7 year old daughter accidentally run up £250 bill for itunes app? *Now updated*

hubert_cumberdale

phone them up and say you lost your phone

kwikbreaks

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

phone them up and say you lost your phone

Real smart advice that - probably get a free 6 month holiday pleasuring her majesty as well as not clearing the debt.

robt_2

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Real smart advice that - probably get a free 6 month holiday pleasuring her majesty as well as not clearing the debt.

Especially as it wasn't on a phone anyway, it was an iPad :rotfl:

hubert_cumberdale

i failed lol

enigma52

didn't think 7 year olds were legally responsible for anything, so demand a refund.

robt_2

enigma52 wrote: »

didn't think 7 year olds were legally responsible for anything, so demand a refund.

Don't be daft.

The account holder is responsible for its usage - and they gave the password to the seven year old to use.

angelsmomma

Thanks op for bringing this to my attention. I had not thought about this happening and my son could so easily do this. I have just been into my itunes account and removed my card details.

BillTrac

amcluesent wrote: »

Another reason only to use £10 or £15 vouchers for iTunes. There's far too many examples of iTunes being hacked/phished and peeps credit cards being used to purchase £££s of apps.

Exactly what I do. Only ever have a max of £15 at any one time. If I want something dearer then I put more on.

No way would I put any of my card details on there....:eek:

elisebutt65

Never mind the ins and outs of passwords etc there is a thread running on the Apple Forums about this and Apple have been giving refunds for this sort of thing

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2589575&tstart=30&start=15

Even if you didn't give your daughter the password she can still buy via the app (in app purchase) without the password and there are very few warnings given that are understandable by children.

I have in-app purchases disabled on my iphone and my DS has his own Touch but only uses vouchers so if he spends it all, then he has to wait until the next birthday/Xmas/me feeling flush occasion(which is rare than birthday/Xmas)

One of the main sticking points is that the in-app purchase option is switched on at the time of purchase and it does take a bit of hunting down via the settings IF you already know about it - not many people bother to read all the way through the manual

eslick

http://news.yahoo.com/video/chicagocbs2-15750637/pop-ups-enticing-kids-to-spend-money-parents-say-23707317

one game charging $99 to purchase these credits