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30 cases, $4,000.
She got her money back after making a stink in the media.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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I don’t think that company regularly gets orders that big, do they? Maybe when getting a large order, they should contact the buyer to confirm it.
there should be a regulation that businesses who sell to minors over the internet are liable for the mistake. They're the ones who benefit from such easy ordering, and this is a foreseeable consequence of that.
That's just asking to have online shopping become much harder, requiring more identity verification than just having a credit card and an address. Which is maybe beneficial overall; it would cut down on fraud, but I doubt it would be a popular change.
I'm honestly pro-anything-that-reduces-consumption. This would reduce consumption because it would make people consider their purchases more.
How? For all they know the mother bought them. That's what the billing and shipping info says.
There should be a regulation that if you don't secure a device that is later used in a way you don't want because of lack of said security, you are shit out of luck. - ftfy
It's not the fault of the business because your pin code is 1234 (or non-existent). People need to figure shit out. If a child grabs your car keys and then crashes the family sedan, it's not Toyota's fault; same thing.
IDK what the fuck kind of settings people have on their phones to allow anyone with access to it to do that?
Any action that requires a payment or money transfer on my phone also requires authentication, and I'm not even sure I can disable that.
But maybe that's because I'm in EU?
Imagine having 4000 of available credit in this economy
But maybe that's because I'm in EU?
~~Enabled by default as far as I can tell.~~ I don't know anyone whose kid has done something like this and there's no way none of them tried.
Nevermind, I see that it was Amazon so I went and checked the app (not a frequent Amazon shopper). No verification, you can just click Buy Now
No verification, you can just click Buy Now
I don't think that's possible here, Are you in USA? IDK if it's EU or because I'm in Denmark.
We had it some years back, but our available payments systems have increased security since.
I don't think it's a good idea to have purchases drawn from you account with no security. And I don't think it should be legal.
Yes, USA. I was thinking of Google Play purchases when I first left the comment (which definitely has confirmation)
It's Denmark. I live in Germany and Amazon doesn't require authentication when buying something. Maybe I turned it off at some point but I doubt it
OK then it's our payment systems that don't allow it. Probably by law?
When you cross the Great Belt toll bridge in Denmark, you can pay with the universal "Dankort" without authentication, but they have a special permission/agreement for that.
I don't use Amazon, but on Steam we used to be able to make unauthorized payments, but that is not possible anymore last I tried.
I actually considered trying it to see for sure, but I can't think of anything worthwhile to buy right now.
Jesus, how many friends does this fucking kid have?
A shitload more now.
Or none because he didn’t follow through.
Yeah, I was thinking kids young enough to do this are young enough to hate the disappointment more than respect the effort.
At least they aren’t blaming the immigrants for no candy
LaFavers said she was changing some settings on her phone to make sure there's never another surprise ~~delivery~~ candy crush at home.
C'mon guys, that joke was easier than taking credit card information from a single parent
LaFavers doesn’t want her kid doing the favors for other kids.
Let the boy have them
but that's all he gets to eat until he finishes them
Dental plan
Lisa needs braces
Per my quick research, 1 Dum Dum is about 25 calories, if we assume he eats 1500 calories per day, he'd die of malnutrition before he finished eating them over 3 years.
Kid's been brought up right, sharing with his friends. Very kind
ABC couldn’t just have said “found herself in a tough spot”, absolutely had to shoehorn “sticky” in with a pile driver
The story isn't finished!
Did the kid end up having his sucky carnival‽
Phrasing!