Teen Receives £44,000 For PS2

Posted on July 18, 2007 at 1:30 pm (PST)

Remember the original PS2? The gaming console that has been superceded by the slim version, as well as the PS3 (well, sort of) and now costs about $50 if you look hard enough? Well, someone found a PS2 that was well worth the cost.

In Aylsham, Norfolk, a male teenager was sent a PS2 that was won on eBay for £95. Instead of coming with the two games he thought were included, the console was instead loaded with £44,000. In American dollars, this is about $90,378, so it is no small hunk of change.

The teen and his family turned the money over to the police, who will be investigating the situation until late September. After this time, the money will be donated to the UK’s "Proceeds of Crime Act."

An incredible story made even more incredible by the fact that the family didn’t keep the money! Yeah, there’s always the chance that the family would have been arrested for possibly assailing a criminal, but I would like to think that the family only considered this after a trip to the Bahamas. Am I alone on this?

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