.

To the confused: Beyblades are basically tricked-out tops. The game is much like how they used to play marbles: let 'em rip and hope yours knock your opponent's out of the 'ring'.They're another Japanese import if memory serves. (think Pokemon; there's even cartoons about the things)

I didn't know WTH they were either until I saw some and a "battle arena" at a garage sale. Nifty little things, IMO, though I can't say the gameplay grabs me.

I don't know about the new beyblades but I know the old ones were weighted and the tip sharp enough that they could do a decednt amount of damage to some of the cheaper tubs in less time then you would think. Not to mention the metal "battle attachments" (basically protruding metal spikes).

One of my coworkers took away his kids' Pokemon cards when they were fighting over them at home and they actually called their dad at work screaming about each other. The rest of the office was LOLing our asses off and he says his two sons have been quiet and well behaved ever since he took their cards away, and that he's not giving them back either.

+++ for good parenting!

Picture is fucking priceless. More parents ought to do this.