My son has spent £700 on Xbox Sale!

rossyamaha

Just found out my son has managed to blow £700 on Fifa fucking 18 and looks like they won't refund me. My fault for trusting him. However, need to get rid of anything I can so we can, you know, eat and stuff!

Pics coming tomorrow. All prices shipped. PPG would be hugely appreciated!

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stickyfiddle

You know, your average human being contains 1 heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys, 1 liver, and several pints of blood, which are collectively worth quite a lot on the black market. I'd imagine...

rossyamaha

stickyfiddle said:

You know, your average human being contains 1 heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys, 1 liver, and several pints of blood, which are collectively worth quite a lot on the black market. I'd imagine...

He's 12. Does that mean they would be worth more or less?

antifash

Eating’s cheating. However, I applaud your Fatherly sensibility and sacrifice. GLTWS!

Teyeplayer

Wow...dare I suggest you sell your sons Xbox (and everything else you have ever bought him) first?

rossyamaha

Teyeplayer said:

Wow...dare I suggest you sell your sons Xbox (and everything else you have ever bought him) first?

Thats going up for sale too. Won't get a lot for it even with all the games he has. :-(

Teyeplayer

rossyamaha said:

Teyeplayer said:

Wow...dare I suggest you sell your sons Xbox (and everything else you have ever bought him) first?

Thats going up for sale too. Won't get a lot for it even with all the games he has. :-(

Bet that was a tough conversation to have with your lad -don’t envy you. My piss taking aside hope you get it sorted.

rossyamaha

Teyeplayer said:

rossyamaha said:

Teyeplayer said:

Wow...dare I suggest you sell your sons Xbox (and everything else you have ever bought him) first?

Thats going up for sale too. Won't get a lot for it even with all the games he has. :-(

Bet that was a tough conversation to have with your lad -don’t envy you. My piss taking aside hope you get it sorted.

Yeah it wasn't fun. The house is a somewhat miserable place at the moment. 

Ro_S

a computer game costs £700?

rossyamaha

Ro_S said:

a computer game costs £700?

No but it appears buying players in the virtual world is as expensive as the real world! 

Flink_Poyd

Personally I wouldn't give up on a refund especially for that amount.

https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-digital-refunds-are-awesome

It must be blatantly obvious through your account history that you don't spend that amount.

rossyamaha

Flink_Poyd said:

Personally I wouldn't give up on a refund especially for that amount.

https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-digital-refunds-are-awesome

It must be blatantly obvious through your account history that you don't spend that amount.

Can’t tell you how much hope I’m holding for that to work. 

Flink_Poyd

rossyamaha said:

Flink_Poyd said:

Personally I wouldn't give up on a refund especially for that amount.

https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-digital-refunds-are-awesome

It must be blatantly obvious through your account history that you don't spend that amount.

Can’t tell you how much hope I’m holding for that to work. 

Did I forget to mention the 10% finders fee?
 Its worth a go for £700. I was spitting feathers when my son spent £40

handsomerik

@freakboy1610 you might wanna watch out for this as your boy just got Fifa 18 didn't he?!

I hope you get it all sorted Ross. Sorry I'm not in the market for anything at the moment. 

cruxiform

I feel your pain Ross, my lad did me for £300 on Fifa 17 last year. This year he's earning money by doing chores for me which he can then spend on his own  FIFA points.  

notanon

@rossyamaha ;I think ppl would appreciate an update on any refund outcome.

Ro_S

how come one can incur these extra expenses?  i mean, how does the system allow children to do it?

EricTheWeary

Couple of years ago my son ( so about 14 or 15 at the time)  bought a load of in app purchases for something or other. I’d used my credit card to buy the initial thing and the site stored my details. He knew it was costing money but as there was no immediate consequence he thought he was somehow getting away with it. Weeks later the credit card bill comes through, load of purchases I don’t recognise so I call up the credit card company to say someone is scamming me. Nice lady at the Halifax says she recognises the name of the company, it’s a games company who make
( whateverthefuckitwas) and suddenly the penny drops. 
About £300 which was also about the amount he had in his savings post Xmas and his birthday so we had that off him. Pretty much that or kill him. 

handsomerik

If it was purchased on a credit card wouldn't you have extra protection against this sort of thing?

JerkMoans

That’s more than Wenger spends at Arsenal in a season.

I suspect the young chap has been suitably admonished, but it seems to me that a game that permits such spending must be deliberately geared towards encouraging in-app purchases: a dangerous recipe when it’s also aimed at youngsters. Good luck in your negotiations!

stickyfiddle

JerkMoans said:

I suspect the young chap has been suitably admonished, but it seems to me that a game that permits such spending must be deliberately geared towards encouraging in-app purchases: a dangerous recipe when it’s also aimed at youngsters. Good luck in your negotiations!

Absolutely. It's the way a big chunk of the industry is going, particularly with the stuff made & published by EA (which includes FIFA).