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Six year old girl runs up massive iPod Touch bill, parents blame iPod.

Link/Video.

Who gives a six year old an iPod with the WiFi turned on, credit card info already stored, gets them a game that uses real money, and then whines when the kid goes to town? Not only that but someone complaining about money when they bought an iPod for every member of the family (5) seems a bit odd to me. Either way I raged pretty good when I saw this.

I don't think it was a glitch either. If it just stored the pass code for 15 minutes than the kids were sitting waiting for parents to enter the code than going to town which again, puts the kids at fault.

Your credit card details are logged with iTunes not the ipod itself. To make a "purchase" you have to type in a passcode which clearly the parents hold and the daughter is not privvy to.

But the problem is that once entered once the code remains active for 15 minutes and you are not requested to give it again during that time regardless of the size of the following transactions. I mean who has heard of this? I certainly haven't.

I don't think it is the parent's fault really, they've been tricked and or caught out by badly thought out or maliciously intended software. They were taking reasonable precautions given the circumstances IMO. This idea that once the code is entered you can have a purchasing free for all for 15 minutes seems poorly thought out That there are applications encouraging you to pay hundred of dollars for nothing at all (apart from some fictional 'stars' to use in a game) is clearly designed to exploit the unwary. It's absurd, most applications for the iPod cost a matter of dollars at most, there's only one reason some are designed to get you to pay hundreds and I think it's the same thinking as premium rate phoneline scams.

This is totally Apple's fault, and not a ham-fisted attempt to get out of paying the bill.

I love the title, of

Pop-Ups Enticing Kids To Spend Money, Parents Say

Yes, because children have credit cards and a source of income... or giving your credit card details to your children is a well thought out idea.

I share your rage.

I also love the statement of 'Who would spend that, on a cartoon'. As if the company should monitor what people are spending on their service, like it's their fault for not stepping in.

WHY CAN'T PEOPLE ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS!

It's apples fault! Cause I hate apple.

People always try to shove their bs gadgets down my throat.

Man that sucks. I wouldnt blame the parents strait off the bat though. The code is valid for 15minutes? Thats gak. I know from seeing my kids play games on the PC, that in 15minutes they can clear 5 games or more. That would be alot of money

Holding the cc # in memory for a few minutes makes sense, if people normally shop Itunes a song at a time. I'd hate to have to enter it five times if I was browsing the Itunes shop, picked out one song, bought it, then browsed some more, picked out another one, etc.

I lean toward's Ahtman's view on this one. Stupid parents to be giving the kid their cc to play with.

I really cant get past the fact that they ALL had to have an iPod touch. Really, who the hell gets that for little kids?

My neice's daughter has an Ipod and a phone. She is 4. My neice is a total idiot. Children need adults spending time with them either playing or yelling at them. Not Ipods and phones and gak.

Khornholio wrote:My neice's daughter has an Ipod and a phone. She is 4. My neice is a total idiot. Children need adults spending time with them either playing or yelling at them. Not Ipods and phones and gak.

Didn't you know that phones are now programmed to watch kids so that parents can ignore their children even when a television is not nearby?

Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Slarg232 wrote:Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Just make sure that they don't get too smart for their own good. Those cheeky s will build an atomic bomb right underneath you if your not careful.

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Just make sure that they don't get too smart for their own good. Those cheeky s will build an atomic bomb right underneath you if your not careful.

I wouldn't mind if they built an Atomic Bomb as long as they built a Fat Man to fire it from

Slarg232 wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Just make sure that they don't get too smart for their own good. Those cheeky s will build an atomic bomb right underneath you if your not careful.

I wouldn't mind if they built an Atomic Bomb as long as they built a Fat Man to fire it from

I guess they could put it in there:

You know, if you read the top of the yellow shirt and then the green shirt on the right it reads "I beat the Irish".

Emperors Faithful wrote:You know, if you read the top of the yellow shirt and then the green shirt on the right it reads "I beat the Irish".

Well...Oil...Beef...Hooked. You're right.

It actually says "I beat e the irish"

You mean this guy?

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2007/06/28/va1237254113429/Premier-Peter-Beattie-5545445.jpg


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Taken all together you have "I beat (th?)e Irish Anorexia". Damn Irish and their Anorexia.

Its all those potatoes I tell ya *shakes fist*

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Just make sure that they don't get too smart for their own good. Those cheeky s will build an atomic bomb right underneath you if your not careful.

I wouldn't mind if they built an Atomic Bomb as long as they built a Fat Man to fire it from

No man, a Fat Man from Fallout

Man Held Tactical Nuke Launcher

Slarg232 wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:Indeed, I am a very technological dude. But my kids are going to be cut off from consoles until they are at least 12-14.

And no phones, they won't have anyone to call.


Nope, I am handing my kids a Guitar, Legos, and.... a cookbook when they become eight, if not sooner.

Just make sure that they don't get too smart for their own good. Those cheeky s will build an atomic bomb right underneath you if your not careful.

I wouldn't mind if they built an Atomic Bomb as long as they built a Fat Man to fire it from

No man, a Fat Man from Fallout

Man Held Tactical Nuke Launcher

You play too many vidja games. Time to come back to reality.


Well, the reality presented by the intarwebs, anyway...

KingCracker wrote:Its all those potatoes I tell ya *shakes fist*

As an Irishman I find this cultural stereotyping highly offensive.

Plus you shouldn't mock potatoes. They're incredibly versatile.

Platuan4th wrote:You play too many vidja games. Time to come back to reality.


Well, the reality presented by the intarwebs, anyway...

I reject your reality and substitute my own

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