12-year-old runs up $1,300 FarmVille debt

L.Jenkins · 13-04-2010 2:25pm

Now if the mother is going to be a fucking eijit, then the child isn't to blame. Like Borat once said, it's like giving monkeys guns, just isn't safe!

old_aussie · 13-04-2010 2:34pm

They say a fool and her money are soon separated.

Stupid women, I needed a good laugh.

Shivers26 · 13-04-2010 2:36pm

opinion guy wrote: »

Well to be fair I think it would be pretty easy to lift a credit card from a purse when you are distracted and most 11 year olds probably can get online without you knowing. Either when you are out, when in school, when in a friends house. Less of the judgy-judgy maybe eh ?

My 11 year old wouldn't dare touch my purse without my knowledge. Internet access is very restricted in school and his creche so no worries there. My credit card is pretty much always maxed out anyway so not too much of a worry for me that himself will go wild spending on it

Point is, supervise the little angels or look what they are capable of doing.

MrPain · 13-04-2010 2:37pm

Shivers26 wrote: »

Point is, supervise the little sh1ts

You sound like a wonderful mother

Shivers26 · 13-04-2010 2:40pm

Shivers26 wrote: »

Point is, supervise the little angels or look what they are capable of doing.

There, I fixed my post

The_Minister · 13-04-2010 2:42pm

I don't see wy people are so hard on the mother - if I had wanted to nick my mum's CC and buy stuff, even at that age, I could have.

NothingMan · 13-04-2010 2:43pm

bazmaiden wrote: »

Do you think kids should be aloud on Fb?

no

In all fairness I blame this particulat spelling error on Girls Aloud. Their fans just aren't clever enough to understand the play on words. Obviously the OP is a massive Girls Aloud fan.

Morlar · 13-04-2010 2:44pm

NothingMan wrote: »

massive Girls Aloud fan.

If ever there was anything that shouldn't be aloud it's them.

NothingMan · 13-04-2010 2:46pm

Morlar wrote: »

If ever there was anything that shouldn't be aloud it's them.

+1, I find them much more tolerable with the mute on.

opinion guy · 13-04-2010 2:48pm

Shivers26 wrote: »

My 11 year old wouldn't dare touch my purse without my knowledge. Internet access is very restricted in school and his creche so no worries there. My credit card is pretty much always maxed out anyway so not too much of a worry for me that himself will go wild spending on it

Point is, supervise the little angels or look what they are capable of doing.

Your 11 year old goes to a creche ???

Warper · 13-04-2010 2:52pm

m@cc@ wrote: »

At the same time, how simple must the 12-year-old be? I'd like to think I had a concept of money at that age.

This kid knows all about the concept of money. After all he used someone elses money to buy what he wanted - he will go far.

Sykk · 13-04-2010 2:53pm

AAAAAAaaahahahahahahahahahhahhaha

inforfun · 13-04-2010 2:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Why all the restriction? Just get a program to block the bad sites and let him surf in peace.. You sound way too overprotective.

I am not disagreeing with you but lets not forget that most 11 year olds know their way around a pc way better than their parents ever will.
So keeping an eye on the kid might not be the worst idea.

Keeping your credit card close to you too...

we'llallhavetea_old · 13-04-2010 3:01pm

i think the child is a little bollocks.

and facebook should take some blame too, the credit card should match the name on the account.

opinion guy · 13-04-2010 3:03pm

generalmiaow wrote: »

You do need to let them explore but that software usually blocks mainly pornography, which is less of a concern for an 11 year old, it's more the worry that they will accidentally post their address on the internet or something, or find After Hours and start saying yore ma all the time.

Actually i disagree with this. For one thing i think 11 year olds are plenty aware of sex. If I recall correctly in my primary school we had already had sex ed classes by this stage (thou we had already heard of sex of course - i don't want to give the impression the sex ed was to early - it wasn't, it was timely i woudl say), and some of the kids had porno mags obtained from older siblings (of course the kids with older siblings were even more aware of sex than those without)
Anyhow - the point is. i think that this is exactly the age to be worried about that stuff. This is the age where they know a bit and are likely to be becoming more curious and possibly searching the next for stuff. And also an age where they are very impressionable and most likely to be affected by things they see i would think.

cynder · 13-04-2010 3:03pm

I have a 10 year old with a facebook account. Her dad is a software developer and keeps tabs on her movements not only on face book but other sites. She knows she isnt allowed to buy the farmville money she has asked and i explained it to her (that it is a rip-off). She also goes on to My zoo, fish ville and yoville. She only has relatives as friends.

I personally don't think facebook is bad, it depends on the person using it and how stupid they are. You control all your settings, don't add friends you don't know, control who sees your info and also photos.

opinion guy · 13-04-2010 3:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Why all the restriction? Just get a program to block the bad sites and let him surf in peace.. You sound way too overprotective.

In all fairness.... you're biased :P

Vegeta · 13-04-2010 3:11pm

My Mam is the max level on farmville. Never spent a penny on it though

Sanjuro · 13-04-2010 3:11pm

Jesus. At that age, I had to clean the garden or wash the car to get paid enough to buy a Malibu Barbie GI Joe action figure. My parents would have laughed me out of the house if I asked to use their credit card. Some parents are idots raising idiot kids.

Dravokivich · 13-04-2010 3:16pm

grindelwald wrote: »

I have a 10 year old with a facebook account. Her dad is a software developer and keeps tabs on her movements not only on face book but other sites. She knows she isnt allowed to buy the farmville money she has asked and i explained it to her (that it is a rip-off). She also goes on to My zoo, fish ville and yoville. She only has relatives as friends.

I personally don't think facebook is bad, it depends on the person using it and how stupid they are. You control all your settings, don't add friends you don't know, control who sees your info and also photos.

Alot of my younger cousins have been signed up to it by my auntie as well, only with relatives as "friends" but sure alot of em are so young and probably only seen me once or twice, they wouldn't know who I am.

I'm kind of curious though... well... in regards to how my auntie might be explaining some of my status updates... hmm... might advise her on how to set it as "hidden"...

we'llallhavetea_old · 13-04-2010 3:19pm

a neighbour has her 6/7 yr old signed up to facebook. i think its retarded.

NothingMan · 13-04-2010 3:21pm

grindelwald wrote: »

She only has relatives as friends.

My 7 year old niece has added me about 20 times and I keep ignoring her. I don't want her seeing all the sordid sh1t I do through my status updates and tagged photos. I'm what's known as a filterless facebooker.

Shivers26 · 13-04-2010 3:25pm

opinion guy wrote: »

Your 11 year old goes to a creche ???

It's an after school club technically. Its all school age children. Obviously I need somebody to watch him and prevent him racking up massive debts through online gaming while I am at work

opinion guy · 13-04-2010 3:39pm

Shivers26 wrote: »

It's an after school club technically. Its all school age children. Obviously I need somebody to watch him and prevent him racking up massive debts through online gaming while I am at work

Well ok I can see the need, but is he like 5 years older than all the other kids ?

Michaelrsh · 13-04-2010 3:41pm

gavredking wrote: »

Priceless :pac:

Farmville Strawberries: 10 coins
Farmville Wheat: 35 coins
Limited Farmville Lotus flower: 160 coin
Making a complete idiot of yourself all over the media by showing how addicted you are to a game: Priceless.

There's some things money can't buy, for everything else there's Wastercard.

BoB_BoT · 13-04-2010 3:48pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i think the child is a little bollocks.

and facebook should take some blame too, the credit card should match the name on the account.

Why should facebook take any of the blame? You can book flights using other peoples credit cards, certainly never a problem when the family name is the same. I'm not even sure if facebook process the payments, I think it's Zyanga.

If an unauthorised person uses my credit card, it's theft. Her son stole from her, plain and simple. If he took 20 euro in cash and bought sweets in a shop (eats the sweets), she then finds out, would you expect the shop keeper to refund her the money? Same principal here.

If she really did think it was her sons fault, she wouldn't have went blabbing on about it. It's her own fault for not keeping an eye on her own credit card and not raising her son right. Maybe it'll teach her a lesson.

13-04-2010 3:49pm

tech77 wrote: »

Where were you booking flights to when you were 12?

Flying to meet this girl I met online.. It ended up being a 47yr old man but he was nice.

Shivers26 · 13-04-2010 3:53pm

opinion guy wrote: »

Well ok I can see the need, but is he like 5 years older than all the other kids ?

Um no, they take children up to age 12 and there are a good few around his age.
You're awfully interested in my sons childminding arrangements

Ticktactoe · 13-04-2010 4:06pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

a neighbour has her 6/7 yr old signed up to facebook. i think its retarded.

I agree completely. Ive been told they were signed up so that they could use farmville and other games. Then when you post a status update with some 'funny' language in it, the mammies turn around on facebook and post 'watch your language as there are children on this'.

I am no longer becoming friends with children (or mammies) who can't handle the word f*ck.... :mad:

13-04-2010 4:07pm

NothingMan wrote: »

My 7 year old niece has added me about 20 times and I keep ignoring her. I don't want her seeing all the sordid sh1t I do through my status updates and tagged photos. I'm what's known as a filterless facebooker.

You realise it takes about two minutes to set up a group of people and make it so that they cant see whatever you don't want them to see..

12-year-old runs up $1,300 FarmVille debt

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