So a complete twat falls for an obvious eBay con, seriously putting something in the wrong category happens all the time, so much so that eBay doesn't even seem that bothered by it. You always check the description, he does that, gets the truth that it is in fact just a picture but since this one is inevitably cheaper (hey, not everyone who is looking for an Xbone is dumb enough to bid on a picture) he bids anyway and just hopes for the best. I wonder if he was also just hoping for the best when at fifteen when he started getting on without a rubber...
Next he gets his photo, which he legitimately deserved, I'll give him that and instead of framing it, taking this as a lesson, he cries as loud and as hard as he can for help, like a child, not like a father. He makes up a fake story about how he was buying this console for his four year old son, that his parents take care of, because he is too embarrassed to admit that despite being completely socially irresponsible, he still feels he has the right to waste money. He gets enough coverage to where Paypal says 'oh shit' and feels they have to pay him back, screwing the con artist who essentially followed all the rule when it comes to playing people (seriously if you openly state your intentions, I have no problem with you trying to make a somewhat dishonest buck, it sends a good message that people need to be careful in all transactions, that's just me though).
So then we can maybe rest with the idea that he learned something, not much after all since his complaining refunded his money. Until some shitty little, exposure seeking store decides to give him a free console for nothing more than being an idiot. Good people do good things and get nothing, that's expected, you don't do something for recognition. Idiots act like idiots and find gifts waiting for them, that's not acceptable.
I'm not totally sure why this story has struck such a nerve in me but I plan on reflecting on that fact, if you completely disagree and think this teenager somehow deserved the free system that's fine but I dislike the argument that thinking he doesn't automatically deserve one just means your a jealous sociopath who probably likes PS4, which seems to the basic prevailing rational. One last important thing to note is that, his face has been shown to the public on a few occasions now, I checked out some of the articles out of the UK, looked at the comments and remembered that if there is one group of people who are going to be even more mad that this guy's stupidity got rewarded, it's british teenagers. This guy is going to have people taking the piss out of him for a long time to come, so maybe he will learn something after all.
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