German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro

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BERLIN (AP) - Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, or about $1.60.

Police spokesman Peter Hieber says the baby was placed in the care of youth services in the southwestern Allgaeu region.

Hieber said on Saturday that the mother told police the Internet ad was only a joke. Authorities have begun an investigation into possible child trafficking against the parents.

No offers were made for the child in the two hours and 30 minutes the ad was posted. The Internet auction site deleted the posting later.

Several people who saw the ad alerted police.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080524/D90S1HQO0.html
what are people thinking :smash:

[clutchy]

glad the state was there to take the kid.... :rolleyes:

[uncledaddy]

I guess the mother isn't laughing at this joke now. :disa:

[molecularfire]

Man, that is actually a really good deal for a fresh new baby. If you get the kid through private adoption the prices can be over 10000X that price...

[powersave]

I feel sorry for the child for having crazy parents.
Hope that they will be punish by law.

[mojo]

Man, that is actually a really good deal for a fresh new baby. If you get the kid through private adoption the prices can be over 10000X that price...
i was thinking the same thing. then again, it's really hard to come up with a good starting price sometimes...

[The Happy Squirrel]

i wonder if the baby came with a warrenty

[molecularfire]

i was thinking the same thing. then again, it's really hard to come up with a good starting price sometimes...
Yeah, but with a white baby if you go through private adoption company in the U.S., you basically give the expecting mother as much as she wants for as long as she wants until you have the baby so 1 euro is a really, really good deal even with the falling dollar.

[riskykougra]

Well atleast they weren't offering 1 euro to the first person who said they'd take him...not that I would ever think of doing that to my kids, especially on those days where the fighting just never seems to end...:shifty:

[cheapie]

if this really is a joke, then it's a pretty heavy-handed response by the gvt.