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12 year old 'unwittingly' runs up £1,150 bill on Xbox Live

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  • #32
    Father Damo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Father Damo


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    how the Fe*ck .... is this council worker the ONLY person who doesn't get a monthly credit card bill ??


    With the amount of junk mails for special offers banks send these days I dont even bother opening my mail if I see its from the bank.


  • #33
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    And I bet this little kid has also been bought call of duty? Seems like under 13 year olds is the majority of the players.

    Sh1t parenting all round these days!:rolleyes:


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Augmerson wrote: »
    The kid was spending 5.99 a month to play on Xbox Live? Is there not a subscription for a year? Yeah it'd cost more than 5.99 but it would all work out in the end. Anyway, I doubt the kid 'unwittingly' ran up the bill. At 12, playing with his friends on the net and possibly with ones at school, would have understood the mechanics of the game.

    5.99 is what it is going through XBL. Year-long subscriptions can be bought for less than £40 last time I checked.


  • #35
    Doff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭Doff


    Serves him right for letting the Xbox babysit his son, He should sell the kids Xbox and TV along with other stuff to raise money. Then he should spend more time with his son. Kid knew what he was doing. What extra guns can you buy in COD anyway?


  • #36
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,192 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    Augmerson wrote: »
    The kid was spending 5.99 a month to play on Xbox Live? Is there not a subscription for a year? Yeah it'd cost more than 5.99 but it would all work out in the end. Anyway, I doubt the kid 'unwittingly' ran up the bill. At 12, playing with his friends on the net and possibly with ones at school, would have understood the mechanics of the game.

    Kids, even at age 12 tend to be smarter than their parents with technology. I'd say he knew exactly what he was at.


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  • #37
    kierank01
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    Doff wrote: »
    What extra guns can you buy in COD anyway?

    kid thinking on his feet i'd say


  • #38
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Saul-Goode9 wrote: »
    Their description of the games is hilarious

    Yeah, I wanna buy those weapons!!! How the fook do I get them?

    Seriously, if this kid was buying avatar products, which it probably was, I'm gonna laugh my ass off.

    I find it funny how the dad is blaming Xbox for the kid having a regular account set up rather than a minors account, which has all the things he suggests. Whose fault is that really?

    £5.99 a month for Live? I pay €50 for the year, and that's a lot. Why do parents do the monthly sub for their kids?

    I'm thinking the kid was trying to buy "hax" using MS points.


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    Nik Ghera thought he was using up game points to 'improve' his characters
    However he was actually purchasing an 'online currency' which charged his dad's credit card

    What dinosaur wrote this drivel? An 'online currency'...Wooooohhhhh!!!!


  • #40
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    minidazzler wrote: »
    £5.99 a month for Live? I pay €50 for the year, and that's a lot. Why do parents do the monthly sub for their kids?

    :eek: damn right that's a lot, try ~€37 for 14 months

    anyway, the kid knew what he was doing. expensive lazy parenting bill


  • #41
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Good parenting from the dad :rolleyes:


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  • #42
    Tombi!
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    Kids know what they're doing. Bad parent is bad.

    Just to add, it's not Microsoft's fault at all. It's the parent's fault. You're letting a 12 year old kid play a game where it's about killing people and the kid can't even tell what a fooking credit card is used for and how to use it. I'd say it'a parental issue.


  • #43
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    I blame the video game - They're proven to turn children violet and now they can add thieves to the list!!!


  • #44
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Because of Nik, the lying little b0llocks, we have to endure more 'the evils of video games' nonsense!

    Game face, Sam! FFS.


  • #45
    bonzodog2
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    Oranage2 wrote: »
    I blame the video game - They're proven to turn children violet and now they can add thieves to the list!!!

    If it washes off in the shower, no harm done eh?


  • #46
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    It is the dailymail :rolleyes:


  • #47
    meoklmrk91
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    Wouldn't be surprised if microsoft stepped in and offered to cover the bill as a good will sort of thing. Pretty much every young lad has an Xbox so can't be upsetting the parents. Seriously though the kid knew I exactly what he was doing, and I think it would be far better if microsoft didn't step in and taught people a lesson. I love how everytime something like this happens the parents come out and blame the company, maybe if they were are little more involved in their children's lives **** like this wouldn't happen, I know so many children who spend every waking moment in their rooms on their own, and have to be dragged out if th room for meals etc.


  • #48
    Micky Dolenz
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    Xbox is shite.


  • #49
    Dartz
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    Riamfada wrote: »
    Daddy gives son credit card, massive bills everyone else's fault but his.

    Not really. Parents need to sleep, after all. I 'borrowed' my parents card and they didn't figure it out until the bill came and they couldn't explain some of the charges.....

    I lied. They assumed the card details had been stolen somehow.

    Parent's just trying to get out of the bill for not paying attention. Kid should be arrested for theft/fraud.....


  • #50
    B.A._Baracus
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    How did that kid run up a £1,150 bill anyways!!! :eek:

    He must of downloaded everything he saw. Sure most new Arcade titles are 1200 ms points (something like 14 euro) .. unless he was buying 'games on demand' from Live.... probably the case.


    Stupid kid.
    But then again, we're all guilty of doing stupid things when we were younger.


  • #51
    Orim
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    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    How did that kid run up a £1,150 bill anyways!!! :eek:

    EA has a system where you can buy player packs for your fantasy team. It's a random system and you can spend as much as you want.


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  • #52
    FlapsOfDoom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭FlapsOfDoom


    Orim wrote: »
    EA has a system where you can buy player packs for your fantasy team. It's a random system and you can spend as much as you want.
    in order to do that on Xbox Live though, you need to buy MS points first where it clearly states how much they cost.


  • #53
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,545 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Kid's a genius if you ask me. Fooling his dad into thinking he unwittingly purchased microsoft points and accidently ran up his credit card bill. Obviously the dad doesn't know much about X Box so it was easy for the kid to lie. Using his dad's ignorance against him.

    On the otherhand, maybe the dad is the one who is lying and is just trying to get out of paying the bill.


  • #54
    LH Pathe
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    Orim wrote: »
    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    How did that kid run up a £1,150 bill anyways!!! :eek:

    EA has a system where you can buy player packs for your fantasy team. It's a random system and you can spend as much as you want.

    you can spend much as you want alright, but randomness always seemed limited to 30% of the available roster to me - on the ps3.

    XBox sucks.. If it's not modified for the games to cost you squat. Still sucks, but just it's that much cheaper then - wouldn't use one online cos they milk it. Kids' device, designed to exploit kids n that's rich...


  • #55
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,245 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    I'm sure the kid knew what he was doing :rolleyes: (stupid kid) But its been said before about Microsoft and their "points" system. In that its a trick of sorts. While on Sony's PSN (playstation 3 network) They list prices as they are. €4.99, €19.99 etc.

    To quote the Wikipedia link:

    "Microsoft is obscuring the true cost of this content. A song on Zune typically costs 79 Microsoft Points, which, yes, is about 99 cents. But it seems to be less because it's just 79 Points."
    "To buy even a single 99-cent song from the Zune store, you have to purchase blocks of 'points' from Microsoft, in increments of at least $5. You can’t just click and have the 99 cents deducted from a credit card, as you can with iTunes. So, even if you are buying only one song, you have to allow Microsoft to hold on to at least $4.01 of your money until you buy another."


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