I've seen this before I'd sy make em pay

This story is 4 months old and I remember when it first happened that it was discussed here. The universal opinion seemed to be that it was the result of lazy parenting and that the money should not have been refunded. Some even said that it was probably the parents who did it and are just using the kid as a way to get out of it.'She got a statement and saw there were more than 100 purchases on iTunes for between £1.50 and £75, from the middle of January and the beginning of this month.'We received no emails alerting us to what was happening.'Mr Rowland-Fry said it is too easy for children to buy additional items without being asked for any more details to confirm the purchase.They went 2 months without balancing their checking account and seeing the purchases. They disabled purchase notifications in the iTunes Store (the default is that you are sent a receipt every time you buy something). They turned off the password in their iTunes Store (the default is that it asks for a password when making an in-app purchase).The parents are at fault because this is not a matter of ignorance to the way these things work, this is somebody going in and manually changing defaults.Yes, I am aware that you make a purchase and it stays for a few minutes but even then the parents authorized a payment and for this amount to have racked up? They turned off the password protection.

Yeah this was a while ago :lol: I know your from the land down under but i didn't realise you guys were soo far behind on certain things http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/daspares/Daspares/Emoticon38.gif

S'what those parents get for giving kids technology, that I never got when I was kid. :P

NeoSEC28 wrote:Yeah this was a while ago :lol: I know your from the land down under but i didn't realise you guys were soo far behind on certain things http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/daspares/Daspares/Emoticon38.gifLOL if I remember correctly, you were the one who said it was the parent's who did it. You even have a running joke where you will say "I'll just say my kid did it!"So now people who weren't around for this discussion will know what that means, lol.

And that's why parents need to monitor their kids when they are online

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NeoSEC28
12 years ago
subii42 wrote:
P.s she has to ask us now to download games for her and she doesnt know the password and there is a block on in app purchases.

We done that before we even let our kids near any of the apple devices!
maegnificent
12 years ago
lissarv68 wrote:
This story is 4 months old and I remember when it first happened that it was discussed here. The universal opinion seemed to be that it was the result of lazy parenting and that the money should not have been refunded. Some even said that it was probably the parents who did it and are just using the kid as a way to get out of it.

They went 2 months without balancing their checking account and seeing the purchases. They disabled purchase notifications in the iTunes Store (the default is that you are sent a receipt every time you buy something). They turned off the password in their iTunes Store (the default is that it asks for a password when making an in-app purchase).

The parents are at fault because this is not a matter of ignorance to the way these things work, this is somebody going in and manually changing defaults.

Yes, I am aware that you make a purchase and it stays for a few minutes but even then the parents authorized a payment and for this amount to have racked up? They turned off the password protection.

+1 :thumbup:
lissarv68
12 years ago
Pixxxa wrote:
I wonder if all these parents have learned their lessons... A game device is not an adequate sitter for their children! Parental controls have been available for what, 15 years or more? A month is an awfully long time to remain clueless to what your child is doing on the internet.

2 months.

Unlike the example that Subil posted, these parents took steps to allow this to happen. It wasn't a case of not knowing and knowing better next time.

It's why we determined the parents racked up the bill and saw that a girl had made this claim and got refunded so they said "us too!!" Remember? There was a huge fuss about a girl before this one racking up a large bill on "My Little Pony" and she got refunded. Then suddenly there were more parents making the same claims.
subii42
12 years ago
NeoSEC28 wrote:
subii42 wrote:
P.s she has to ask us now to download games for her and she doesnt know the password and there is a block on in app purchases.

We done that before we even let our kids near any of the apple devices!

TBH in app purchases were def not in our mind when we let her play childs games.

And theres will be thousands of parents in the same boat.
lissarv68
12 years ago
ecneralc wrote:
NeoSEC28 wrote:
subii42 wrote:
P.s she has to ask us now to download games for her and she doesnt know the password and there is a block on in app purchases.

We done that before we even let our kids near any of the apple devices!

I'm the only one that uses my phone and I have it setup that I have to enter a password every time I make an app purchase even when the app is free it asks for the password. I've had it setup like this forever.

The first thing I did when I got an iPad (I was the first one in our family to get a device that allows in-app purchases) was tie it to a gift card. I've always been concerned about accidental purchases but even more concerned about giving access to my checking account!

I even have what I call my "online account". It is a second banking account that I use for any online purchases, I transfer the money I need into it. I don't like giving anybody my main account details.

I also carefully review every email notification I get for purchases to make sure I did make them.

I'm not very trusting, lol.
icomefromcows
12 years ago
I saw this a while back, bad boy
subii42
12 years ago
I def think we r mostly to blame for it, but 1 thing i have to say is some of these things aimed at children are rediculously priced, i.e. its like EA putting in a new premium character for 2400 donuts. And i know companys have to make some sort of money thats scandelous.
NeoSEC28
12 years ago
ecneralc wrote:
NeoSEC28 wrote:
subii42 wrote:
P.s she has to ask us now to download games for her and she doesnt know the password and there is a block on in app purchases.

We done that before we even let our kids near any of the apple devices!

I'm the only one that uses my phone and I have it setup that I have to enter a password every time I make an app purchase even when the app is free it asks for the password. I've had it setup like this forever.

Same here :) :lol:
maegnificent
12 years ago
NeoSEC28 wrote:
ecneralc wrote:
NeoSEC28 wrote:
subii42 wrote:
P.s she has to ask us now to download games for her and she doesnt know the password and there is a block on in app purchases.

We done that before we even let our kids near any of the apple devices!

I'm the only one that uses my phone and I have it setup that I have to enter a password every time I make an app purchase even when the app is free it asks for the password. I've had it setup like this forever.

Same here :) :lol:

Ditto! It boggles my mind that people will hand a expensive tablet with no password controls to their very young kids and be surprised when things go wrong
emmcee1
12 years ago
I just couldn't Beleive it