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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill on mother's debit card playing XBox online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... nline.html

Apologies for using the Daily Fail website.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Here we go. Daily Fail says "evil internetz corrupting our children".
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
haha look a the picture, he looks like dennis the menace :lol:
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
How is this anyone's fault other than the child's*?

and of course the parent for a) entering her card details and b) not supervising the child and/or her bank statements.
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
"I know, I think I'll trust an 11-year-old with my debit card." :roll:

Supervision, supervision, supervision....
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Linux_User wrote:
How is this anyone's fault other than the child's*?

and of course the parent for a) entering her card details and b) not supervising the child and/or her bank statements.

It was the fact that the machines online account retained the details that allowed him to buy all those extras.
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Amnesia10 wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
How is this anyone's fault other than the child's*?

and of course the parent for a) entering her card details and b) not supervising the child and/or her bank statements.

It was the fact that the machines online account retained the details that allowed him to buy all those extras.

And yet the facts remain:

  • The child bought the extras, not the X-box.
  • The parent both failed to supervise the child and monitor her bank statements for 6 months!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Linux_User wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
How is this anyone's fault other than the child's*?

and of course the parent for a) entering her card details and b) not supervising the child and/or her bank statements.

It was the fact that the machines online account retained the details that allowed him to buy all those extras.

And yet the facts remain:

  • The child bought the extras, not the X-box.
  • The parent both failed to supervise the child and monitor her bank statements for 6 months!

Not denying either of these. I think that she will have to pay these her self and stop his pocket money for several years. Though how many check every single transaction. I do not until I get around to reconciling my computer accounts with my bank statements. Until then I just check the overall balance to see if I am not over spending.
Author:  jonlumb [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
Yeah, if the kid had managed to rack up a grand in a month, they might have some sort of argument. But anyone who hasn't checked their bank statements in 6 months is just retarded.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boy, 11, racks up £1,000 bill playing XBox online
brataccas wrote:
haha look a the picture, he looks like dennis the menace :lol:


He looks like he’s on track to being winched by a crane into a coffin at the age of 30. That £1000 of XBox content indicates more than just a parental fail at the XBox & bank account level.
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