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[-] DBT@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago

TLDR:

30 cases, $4,000.

She got her money back after making a stink in the media.

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago

I don’t think that company regularly gets orders that big, do they? Maybe when getting a large order, they should contact the buyer to confirm it.

[-] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Two thoughts on why it didn't get flagged

  1. the seller might be used to selling bulk amounts to distributors so 30 cases isn't unheard of.

  2. Since it was on Amazon, there might not have actually been a human in the loop (except the person who packaged it but its not on them to check stuff like that) until the package actually arrives

But idk, I just skimmed the article lol

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

IDK what the fuck kind of settings people have on their phones to allow anyone with access to it to do that?
Any action that requires a payment or money transfer on my phone also requires authentication, and I'm not even sure I can disable that.
But maybe that's because I'm in EU?

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Jesus, how many friends does this fucking kid have?

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago
[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 10 points 1 week ago

Or none because he didn’t follow through.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

there should be a regulation that businesses who sell to minors over the internet are liable for the mistake. They're the ones who benefit from such easy ordering, and this is a foreseeable consequence of that.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

They didn't know they were selling to a minor. He used his mother's phone. It's right there in the headline.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 26 points 1 week ago

That's just asking to have online shopping become much harder, requiring more identity verification than just having a credit card and an address. Which is maybe beneficial overall; it would cut down on fraud, but I doubt it would be a popular change.

[-] SnotFlickerman 8 points 1 week ago

I'm honestly pro-anything-that-reduces-consumption. This would reduce consumption because it would make people consider their purchases more.

How? For all they know the mother bought them. That's what the billing and shipping info says.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There should be a regulation that if you don't secure a device that is later used in a way you don't want because of lack of said security, you are shit out of luck. - ftfy

It's not the fault of the business because your pin code is 1234 (or non-existent). People need to figure shit out. If a child grabs your car keys and then crashes the family sedan, it's not Toyota's fault; same thing.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

LaFavers said she was changing some settings on her phone to make sure there's never another surprise ~~delivery~~ candy crush at home.

C'mon guys, that joke was easier than taking credit card information from a single parent

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

LaFavers doesn’t want her kid doing the favors for other kids.

[-] JusticeForPorygon 13 points 1 week ago
[-] qisope@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

but that's all he gets to eat until he finishes them

[-] Pheonixdown@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Per my quick research, 1 Dum Dum is about 25 calories, if we assume he eats 1500 calories per day, he'd die of malnutrition before he finished eating them over 3 years.

70,000 is just a starting point for negotiation, she counters with zero then they settle on 7,000 and both walk away with a win.

[-] don@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

ABC couldn’t just have said “found herself in a tough spot”, absolutely had to shoehorn “sticky” in with a pile driver

[-] awesomesauce309@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Attempting to not say sticky in an article about candy?

[-] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

The story isn't finished!

Did the kid end up having his sucky carnival‽

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I don't like this sentence.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
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