There are consequences to your action. He had a paypal account and donated money and he got burned doing so
This is not a "my 3 yo kid clicked on buy gems in a mobile game" situation
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Twitch troll tries to donate $50k then chargeback as a prank. It ends bad.
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There are consequences to your action. He had a paypal account and donated money and he got burned doing so
This is not a "my 3 yo kid clicked on buy gems in a mobile game" situation
Interfectum
Member
What's funny, the idiot probably still didn't learn anything from this. He's probably still on the internet right now trolling.
Damn, that's a shit load of money. Reminds me of the overwatch thread, people who were cheating there are fucked unless they build a totally new PC. Now this kid is fucked unless he gets a crazy good job. Harsh but fair?
It's always sad seeing some of these twitch people who get super emotional over being tipped a lot of money only to have it end up as a joke.
It's always sad seeing some of these twitch people who get super emotional over being tipped a lot of money only to have it end up as a joke.
KeyChainDude
Member
How did he even have 50k dollars to toss around like that? His parents must be from the Gates family or something.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Wow, you guys are rough.
If this family isn't rich this $50,000 could ruin their lives. Over a prank. That doesn't actually put anyone in danger.
If this family isn't rich this $50,000 could ruin their lives. Over a prank. That doesn't actually put anyone in danger.
The jackass waited an entire month to do the charge back and everything was done entirely in bad faith. That money could have already been spent on rent, food, utilities etc. So the people completely innocent to the ordeal will have to be at the very least inconvenienced, at worst legitimately burdened by the guys actions.
Fuck him
fastballspecial
Member
This kid's parents gonna put a whoopin on him.
Er, if this story is genuine and the chargeback really didn't go through, I 1000% guarantee you that the idiot learned A LOT from this.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Man, I forgot how cringy streamer culture is. I legit feel squeamish. That said, the real world is full of punches in the face, maybe he'll learn from this right hook.
Yeah that is what I was thinking. Who has 50k in real money just to play around with....
Shit I would troll myself buying some top shelf hookers.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Yeah, if he's a kid its not his money. That could be life ruining debt for his parents.
Simply Sami
Member
PayPal always charges them.
Hence why one of the reasons he has done this. He got everything coming.
DarkConfidant
Member
Finally, justice is served somewhere.
Congrats to the streamers who can eat "McDonald's for a year".
Yeah, I noticed this too. After not watching anything on Twitch for a year, all of the donation shit seems so over the top, if not cringe-worthy.
Congrats to the streamers who can eat "McDonald's for a year".
Yeah, I noticed this too. After not watching anything on Twitch for a year, all of the donation shit seems so over the top, if not cringe-worthy.
Sure would be terrible to see him turn to a life of crime after his $50,000 worth of attempted fraud.
Oh wait..
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Isn't she banned atm anyways? For flashing
lordfuzzybutt
Member
I think she just got unbanned.
Darryl M R
Member
If this is with a credit card payments would be posted afterwards.
And a child being a complete idiot online does not mean that their parents are neglectful and deserve to lose 50k.
The only reasonable solution for this to stop in the future is to make chargebacks fees come from card holder.
Imperfected
Member
A lot of the uber-popular streamers are actually pretty low-key, but for the people who are sort of borderline partners or just starting out, those sorts of things are perceived as a way to add "production value" to set their stream apart from the "just a guy literally picking up a game and streaming cold" streamers.
To be fair, it probably works, even if it's a poor replacement for actually having an engaging personality or providing interesting content.
DudeWithNoName
Member
This kid is the exact type that also tends to cheat at video games. I bet he got snagged in the Overwatch ban, too.
TheSlySoul
Member
At the same time the streamers shouldn't have to give the money back as well over a prank.
So who pays for the prank? In this case, the ones that started it.
Life's unfair.
Exactly, the whole point of the prank was to make the streamers have to pay back the money. Karma hurts.
It was something like a 30 Days ban
For how many time she showed "stuff" on stream you'd expect a lifetime ban...but i guess being linked to Soda puts her above the common rules
Unless they want to press charges for him stealing their credit cards, they are out of luck. It's their responsibility to keep their accounts away from their child.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Either they allowed him to do it or not. If not what should have him arrested for fraud or theft. Can't have it both ways.
Revolutionary
Member
His parents. This is exactly how I imagined those huge tips to turm out. Well, except for the PayPal refusing a chargeback part. Wasn't expecting that.
Parents are responsible for their children.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
I don't.
Their fault for not keeping track of what the kid is doing with their money.
RyougaSaotome
Member
This. Let's not forget the goal here in waiting a month was for them to spend some of the money/all of it/whatever and then have to PAY back that cash.
He was trying to fuck over each and every one of them.
CelticKnight
Member
Glad the troll got what was coming to him, but all that video did was remind me why I don't watch Twitch streamers.
afreaknamedpete
Member
I'm not sure "burned" is the right adjective to describe how utterly monumental a 50k debt is. Imagine a sudden doubling of your expenses. I know for a fact my life would be ruined. It was a stupid prank by someone who clearly doesn't understand money and likely was spending his parents money who made the unfortunate mistake of trusting their son. The kid deserves punishment, but not to have his life shot to bits. His family definitely doesn't deserve the same.
They shouldn't have given him access to a credit card.
The age bracket seems to be 10-15.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
What age bracket does this kind of streaming usually target? I'm only 23 and I feel like a crotchety old man for thinking this is inane and ephemeral.
But it does, if you get the money from Paypal and the person that donated charges back, you have to pay it back. People already got screwed by this a lot of times, if you search a little you can see tons of people recommending not taking donations from twitch because of the risk of shitheads like this kid trying to prank other with fake donations. He did this "prank" with the ill intent of fucking someone over.
It's totally deserved.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Yes it does, what if the streamer spent the money? They'd be the ones out of pocket.
Simply Sami
Member
Which responsible parent leaves their kid in charge of a credit card that has a limit of $50,000 or over?
Not a responsible one.
Not a responsible one.