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Old 04-21-2015, 03:43 PM   #1
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Default My 7 year old spent $550 in 15 minutes.

Thought I'd throw out this warning to anyone else who has kids that use iPhones/tablets/etc. Our 7 year old saved up his allowance so that he could buy Minecraft on his phone this past weekend. We put it on our credit card, and off he went.

We looked at our statement this morning, and noticed $550 in charges for iTunes all on one day. We called Apple and spoke to some lady in Alabama. Apparently there is a 15 minute window in which no further credit card info or password has to be entered to buy new things. Unknowingly, our 7 year old just pressed OK to all the pop-ups, not realizing they actually cost money. In his defense, it's actually quite hard to tell. In FIFTEEN minutes, he spent $550!

Thought I'd throw that out there to anyone who could get caught. We were able to be reimbursed for all except for $20, so we're lucky. Has this happened to anyone else?
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