Facebookers are showing their outrage at this scan picture, which is currently for sale on eBay as a practical joke. A Warrington woman took to a local Facebook group to condemn the product, stating, “Not a crime I know, but it should be!!! As if you can just buy this stuff on eBay?!? What on earth is wrong with people?!?!
The Fake Baby Personalised Ultrasound 12 Wks Scan Positive Pregnancy Test Joke/Prank, which is currently selling on eBay, is priced at £8.99. The seller states that it will be sent digitally by e-mail, and also by hardcopy in the post.
The description reads:
On offer are 2 personalised baby ultrasound scan images.
This is an adaptation of my own baby scan pics so it looks very real because it is! As I only had a 12 week scan and a 20 week scan done I cannot do any other gestation period. Also I only had a single baby so I cannot do twin/ triplet images.
This is a 12 week ultrasound pic which is the early scan that the NHS would do.
Others members of the Facebook group were clearly shocked, highlighting the danger of something like this being used for the wrong purposes.
One lady commented, “It will definitely be misused. How can it be for a joke- a joke is when it makes you smile or feel happy. This will make someone sad if they wanted a child and find its false or scared etc."
Another person agreed, “This is disturbing, why would u sell anything like this at all, so many people in the world who are desperate to become parents and people turn an amazing moment and time in a person's life into a sick joke, is absolutely disgusting.”
Others thought it was disrespectful to those who could never have a baby. One woman added, “I find this most upsetting for those who may never be able to know what it’s like to be pregnant or those who have sadly lost - can’t believe you can actually buy things like that.”
However, some could see the funny side, with one user saying, “What a great April fool’s joke this would be.”
So what do you think? Should it been taken lightly, or do you think this could be used to mislead someone?
Publish date:
14/09/2017 02:00 PM
Rachael Sneddon
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