child runs up huge xbox debt!

Isn't the longest subscription you can buy through the console the 12 month one? She says that she typed her details in 18 months ago so that he could play online with his friends and it remembered them, unless he just bought another membership. But she should have paid more attention at the time that the membership was for 12 months so she surely must have known something was up when he could just carry on playing online for free after that twelve months...

So many holes in her story and I'm glad Microsoft aren't going to let her off with the bill.
 
There is a simple solution to this problem... sell the kid's Xbox with the profile attached, including all the crap he spent her money on. Shouldn't that help clear the bill and teach a formative lesson?
 
One of the women at works son did something simliar on PSN and spanked a couple of hundred quid. I laughed at her when she asked me about it and she felt abit daft about the whole thing and kicked her sons ass im sure but she didnt go crying to the daily fail about it or complaining how sony make money all the time and its just not fair.

Leason learnt and move one.

Hell my wife (GF at the time) spanked some MS points on stupid music videos without realising it cost money (in her defence shes not a native english speaker and att he time was only just starting to us my xbox), she applogised and made it up to me but really it was my fault for leaving my points open to anyone on my console.

people have done this plenty of time on iTunes why the MS hate in that article?
 
Strife212 said:
It's pretty easy on steam but you don't just click on a game in the store list and literally instantly have it on your games list :p

Of course it's useful though.
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You don't just click on a game on the Xbox Marketplace to purchase it either though. :confused:

You've still got to click through screens confirming your purchase/whether or not you want to try the trial first.
 
orderoftheflame said:
As I mentioned, there's settings for all that. You can set a pass code for your account, or just set up a child account. It's hardly an inconvenience to set up. ;)
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its ONLY easy because you know how to do it...

if someone's profession is a stone mason (for instance) this stuff not only looks complicated it often totally alien to them... you are used to a mouse pointer drop down menus, what the terms mean on the menus
 
If anyone watched the video of this story on the national news last week, two things stand out.

1) Kid looks like he probably has some kind of special needs, just the way he was acting .. no proof, but you get the impression.

2) Did you see his gamer tag "recently played" ?
Black ops, MW2, AvP ..

My one peeve .. gah, rage! Stupid parent gets what she deserves
 
Another classic example of poor parenting and then looking to blame everyone else but themselves. How can you be so naive? Surely she would have noticed the charges over a period of time, it wouldn't have been charged in 1 go?
 
edscdk said:
its ONLY easy because you know how to do it...

if someone's profession is a stone mason (for instance) this stuff not only looks complicated it often totally alien to them... you are used to a mouse pointer drop down menus, what the terms mean on the menus
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I don't think ignorance is an excuse really.
 
It goes to show how technically unsavvy many parents are really.

If you've ever worked on a tech support line though, you probably already realise this. Going OT, I used to work tech support for a company who developed and published educational software. One collegue had a woman phone up saying that after trying to set up the software for her kid, it was just sat there playing music at her.

She'd typed her kid's name as it said on the screen, but it wasn't going any further. She'd left her PC on overnight, but it was still at the same screen in the morning...

Asked to type the name in again, she said it still wasn't doing anything. Then it dawned on him, and he asked her if she'd pressed the enter key...

With that level of technical competence, how are some parents supposed to handle setting up parental controls on a device that in all honesty they probably have no interest in?!
 
On a similar note, I dont store my card details on the PS3/XBOX (when i had one) but on my Ipod Touch my details auto stored without me confirming and although convenient, its SOOOOOOOOOO easy to purchase things without even thinking. Granted most things are 59p so its not a lot, but my daughter plays Humf on there so im always wondering if she will have ordered a wedge of Apps the next time I go on :D
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
I don't think ignorance is an excuse really.
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Can't agree more!

I remember losing a load in a casino one night when drunk - if only I'd had the intelligence to run to the Daily Fail the next day to complain about the cheap price of their drinks!!!!
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mlbtheshow said:
On a similar note, I dont store my card details on the PS3/XBOX (when i had one) but on my Ipod Touch my details auto stored without me confirming and although convenient, its SOOOOOOOOOO easy to purchase things without even thinking. Granted most things are 59p so its not a lot, but my daughter plays Humf on there so im always wondering if she will have ordered a wedge of Apps the next time I go on :D
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The app store asks me for my password before every transaction and even when upgrading apps.
 
Aside from everything else, I don't understand why she's buying his xbox time etc, he's 11, I'm sure he gets pocket money and birthday money, why doesn't the little blighter get it himself.

Also, he knows exactly what he's done and so does she, behind closed doors I'm sure she's given him a piece of her (not so substantial) mind. This is surely just an attempt to make some money back, no doubt she sold the story.
 
If this even happened in the first place, then the parent only has herself to blame...

If money is so tight, should you not maybe be checking your statements every week or so? Would have stopped this from happening.
Also, maybe taking an interest in what the kid was doing, or checking up every so often.

Whiny mother with an idiot kid, complaining to try and get some cash back.
Unfortunately, I'm sure the papers were throwing the cash at her for this absolutely blinding "news" story...
 
The little lardy kid knew exactly what he was doing. He's 11, not 5.

The mother didn't keep tabs on her finances, nor her son's activities and is now trying to claim money back through ignorance and blame.

I hope this teaches them both a lesson and the kid, now hopefully banned from Xbox for a while, can get some exercise.
 
Montala said:
11 years old is not such a 'tender age' these days either... most kids of that age are pretty internet savvy, and have a fairly good idea what is going on!
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or pregnant lol!


As for this story well LMAO what a idiot woman she is, i hope that brat got a right spanking for this.
 
Mods, can you please update thread subject to say:
"Mother learns the hard way that leaving a child in front of the telly is no substitute for actual parenting"


Thx
 
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