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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pembroke-xbox-bill-8000-1.3397534
lmao, i find it mindboggling that the dad believes his teenage son didn't know that every purchase he was making didn't cost money. they don't exactly beat around the bush in EA's sports games to warn you that you're using real cash. i assume he was buying booster packs for FIFA Ultimate Team, but how the fuck do you rack up nearly $8,000 worth?
why blame EA and microsoft for something like this when it was your son doing this shit
call me a hoser and make me fight a moose on the ruuf if old - searched pembroke and fifa and didn't find anything
The father of a Pembroke, Ont., teen is warning parents to keep a close eye on their children's gaming habits after his son racked up nearly $8,000 in Xbox charges.
On Dec. 23, Lance Perkins got a credit card bill for $7,625.88 after his 17-year-old son used his credit card to make in-game purchases for one of the FIFA series of soccer games.
"It floored me. Literally floored me, when I'd seen what I was being charged," Perkins told CBC News.
Perkins said he had given his son a credit card for emergencies or to make purchases for the family's convenience store.
Although his son confessed he had been using the card illicitly, Perkins said his son, too, was truly shocked at how much he had spent.
'He's just as sick as I am'
"He thought it was a one-time fee for the game," Perkins said.
"He's just as sick as I am, [because] he never believed he was being charged for every transaction, or every time he went onto the game."
Perkins quickly contacted his credit card company, and was told unless he wanted to have his son charged with fraud, there was nothing it could do.
He then got in touch with Xbox, and the company sent an email within minutes that the bill would stand.
When he explained his son was a minor, Xbox said it would look into the charge — although Perkins said the family hasn't heard anything.
"Until I actually hear from them, it's actually very discouraging," he said.
In the United States, exorbitant bills have been the subject of complaints to the Federal Trade Commission, which is mandated to protect consumers from uncompetitive or deceptive business practices, said Lawford.
Few laws exist in Canada to protect consumers here, so parents should make themselves aware of what games their children are playing and learn what sort of in-game purchases they're able to make, he urged.
As for Perkins, he has come up with one way to ensure he won't be getting another shocking credit card bill.
"There will never be another Xbox system — or any gaming system — in my home."
lmao, i find it mindboggling that the dad believes his teenage son didn't know that every purchase he was making didn't cost money. they don't exactly beat around the bush in EA's sports games to warn you that you're using real cash. i assume he was buying booster packs for FIFA Ultimate Team, but how the fuck do you rack up nearly $8,000 worth?
why blame EA and microsoft for something like this when it was your son doing this shit
call me a hoser and make me fight a moose on the ruuf if old - searched pembroke and fifa and didn't find anything