Childs Play

I say! This interweb shopping thingy is getting a bit out of hand. Why, the other day I ordered a whole new set of croquet balls whilst trying to update my Twitter status, but that's a story for another time....

In Wellington, New Zealand this week a mother got the shock of her life when her 3 year old daughter carried on with some online shopping alone. Pipi Quinlan had been bidding for toys on the auction site TradeMe, before taking a nap. Only her daughter carried on clicking while she slept and ended up purchasing an earth-moving digger, costing a whopping $20,000 NZ. Now, that's about five new English pennies given the current economic climate, but for the poor Kiwi family it's actually rather a lot of money.

Fortunately dear old Pipi was able to clear the whole business up with TradeMe, who refunded the seller's costs and popped the digger back up for sale. Jolly good show I say. Where on earth would they have kept the thing?

This is Nelson Ramsbottom wishing you a pleasant evening!