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Five Year Old Goes On Shopping Spree, Spends $3000 On Mother’s Amazon Account
Whiskey Riff ^ | April 2,2023 | Quinn Easton

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.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: amazon
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To: BipolarBob

I know you aren’t serious.
Why would the mother have ordered those items? You


21 posted on 04/02/2023 8:50:23 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: Hojczyk

April fools!


22 posted on 04/02/2023 8:52:58 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: laplata

Now my cat, on the other hand.

She ordered cat toys on Amazon, and I can’t return them because they got spit all over them.


23 posted on 04/02/2023 8:54:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk

I call total BS to this as you get an email from Amazon every time you buy something. So her inbox was full of emails with the confirm sales long before anything was delivered


24 posted on 04/02/2023 8:59:32 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: dfwgator

Lol


25 posted on 04/02/2023 9:04:01 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: George from New England

“Stupid mom should have simply REFUSED delivery.
And of course NOT OPENED anything.”

It doesn’t work that way in today’s world!


26 posted on 04/02/2023 9:07:32 AM PDT by conservativesister (.)
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To: BobL
What kind of IDIOT PARENT let’s their kid use their smart phone?

You are being way too kind to that dumb bastard, stupid bitch, bleeding heart _unt, with a vagina.

Why didn't she just give her kid a loaded gun to play with and then be surprised when the kid shoots some one.

27 posted on 04/02/2023 9:08:50 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Hojczyk

Amazon has the absolutely BEST return policy, which is one of many reasons I buy nearly everything from them.


28 posted on 04/02/2023 9:09:48 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: George from New England

She may not have had the chance to refuse delivery, but opening them was a dumb move for sure.


29 posted on 04/02/2023 9:19:12 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: dforest

How about a book? And play kid friendly music

Got so sick of some of those songs but hey she was happy


30 posted on 04/02/2023 9:20:39 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: BobL

Precisely

Mine didn’t get hers until she was a junior in college


31 posted on 04/02/2023 9:21:51 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: dfwgator

And cat hairs


32 posted on 04/02/2023 9:23:27 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Hojczyk

Hey, let’s go to Lily’s and ride Motorcycles!!!


33 posted on 04/02/2023 9:24:35 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Nifster

That is what we used to do. I guess handing her the cell phone achieved the goal of making shut up happen.


34 posted on 04/02/2023 9:38:16 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: Hojczyk

I bet the mom has had the kid using a tablet/computer/phone since it was 2 years old.


35 posted on 04/02/2023 9:39:43 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: spacejunkie2001

Not if you aren’t looking at email. Many young women text instead of using email. Some deliveries can be at your door very fast.


36 posted on 04/02/2023 9:39:44 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I buy something silly i dont want to return it and get a big discount at Kohl’s


37 posted on 04/02/2023 10:07:27 AM PDT by al baby (Yes he did he said how come i wasnt invited )
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To: Hojczyk
It was only when the items were delivered to their home that the mother noticed the purchases.

Does she never check her email?

Kids do the darnedest things.

38 posted on 04/02/2023 10:17:01 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: George from New England

You can’t refuse delivery these day unless you are standing there when the packages are delivered.


39 posted on 04/02/2023 10:29:35 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Hojczyk

How could anyone hand their phone to a 5-year-old with an unlocked Amazon account on it?

The kid must get her smarts from Daddy.


40 posted on 04/02/2023 10:37:48 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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