People that give their kids their passwords getting refunds??

[llamatron 10]

I can't believe that people ever get their money back when they have given their password to an 8 year old child for online games-take some responsibility!!

 

If a parent is stupid enough to effectively give a small child their credit card details they deserve everything they get!

 

they are reporting on this in the bbc in case it seems out of the blue:)

[alchresearch 214]

Happens far too often:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9901637/Five-year-old-runs-up-1700-iPad-bill-in-ten-minutes.html

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205555/Schoolboy-massive-credit-card-playing-iPad-Tiny-Monsters-app.html

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57594710-71/apple-refunds-dad-$6000-ipad-bill-racked-up-by-8-year-old/

 

But instead of taking some parental responsibility they bleat and whinge until the provider does a goodwill gesture refund.

[Bypassblade 10]

I can't believe that people ever get their money back when they have given their password to an 8 year old child for online games-take some responsibility!!

 

If a parent is stupid enough to effectively give a small child their credit card details they deserve everything they get!

 

they are reporting on this in the bbc in case it seems out of the blue:)

 

:clap::banana:

[mafya 246]

First thing I did when I got my kids iPads was to turn the in app purchases off in the settings menu.

[geek_andy 10]

I do think these parents need to take more responsibility but I'm sure it's not a case of "giving them the password". I assume a lot of people would leave themselves signed in to their Google/Apple accounts.

 

I'm pretty sure the same thing would be possible on the games on SKY, or on a lot of online desktop games/apps.

 

I guess if you've got kids then you can forget ever leaving yourself logged into anything again!

 

Bad times.

[Guest]

Happens far too often:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9901637/Five-year-old-runs-up-1700-iPad-bill-in-ten-minutes.html

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205555/Schoolboy-massive-credit-card-playing-iPad-Tiny-Monsters-app.html

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57594710-71/apple-refunds-dad-$6000-ipad-bill-racked-up-by-8-year-old/

 

But instead of taking some parental responsibility they bleat and whinge until the provider does a goodwill gesture refund.

I love the quote from the Telegraph article:

"Loads of parents in the playground said similar things had happened to them but for a lot less money. I can't believe he was able to spend so much money.

 

"It was far too easy a thing for him to do and more should be done to limit stuff like this from happening. That game is very annoying - and who would spend more than £1,700 on a game?

Yes, like dimwit parents paying attention to what their children are up to on the internet.

[WeX 10]

Parents don't take responsibility for anything these days. Just look at the news report about the 15 year old girl who was raped at between 2-4am after a night out. Why the police do not routinely charge the parents with endangering the child's life is beyond me.

[Mikes10 10]

There was an item on BBC news saying 25% of kids in the age range of 8 - 12

have a smart phone. Well who is picking up the bill?

 

BBC News over the weekend have a program called click, and it often features

all the new apps for smart phones, I suspect the BBC ( License fee payer ) picks

up the bill for the presenters smart phones.

[geared 306]

In their defense tho some of the in-game purchases do totally take the michael.

 

I was playing one earlier and saw you could make an in-game purchase of £99

You wouldn't expect to spend more than a couple of quid to pay for an app, but you can spend nearly a hundred quid in a free one

 

I'm pretty sure tho if you make the correct settings in the App Store you have to enter a password or something before making a purchase - which would stop the kids buying things.