One look at eBay and you can see that “Guitar Hero III” or “Rock Band” are being sold for big bucks. These two rhythm simulators are among this year’s hottest holiday presents and are sold out at the retail level leaving the online auction house as the only alternative for snagging yourself a set. However one Australian youth’s dreams of a music-making Christmas have been shattered by his father as a consequence of being caught red handed smoking pot in the family’s backyard.

The trouble started when the father, whose identity is being withheld but makes his living as a school teacher, came home and caught his son in the company with some friends toking up. As a lesson the anti-dope Dad decided to place his son’s Christmas gift, the guitar/game combo of “Guitar Hero III”, on the eBay auction site and up for sale.

But here’s where the story takes a weird turn: someone won the auction by bidding $9,100 for the game. Supposedly this isn’t a prank bid placed by one of the kid’s friends (maybe even one of the two that were blazing up in the backyard) since it’s making the rounds on the major media outlets. As for the Aussie Dad he hasn’t said what he plans on doing with the extra cash but he’s still planning on giving a video game to his boy for X-mas…like maybe “Barbie: Island Princess”. But if it’s the culture for rock stars to be 420 friendly doesn’t that mean the Dad might now catch his son playing with dolls in the backyard?

via AHN