Posted on 05/11/2025 7:22:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
U.S. Kentucky boy uses mom's phone to order 70,000 lollipops — costing $4,000: "He wanted to have a carnival" Updated on: May 8, 2025 / 8:18 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A Kentucky woman was in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her front doorstep. The surprise delivery was ordered by her young son while he played on her phone.
Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping 8-year-old Liam's Amazon order for about 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers before the treats arrived but it was too late.
Amazon had already delivered 22 cases to her home.
"He told me that he wanted to have a carnival, and he was ordering the Dum-Dums as prizes for his carnival," LaFavers said. "Again, he was being friendly, he was being kind to his friends."
LaFavers posted photos on social media, inlcuding one showing boxes of the sweets stacked up in front of her house.
This image provided by Holly LaFavers shows boxes of Dum-Dum lollipops outside of Holly LaFavers's home Monday, May 5, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. Holly LaFavers / AP The surprise got worse after a quick check of her bank account. She owed about $4,000 for the order.
"When I saw what the number was, I just about fainted," LaFavers said.
Luckily, she said Amazon is fully refunding the $4,000, and her bank is also waiving fees, CBS affiliate WKYT reports.
"I was able to laugh about it a little earlier today, so I can finally laugh about it," LaFavers told the station.
Then she found out that eight more cases from the order were unaccounted for, she said. After a trip to the post office, those cases were returned to sender, she said.
Her efforts to get a refund took a bit more time but she got her money back.
"After a long day of working with the bank and talking to a few news stations Amazon called and they are refunding my money," she said in a social media post.
LaFavers says she is donating all the lollipops, WKYT reported.
She also said she was changing some settings on her phone to make sure there's never another surprise delivery at home.
This image provided by Holly LaFavers shows Holly LaFavers posing for a photo with her 8-year-old son Liam Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. Holly LaFavers / AP
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OK...is this?
1. a cute story
2. a story about a kid who doesn’t know right from wrong
3. a mom who has lost faith her son will do the right thing
4. a mom who is too dumb to use strong security on her phone
5. a nice story about mom donating the suckers after she got them for free
6. another “look at me” social media play
7. A kid who needs his ass beat................
4.
7. A kid who needs his ass beat.
Yes, but, like locking up our politician criminals, it won’t happen.
Turns out the kid was a sucker
Thank you, I’ll be here all week, tip your waitress
It could be any of the choices, or combination thereof.
Mom got off easy. Far worse can happen when you let your kid play on your phone unsupervised with no safeguards or parents controls in place. And in just a few short years, that kid will be able to get around parental controls and get into some real trouble.
If I had pulled a stunt like that I would still be having a hard time sitting down at 70 years old!................
LOL - good one.
YES to nos. 2,3,4 at least.
Ah yes, that “little red box with five red handles”.
She got it worked out. She has a Shirley Temple look to her.
It was a mistake but she will donate the lollipops rather than return them? Gee, what a hero! Staged for national fame.
8. A kid who needs to learn mathematics
I’d say all six.
8 yrs old is old enough to know better. No respect for other people’s property is just the first offense. It’s likely this happened before for much smaller amounts, and he got away with it. Some kids that age may do it with the intent on selling the candy at school, the way Girl Scout Cookies are allowed and promoted.
There’s that too.
7. A mom who does not have a dad in the house for the boy
Mom taking that smiling photo with Junior is yet another mistake. He will be the talk of the Third Grade Class
Positive reinforcement.
Beat me to it.
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