The speaker narrates a personal story of a painful experience when he was a 12-year-old. He wanted to buy a PlayStation 2 but had no money. So, he decided to sell his Nintendo 64, a gift from his brother. He placed an ad in a video game store and waited for a buyer. After a couple of months, a woman expressed interest and agreed to buy it. She promised to pay with a check. However, the check bounced, revealing that she had no money.
The speaker's father confronted her, and she claimed she had been robbed of the video game. The father, believing her, decided to take the woman's microsystem as compensation. The speaker then had to deal with the loss of his beloved Nintendo 64 and the frustration of not being able to buy the PlayStation 2. The story ends with the speaker advising children not to accept a check from a stranger they don't know.
1. The speaker is recounting a story about a woman who stole their Nintendo 64 video game console.
2. The speaker was 12 years old at the time of the incident.
3. The speaker wanted to buy a PlayStation 2 video game console but had no money.
4. To raise money, the speaker decided to sell their Nintendo 64 console.
5. The speaker listed the Nintendo 64 for sale at a video game store.
6. A woman expressed interest in buying the Nintendo 64 and provided a check as payment.
7. The speaker's father discovered that the check was fraudulent when the woman did not have any money in her account.
8. The woman denied having the video game console, leading to a confrontation.
9. The woman finally admitted to stealing the video game console and was forced to return it.
10. In exchange for the stolen Nintendo 64, the speaker received an old microsystem.
11. The speaker learned a valuable lesson about accepting checks from people they do not know.