Posted on 04/02/2023 8:15:56 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Lily Varisco, a 5 year old girl from West Port, Massachusetts, took advantage of the easy, buyer-friendly set up of the Amazon marketplace. On a car ride, Lily’s mom allowed for her to use her phone to play games on, but she had other plans.
Instead of playing meaningless games though, the 5 year old was busy making money moves. Lily had a pretty expensive taste in toys and fashion, spending around $3,500 dollars on battery powered motorcycles, a jeep, and a plethora of shoes.
It was only when the items were delivered to their home that the mother noticed the purchases. As much as Lily would have loved to keep her 10 motorcycles (I love that she got 5 blue ones and 5 pink ones) and her 10 pairs of cowgirl boots, her mom frantically tried to contact Amazon to make returns.
Originally, it didn’t look like the returns would be successful:
“These were all originally non-refundable so I reached out to Amazon at 2 in the morning and said ‘Please, is there anything we can do?'”
Amazon eventually agreed to take back all of the items considering the situation. Lily and her mom had to pack up all 10 of the motorcycles, and the shipment of all the cowgirl boots were able to be canceled before they were shipped out of the warehouse. The motorized Jeep was already on its way, but they plan to return that as well.
Props to Amazon for being understanding, and shoutout to Lily for trying to live her best life. The mom made sure she wasn’t too hard on her daughter for the mishap and instead plans to use the whole situation as a learning lesson for Lily:
“I had to tell her that maybe if she, you know, acts right and behaves, does some chores around the house, that we can get her a bike that is more geared towards her age range. One that’s a little slower maybe.”
This one is gonna be trouble as a teen.
Stupid mom should have simply REFUSED delivery.
And of course NOT OPENED anything.
Didn’t happen.
The latest OS update on the iPhone and Mac includes a notification to the parent to give or not give the child permission to buy something.
Be parents instead of your kid’s ‘best friend’.
Sometimes you aren’t home when things are delivered.
The mistake was letting her kid have her cell phone to amuse herself with. Which she most certainly did.
She bought what little girls like. LOL
Mom, next time get the kid a car game toy and keep your phone locked.
Mom didn’t get an order confirmation e-mail prior to any of that stuff shipping? Or e-mails providing shipping status?
“Stupid mom should have simply REFUSED delivery.”
I guess you don’t use Amazon.
There was a case where a bird ordered something on Amazon.
“On a car ride, Lily’s mom allowed for her to use her phone”
What kind of IDIOT PARENT let’s their kid use their smart phone? It’s almost as bad as buying the kid their own smart phone before they turn 18.
Absolute IDIOT.
Kids smarter than Mom.
I don’t get this let the kid play with your phone thing.
My neice gave her baby a phone in my kitchen. The kid dropped it and the screen shattered. I was pissed.
I don’t use Amazon because ten years ago, Amazon made a back room deal with Discover Card. I would ‘browse’ in Amazon’s site and not even be logged in to purchase. Yet, Amazon’s screen was telling me my ‘cashback’ balance on my Discover Card.
No siree.
Good point. Something strange going on here.
Kids have to be entertained by electronics now
“Good point. Something strange going on here.”
Come to think of it, what kind of proof is there that the 5 year old was pressing the buttons? Likely none. So why should Amazon take mom’s word for it.
The stupid mom must never go online to check her bank transactions and balances.
I get notifications on my cell when something is out for delivery at the latest. If I’m not expecting anything, it’s a red flag that I didn’t order it.
If mom has the Amazon app on her smartphone, and it sounds like she does, then she would’ve had knowledge of these before delivery was made. Perhaps she panicked though.
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