Baby for sale on ebay
By Sheri
@tuckersheri (1327)
United States
July 19, 2009 9:38am CST
German police arrest a couple that was tring to sell there 8 month year old boy on eBay. The eBay ad read, male 8 month year old baby boy, sleeps well throughout the night and doesn't cry much. Good for infertile couple or single man or woman wanting child. Starting bid was 1 euro. The couple recieved no bids but got several emails. eBay removed this ad 2 hours after being on and notified police. When police arrived the couple said it was a joke which police did not buy the story. The couple was charged with attemped child trafficing and the child was taken into custody of the states hands for protection reasons. This is quite sad to think someone would sell there child for money. People are humans not merchandise.
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9 responses
@ethiokinghenok (14)
• United States
21 Jul 09
oh my god that is so mean who would sell a baby on ebay ..
baby is not think or something it's human
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@mepaurav (201)
• United States
26 Jul 09
Its freaking bad news about the people.I dont understand why they do such as thing with the wonderful creation.And i am shocked bothe parents were involved in such activity.But i wonder how would they ship a baby when somebody won it.By giving anethesia.Its cruel...
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 09
That was a terrible joke and it must have shocked many ebay members. Everyone likes a bargain but nobody would like to see a baby for sale on ebay. If a member bids and gets over a reserve set he or she wins and gets the item. It is illegal to sell children though. I am glad that ebaby notified the police. I feel sorry for the baby boy. Adoption involves much paperwork.
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@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
22 Jul 09
If it was intended to be a joke it was in poor taste. I could almost go for their story of it being a joke except for the mention of the baby being good for infertile couples or those wanting a child. There is nothing funny about that, and the fact that they used such sensitive statements makes methnk they were serious. How did they think they would get away with something like that without it being reported? That was a very silly mistake to make and I ma sure they will think alot more before attemtping something like that again.
@Youreyes4Today (2356)
• United States
26 Jul 09
To put it out there so blatantly is horrible, even if it was a joke, this is dealing with a human being. That is sad. Just brings me to think about how many people around the world still today are still bought and sold for Money. To actually put it out there online like that on a well known site like Ebay sure shows the guts some people have. If they didn't want the child they could of let someone adopt him, so many out there that want children and haven't been able to.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 Jul 09
I'm glad they got caught. That is horrible whether it was meant to be a joke or not. I do not know what is wrong with people these days. I guarantee they were trying to sell it.
@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
19 Jul 09
even if it was a joke it is sick
who would sell a baby?
what on earth were they thinking?
how did they possibly think they could get away with that?
