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Kid vs. Mom. Part II

Category: Industry, Posted: 04/18/2008 at 07:27PM EDT by Frank Ling, Content Contributor

momkid2 We reported a story this week regarding a 13 year-old boy who broke the family vacuum cleaner in order to get out of his chores so he could play video games. The mom punished his son by putting his Xbox 360 on eBay for sale.

Some questions arose when the listing on eBay was suddenly delisted as "The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."

People immediately speculated that the mom caved in and returned the Xbox 360 to her errant and disrespectful son. But according to a post on Digg, a person who claims to be the mom in this interesting drama says she pulled the ad because Dyson gave her a free vacuum cleaner.

In the 130th comment allegedly from "The Mom," it says:

"Here is the real story on why the action ended early...I got a free Dyson...so I no longer needed to sell the XBOX for $$ to buy a new vacuum....however he was still not getting it back....so it was given to a non-profit that I work with.

"I do not back down, he is still punished...hopefully tomorrow he will do his chores ALL of them or something else will be taken away. He has gotten the pattern here....lesson learned. Every parent has their own style....this is mine....the porn was not what he was punished for it was the lack of respect and not doing chores after constantly telling reminding him.

"I ended the auction also because I was getting thousands of emails.....we are going back to our norma low-keyl life now (w/o the xbox)....Just wanted to clear the air and all the stories that were out there.

---The Mean Mom, Virginia"

So is the post fake or real? It's hard to say, but we've contacted "The Mean Mom" and we're waiting to see if she'll give us an interview or inside story on what is happening.

Stay tuned for more details.

[via Digg]

Posted by dooganking on 04/19/2008 at 01:36AM

is there proof that any of this actually happened? (i'm lazy and haven't dug through all of the stories... and there's halo to be played...) but i mean hasn't similar things happened and the whole story behind it been false? how do we know that this isn't just a family that is scheming to get some money and based on some of the media reporting decided to take it down before some real backlash hits?

basically... i guess i cannot wait for the interview... if it ever happens...

Posted by siggs on 04/19/2008 at 06:23AM

I don't see any reason why this would be fake. I mean, my mom used to take the mouse and the controllers to stop me, and that isn't really that hrash. I can see this happening
easily, even the new vacuum.

If i were a vacuum company, i wouldn't pass up a random marketing opportunity like this...

I've been following this, and this is nothing. Does anyone remember the 'clothes in a 360 box at x-mas'? That is so far off the end of cruel... but heres the address - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFMXlkl3dM

Posted by dooganking on 04/19/2008 at 12:18PM

"I don't see any reason why this would be fake. I mean, my mom used to take the mouse and the controllers to stop me, and that isn't really that hrash. I can see this happening"

isn't that what a good hoax is all about...?

if it is true, i'm not saying the kid didn't have it coming or that the mom is a bad parent (more than likely just the opposite... if it is true)... but i do wonder how old this mother is... she seems really into the internet. I can guarantee my mom would never have been able to use ebay or know how to sign up for an account on digg...

Posted by Dr.Aaron on 04/21/2008 at 12:27PM

^^^
My mum is 47 and knows how to use teh internets.

Posted by siggs on 04/21/2008 at 04:18PM

Wow. my mom doesn't Your momma's special, in a good way, using the unternet cannot fail to be bad

Posted by rtanger on 04/22/2008 at 12:15PM

Shoot, MY mom can use the internet, and she's scared to turn a computer on. What is it? 1980? Everyone and their grandmother, literally, is capable of using the internet.

Posted by dooganking on 04/22/2008 at 10:06PM

using yes... my mom can USE the internet too, and my grandma even has webtv...
but how many mothers actually take their time to explain their actions so that they seem righteous to the masses? or create an ebay account to do the same thing... or create a digg account and comment so that they seem "right"...
again i repeat i am not trying to say that the mom isn't right or is a bad parent or that the kid doesn't deserve what may or may not be happening to him... but it just seems pretty farfetched for a mother to go this far out of her way to explain herself... (also not saying that the mother has something better to do either... i am not saying that she should be cleaning the house or anything like that...)

but all i can say is that i really hope this interview or whatever does happen so that i can get some real proof that is more than ebay pages and digg commenters...