16 year old son spent £500 on online gaming

Flyonthewall

RichL74 wrote: »

What the original post is getting at is that the kids wasted his money on a load of games and the parent is trying to see if there is any way they can claim the money back by making out that every time he clicked the 'buy now' button that it didn't warn him or give him the option to not spend his hard earned.

All this about joining PS+, life lessons and its his money he has earnt it so let him spend it posts are kind of irrelevant.

It was about that and people replied to that saying it does warn you, it was his choice and the OP shouldn't be trying to get money back. However, what's the harm in giving extra advice?

It's not irrelevant. The kid, no doubt, will still want to buy more games and the OP doesn't want this happening again so PS+ is a great option that they may not know about. If he does buy more games the OP needs to understand they can't just keep asking for money back, it does warn you and that it is his money to spend, which is very relevant to the original post of wanting to get money back and lack of warnings.

ragecake

RichL74 wrote: »

What the original post is getting at is that the kids wasted his money on a load of games and the parent is trying to see if there is any way they can claim the money back by making out that every time he clicked the 'buy now' button that it didn't warn him or give him the option to not spend his hard earned.

All this about joining PS+, life lessons and its his money he has earnt it so let him spend it posts are kind of irrelevant.

Actually it does ask you, multiple times,and I pointed that out in my original post, about 3 times actually.

You add it to the cart, you click okay to pay, another okay to choose HOW you pay, and then a final are you sure tihs is how you want to pay?

It's only wasted if he didnt enjoy them.

RichL74

I know it asks you, I too posted that it does if you look at my previous posts, however that is not what I was saying; the OP is trying to make out that it doesnt and wants a way for the kid to get his money back that he has wasted.

If you look I said 'by making out it doesn't ask you' You dont need to tell me or explain to me the intricacies or workings of the PS3 and its store design and payment options, I'm sorry you think you've told me 3 times, but you haven't. I get it.

Anyway this thread is going round in circles.

Takeaway_Addict

duchy wrote: »

I wonder if the responses would be the same if the post was "My daughter spent £500 online on a handbag" ?

Part of been a teenager and earning your own money is spending money on stuff your parents won't buy for you .....then comes the lesson of "was it worth it?" when you want something else .....and that is the beginning of learning to budget. As parents we want to save our kids from making the same mistakes we did....but the reality is we learn more from one mistake of our own and the consequences than a year of good parental advice

Actually I think they would

_Andy_

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vyle

Iain79 wrote: »

Least he not spending it on drinks... and 500 quid is only about 10 games so what the span of months he spending money on?? like Battlefield 3 the game itself about 40 quid.. then expansion pack has come out over the years 5 in total i think so that a good 100 quid... If he plays FIFA 13 utlamate team like me then you can by point to buy packs to get players and then you can list the players to sell (Players stats change evry week in packs) i spent 150 quid on these packs over the lasty year.. im 34 but these packs are very additive but does help you win in online matches to get more coins to buy... could be many reason he spnt the 500 quid.. but if he spent it in one month year maybe you should tell him that it a lot off money.. if it over a year + stopmoaning let him get on with it he 16... he will sooon learn

He might be a lot more than 10 games. Doesn't anybody seem to remember that you can get smaller indie games that are a couple of quid each? It doesn't have to be full scale releases like battlefield or burnout that they buy. if he DOES then he needs a slap because the digital versions of retail games are ridiculously overpriced.

Nada666

A sixteen year old spending £500 on 'whole' games is different from a six year old racking up £500 worth of freemium ware on a phone.

He has experienced a lesson. It is up to him whether he learns from it or not. Many his age or slightly older rack up debts on credit cards. Many spend a hundred pounds per month in coffee shops. You have to face up to how quickly and easily 'only' a few pounds here or there mounts up.

It is better he is scared into learning a lesson now than in a couple of years when it could have been his adult credit record is affected.

GwylimT

If you didn't want him spending his money how he saw fit then why did you give him access to his bank account? Its no easier to buy things in shops, if he had bought £500 worth of games from Asda and then played them would you expect him to get a refund?

Weird_Nev

He earned the money. He knows what it feels like to earn £500 on a paper round. He knows what the "value" of the games he bought is in comparison to that.

He'll either be thankful for learning an important lesson on the value of things, or else he'll be really angry that his mum isn't letting him make his own decisions with the money he's earned.

As for Sony making it too easy? Shops aren't shops any more, and you don't have to feel the notes leave your hand to know you're spending it. That's important to learn too, because it's only going to get worse with paypal, smart wallets, debits linked to mobile phone accounts, pay pass and many other new methods to buy things without it even feeling like you're spending money.

sharpy2010

I can't see the problem? The young lad has worked hard to earn money, then he's bought and used some products that he wanted, with the money that he earned. This is how the world works.

I don't see how there is ANY problem AT ALL here?

Other than a "lets blame someone else" parent, that is.