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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/pembroke-xbox-bill-8000-1.3397534

On Dec. 23, Lance Perkins got a credit card bill for $7,625.88 after his 17-year-old son used his credit card to make in-game purchases for one of the FIFA series of soccer games.

Wow. What sort of things are available in the FIFA games that would cost this much? I guess I've never really payed attention to the availability of things like this.

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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/pembroke-xbox-bill-8000-1.3397534

Wow. What sort of things are available in the FIFA games that would cost this much? I guess I've never really payed attention to the availability of things like this.

I actually did that on my mom's card the day she got it canceled and managed to squeeze 3300$ into a crap ton of games and micro-transactions without anyone having to pay for them

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...Ouch. You could have bought a good pc and games that are better for that money, not to mention no microtransactions.

this is a macrotransaction (>-<)

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17 years old is too old to not know about this, kid is lying and he just lost track or just didnt care how much he was spending.

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First  I was like, must be an 8 year old who plays cod.

Then I read Fifa

Then I read cod.

Im done.

Then you read you see 17 year old

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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At first I thought the kid was like 8 and didnt even know he was buying stuff, but he's 17 ffs!

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17 years old is too old to not know about this, kid is lying and he just lost track or just didnt care how much he was spending.

 

^ I reckon, there is no way you can be 17 years old, and be that blind to the fact of Micro-Transactions. Well actually now that I think about some of the people of the world....

 

"He's just as sick as I am, [because] he never believed he was being charged for every transaction, or every time he went onto the game."

 

Well it is both the parent's and the kid's fault. Parent - Check your bank account... Kid - Don't be dumb

 

It wouldn't be Microsoft's fault unless it's possible to keep pressing one button and kept purchasing the same one constantly. Safe guard against under 6 year olds mashing on the controller. Default for I accept/agree should be no.

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I actually did that on my mom's card the day she got it canceled and managed to squeeze 3300$ into a crap ton of games and micro-transactions without anyone having to pay for them

That's both something you should not be at all proud of, and something you should look back on in disgust.
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Perkins said he had given his son a credit card for emergencies or to make purchases for the family's convenience store. 
 

The father is responsible for the charges. 

 

These stories always happen and will continue to happen. Hell even the affluent teen's mom had to go and pay his $2000 strip club bill in Mexico!

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At the age of 15, I held down a full time job while attending high school at the same time. I did not have time to sit on my ass playing Xbox all day. I would suggest that the parent in this story put their irresponsible kid to work and make 'em recoup monetary losses. 

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inb4 the parents sue FIFA and EA.

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wow

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All those drugs his momma dont know about the prolly did some flippin there to get drug money or something.. meh kids.

You cant speed 8k $ on all fifa games and their microtransactions even if you wanted to.

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At the age of 15, I held down a full time job while attending high school at the same time. I did not have time to sit on my ass playing Xbox all day. I would suggest that the parent in this story put their irresponsible kid to work and make 'em the recoup monetary losses. 

so basically you lived like a slave? Unless in your country, going to high school doesnt take 8 hours or more every day of the week.

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What kind of parent freely let their childern use their own credit card ffs

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What kind of parent freely let their childern use their own credit card ffs

Mine does, I just have to give the same amount of cash to her. Amazon purchases for everyone go through my account.

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Perkins said he had given his son a credit card for emergencies or to make purchases for the family's convenience store. 

 

The father is responsible for the charges. 

 

These stories always happen and will continue to happen. Hell even the affluent teen's mom had to go and pay his $2000 strip club bill in Mexico!

Actually the parent is not responisble. It is Unauthorized use.

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Mine does, I just have to give the same amount of cash to her. Amazon purchases for everyone go through my account.

If you can give back what you spent then it isn't a problem

 

Allowing children to use credit card on microtransaction is just dumb, they will think that their parent's wallet is limitless, just give them a debit and it'll be a lot safer

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Actually the parent is not responisble. It is Unauthorized use.

 

Pretty sure there's some fine text somewhere that makes this irrelevant since it was the person's kid.

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this reminds me of someone I know payed $500 on rolling CS cases off his his dad's credit card.

i just hope that one day they get kicked to the curb and can't fend for themselves because mommy isnt there to shell out cash.

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A 17 year old? If I was his parent I'd pay the 8k with the money I saved for his college and would give away both the xbox and the account to a kid I knew to be decent.

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i just hope that one day they get kicked to the curb and can't fend for themselves because mommy isnt there to shell out cash.

 

Dude's 17, in a year max he can be legally kicked out.

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