Baby for sale on Ebay for 1 Euro!

Authorities in southern Germany said Saturday they have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, the equivalent of $1.57.

Peter Hieber, a spokesman for police in the Bavarian town of Krumbach, said the baby was placed in the care of youth services in the southwestern Allgaeu region, although the child's 23-year-old mother insisted the ad was only a joke.

Authorities have launched an investigation into possible child trafficking against the baby's mother and 24-year-old father, neither of whom was identified.

"Offering my nearly new baby for sale, as it has gotten too loud. It is a male baby, nearly 28 inches (70 cm) long and can be used either in a baby carrier or a stroller," police quoted the ad as reading.

No offers were made for the child in the two hours and 30 minutes the ad was posted on Tuesday. EBay later deleted the posting, but assisted police in tracking down the parents.

Several people who saw the ad alerted police.

 

Hopefully it was a joke, if not it would be a blessing if someone bought the kid. Imagine the kid having to grow up thinking that his parents tried to sell him for a dollar?

 

Definitely it's a joke, is the seller going to bear the risk of selling kids just for 1 euro?

 

Doh! It's so obvious! It's got to be a joke.. (I posted something similar about my sister )

 

OMG! People have such bright minds. I don't know from where do they get such ideas!

 

I posted that about my sister, because she was simply pissing me off! I got so friggin angry (this was 2 year back)... I received 2 bids

 

Did you tell your sister about this? I am sure she would have pissed you even more.


Hmm... So, this might be the reason for the selling of the baby as they say, "it has gotten too loud".

 

I showed it to my sister, and she ran after me all around the house.. She pushed me down on the floor, picked up her leg above my chest, and the rest was history... (she weighs 68kgs, so it was AHHH)

 

Do you have any link?

Where we can read it in more details?

 

I think it's super funny
If they were serious about selling the baby they wouldn't do it for a euro.
It's crazy that they even want to investigate it..

 

If parrents don't want to keep their baby, they will not sell it on eBay

 

Yeah haha, who would make a hole and jump down.

 

This is definitely a joke! can't be real...

 

i wish i was sold when i was 7 month old
even for less than one dollar
that would be great

 

Its not a joke guys. Its real. Its all over the news media now. Here is one of them if you like to read http://www6.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/20080524/Germany.eBay.Baby/

 

Of course this was a joke; what kind of child trafficer uses ebay. The police are over reacting to this. It is ridiculous.

 

who would think this was anything other than a joke?

 

That was one stupid joke....

 

Is there a link from where this story came from?

 

I love reading about all the ammusing stuff people get up to on the net. It is obviously a joke and hopefully the authorities will eventually see the funny side.