but I had thought that safety measures by games companies had stopped this happening,
photograph Screengrab/Weibo, but apparently not, thinking it was a wise thing to do a mother gave her child the PIN number of her card, in case of emergencies, little did she know her daughter had wiped out the families life savings playing games, to the tune of 449,500
yuan, at today's rate £49,977.93 or $62,802.12, leaving just 0.5
yuan left in the families account, the girl had managed to deplete the savings account in about
four months but managed to keep her spending habit a secret from her mother by
deleting all banking history from her phone, it was only after the girl’s teacher noticed her
spending too much time on her mobile phone at school and notified her mother about
it that her mother started realizing that something could be wrong, as it happens she also bought games for her schoolmates, the girl said that she felt
pressured by her colleagues and worried that her parents “would find out” about
her gaming habits and “be angry”, so she decided to please them by buying games
for them with her mother’s credit card, "When my friends asked me to pay for games, I did, even
though I was uncomfortable,” the girl said, a sad tale indeed, for the full story and video have a look here. at the time of writing there is no indication if the games company will make a refund, so who is to blame? and how can this be avoided in the future? I have no idea.
2 comments:
Dear Stanley and Diana -
A fool and his money are easily parted. The mother deserves to get wiped out due to not teaching the child the value/worth of money and how hard it is to get. Meanwhile, who bought the phone that had access to all the games, and what is the kid doing playing them at school? Seems the lady should not be having children given her lack of parenting skill ability. The world is full of those that take advantage. One key job of parents is to equip kids so they understand how to protect themselves from all the schemes and cons. The other key job is to focus the kid on education so they can stand on their own two feet when they leave home. These are the basic tools needed to survive in the world. Amazing that the mother is so dumb!
We see more and more examples every day as the gene pool degrades…..
Regards
John and Alley
Dear John and Alley, everything you say is so true, and with just a tad of forward thinking, if the mother was concerned for well being and safety of her child or children, why not give your child their own card? just top it up with a monthly allowance and that is that! best regards, Stan and Diana.
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