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can someone tell me how to find out what these extra charges are

sitcom321
sitcom321 Posts: 386 Forumite
in Mobiles
I might be being stupid here but can someone help. my daughter has o2 contract unlimited calls/texts/2gb data allowance but keeps going over her limit and this month is ridiculous she says she doesn't download games from facebook only from iTunes and then the free games only. so what is facebooki in game purchase?? what can you purchase from facebook I thought it was social networking but then who am I?? def not a techno for sure

14 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 18 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 18 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 25 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 26 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 26 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 26 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases5.000 28 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases4.170 28 Jun 13FacebookIn Game Purchases6.250Total cost £45.42

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  • want_to_save
    want_to_save Posts: 403 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    she is probably playing one of the facebook games something like candy crush or something like that, it may be for gold coins or extra lives
  • rickysaving
    rickysaving Posts: 20 Forumite
    edited 30 July 2013 at 7:10PM
    Basically she has a game which is socially connected to facebook with additional 'in app' purchases possible. E.g. Spend 69p and get 5 more lives to play the game again instead of waiting 3 hours
    Saving for House deposit.
    £2,050 / £10,000 - so far :j
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    In game purchase means a purchase of an extra within the game users buy extra levels or muppets .

    <<<I thought it was social networking >>>
    Nope its essentially an advertising platform .

    jje
  • sitcom321
    sitcom321 Posts: 386 Forumite
    Bloody hell didnt realise you could buy stuff for games
  • sdduk
    sdduk Posts: 1,441 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    sitcom321 wrote: »
    Bloody hell didnt realise you could buy stuff for games

    Yes the game may be free but if you need to get on higher levels on Facebook games quicker you have to pay.
    Nobody is Perfect. I am Nobody, therefore I am Perfect.
    :)
  • ZhugeEX
    ZhugeEX Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Dat monetisation!

    This is what's wrong with the games industry right now.
  • albionrovers
    albionrovers Posts: 2,028 Forumite
    ZhugeEX wrote: »
    Dat monetisation!

    This is what's wrong with the games industry right now.

    Eh? Programmers need paying. Do you think they should work for free?
  • Cycrow
    Cycrow Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    albionrovers wrote: »
    Eh? Programmers need paying. Do you think they should work for free?

    some people do truly believe that games should be free and anyone making them should also do it for free
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