Mom asks for forgiveness over son's $1700 XBL shopping spree. -GR

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/xbox-360/news/mom-asks-microsoft-for-forgiveness-over-sons-1700-xbl-shopping-spree/a-201102081371958092/g-20060321132945404017

Depending on your position on the matter, that's either hilarious, sad or just extremely dumb.

My money is on the third option.

The picture made me lol.

I say, bring it down to $100 if he restores his account.

The picture made me lol.

LtDan1989

Same.

Made it for you guys. :oops:

It's the last 2 imo. How do you spend $1700 (US) in a few months. And not notice how you are magically able to buy things?EliteM0nk3y

lol i know right! So i guess in all the $1,700 dollars worth of points he bought, he never noticed that each quantity of Microsoft points has a dollar amount of currency next to it. He seems old enough to understand that.

[QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"]It's the last 2 imo. How do you spend $1700 (US) in a few months. And not notice how you are magically able to buy things?LtDan1989

So i guess in all the $1,700 dollars worth of points he bought, he never noticed that each quantity of Microsoft points has a dollar amount of currency next to it. He seems old enough to understand that.

I understand that, but come on, $1700 is a s*** load of money, especially on Xbox LIVE

Big dummy. The kid looks like he knows what he's doing. (Abusing his mom's credit card.) However, the mom sounds completely clueless on what she agreed to when she entered her credit card #.

wow that picture is classic but she's way off base i mean she is accusing MS of taking advantage of vulnerable people which is wrong. They really cant make it anymore clear and there are a ton of ways she could have prevented this. One of course being the parental controls. Second she's way to loose with her CC. When i use my CC for anything especially online things im cautious of what happens with the information. Third she needs to learn how to check freaking bills. In the story it says it took several months wth was she doing. She just need to pay more attention to what her kid is doing in general.

people need to be responsible for thier own ignorance. It sounds to me like she was trying to buy a toy to keep son distracted like so many do and got in over her head when she realised it was so much more. I do hope she can get this resolved tough it would be a shame to have to pay for that. I wonder if she even punished the kid in any way? lol i know that if that were my parents id be a dead man.

[QUOTE="LtDan1989"]

[QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"]It's the last 2 imo. How do you spend $1700 (US) in a few months. And not notice how you are magically able to buy things?EliteM0nk3y

So i guess in all the $1,700 dollars worth of points he bought, he never noticed that each quantity of Microsoft points has a dollar amount of currency next to it. He seems old enough to understand that.

I understand that, but come on, $1700 is a s*** load of money, especially on Xbox LIVE

I totally agree with you man, I was just being sarcastic in calling that kid a dummy. lol

Lol :lol:

He looks like he knew what he was doing though. And how did his mother not notice earlier?! :P

I definitely agree with everyone in that the kid knew what he was doing and that the money should not be reimbursed. It's extremely unfortunate for the family, but they will have to suffer the ignorance and irresponsibility of the child.

However, I do think this shows the ease that XBox live can be accused. I know when my parents entered their CC information for my first year of Live, it stored their information for me. Then anytime I wanted to get points for DLC or whatever, that credit card was still on there, and I could have chosen it. I was more responsible than this kid and didn't, but if I didn't care or if say I had been mad at my parents, I defintely could have racked up some hefty charges. I think it would be a GREAT idea if Microsoft forced you the enter the 3 digit security code on the back of your CC before being able to make any purchases. It does offer the convenience of not having to enter your CC info every time, but still allows security in that you must have access to the card itself to be able to benefit.

Good, buy a console for your kid so you can get him of your back while you forget your responibilities as a parent. You never bother to read the manual (learn what parental control is) and then blame Microsoft for giving too many responsibilities to your manipulative son, instead of blaming yourself for being too stupid to put restrictions o your kid and/or take care of your credit card details. I bet she is one of those people that say "Sure, buy whatever you want. Splatterhouse? Whatever, put it i the cart" and then complain about the violence in videogames. That is really sad, and I really hope MS just ignores them.

$1700 is that all used over $5000 guess i can pay for it but still how can you not see that much money running up on CC should look at bill online time to time

kid really "Rack"ed up the points..

get it? because of his moms chest..

talking about microsoft here no way in world would they want to lose money like that she will have to pay it

He was only crying because he got caught. I would feel bad if he was mentally challenged or something but no, he's just a b###ard.

*tries to read the gamertag on the TV*

Am I the only one that noticed the kid's dashboard background? Lol

Am I the only one that noticed the kid's dashboard background? Lol

firefox59

How do you spend so much money without knowing ? its ridoulous its there fault not microsofts sorry to sound heartless but my god I am lucky my mom gives me 20 bucks and I am 16.

The kid looks old enough to know that he's spending money.Andrn

off-topic: his mom has a decent rack on her. She's not crazy milf hot but I'd beat.

On the one hand that kid looks old enough to have known what he was doing. This story was also from the Daily Mail and with that paper you may as well be reading The Onion.
That said, I do feel sorry for the mum. I'm not entirely sure how that much money could go unnoticed - my sister and my mum have both been the victims of credit card fraud so I know to check my statement twice when I receive it - but it's possibe he racked up the £1000 before she even got her statement. I can also see how a mum wouldn't know her card information was stored. A lot of parents don't know how to use an Xbox either and probably wouldn't know it even had parental controls, let alone how to use them.

If that was my kid and Microsoft didn't back down, I'd sell the Xbox and make him pay back the rest of the money.

I can't even...I lol'ed then...stared at the computer completely baffled by the woman's attempts to get the "damage" reversed..

I think theyshould or probably willmake a deal where they send the Xbox in at the families expense, Microsoft deletes the hardrive, and sends it back. Then, that console should be locked and not able to get online. The kid knew what he was doing, the mom used it as a babysitter, and didn't keep on top of her credit card bill. Regardless it is their fault, but I doubt that Microsoft wants that kind of public attention by making the mom pay it all with no help once so ever.

this is ridiculous how do you even spend $1700 on live lol he must have like every game, dlc, theme and gamer pic

i say make the kid pay off the whole thing
from the sounds of it she really had no idea and im damn sure that kid knew what he was doing

[QUOTE="Andrn"]The kid looks old enough to know that he's spending money.Senor_Kami

off-topic: his mom has a decent rack on her. She's not crazy milf hot but I'd beat.

Just wondering, are you a fellow Brooklynite or New Yorker?

OT: Honestly, nothing should be refunded, because every item says "THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR THIS ITEM." If they do get a refund, I want my MSP back for the Scott Pilgrim game.

microsoft doesnt need to reverse anyhting. the kid bought the stuff and know he needs to pay for it

Made it for you guys. :oops:

dunl12496

"When he is in gaming mode he can't be thinking about the money." She said that. Yeah, time to pay up jerks. Extra content doesn't just magically pop up with free games for the kid to cry about it. He did something bad and she doesn't want to discipline him so it's MS's fault. Good argument.

In other news, according to Fox News, BulletStorm can be linked to a need to rape women. For real. Today's just full of great news stories!

i say make the kid pay off the whole thing
from the sounds of it she really had no idea and im damn sure that kid knew what he was doing

spawnassasin

This is kinda off-topic, but I can't tell if your sig is a joke or not......

Um, Batman CAN'T be in Marvel VS. Capcom 3. He's a DC character....... You might wanna change that.... >_>