Last night when she came to pick up Baby Boy, Daughter asked THGGM if she could use his eBay account to bid on something for a gift for her 'Special Person' whose name she drew.
THGGM, though still leery of eBay bidding, okayed it.
Daughter asked him his account info and away she went, placing her bid.
Several hours later I was talking on the phone to Oldest Son. This is not a common occurrence. He had noticed my 'lynched' angels on my blog, and had a suggestion (a very GOOD suggestion, one i will be implementing).
While deep in conversation, he suddenly said - "This is weird. I just won something on eBay and I KNOW I haven't bid on anything."
I inquired as to what he had won, and only then did the mystery deepen.
He had won the thing that Daughter had bid on earlier in the evening.
Once, long ago, he must have bid on something on eBay using my computer. Daughter punched in just enough of her father's info - but it assumed Oldest Son's, and she didn't check it out any farther, because who would have thought that her brother's account would be on her mother's computer? I would not have.
Too funny.
The funniest part is what Oldest Son noted.
He lives hundred's of miles away from us now. He HATES to know who people's 'Special Person' is at Christmas time.
Of course, here in the snowy north, we've got it all figured out. But, he likes to be surprised.
And, now he knows.
Be very wary of giving a child the same name as their father. And, NEVER save passwords on your computer, or mine.
Let it be noted that before I could bid $500 on happy meal toys, Oldest Son changed his password.
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How strange!! Thanks for the warnings...been awhile since I tried to bid anything...there was a mess, I was off awhile and someone stole my name, and thus my "good points"...they had to give me a new name, and now I am at zero again...argh! Oh well, guess it will keep me from bidding!
LOL...That's a great story, and a great ending...happy meal toys...like the ty beanie babies! or the original bambi set...
This post reminded me of the time I belonged to a Secret Pal club we had at church and a friend and I were talking about it on the phone one day. I told her who my Secret Pal and asked her, "Who's yours?" There was a looooooooooooong pause and it suddenly dawned on me, "OOooooops!" and I quickly changed the subject. I dearly loved that friend, but it sure ruined the surprise at the end of the year, ha! She DID buy and give me some amazing gifts thru the year, tho...one nice thing about having a Secret Pal who actually knew me!! Our church is so big that I didn't know 99% of the Secret Pal members hardly at all. After that debacle with Kathy, tho, I never joined again. And my son and Dear Hubby have the SAME problem, too, with names. My son can sympathize with yours. But at least we didn't name them George George or William Williams or Philip Philips! They can be thankful for THAT! ;-)
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