King_Richard
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A follow-up to this article from January 11, 2016.
Xbox bill refunded after Pembroke teen racks up $8K in charges
I personally did not expect Microsoft to refund him due to the fact his son would have agreed to a pop-up or whatever confirming the funds. But it's good publicity to refund, as well, in this case anyway.
Xbox bill refunded after Pembroke teen racks up $8K in charges
CBC said:A Pembroke, Ont., dad is "very pleased" that Xbox has refunded more than $8,000 in in-game purchases that his son racked up on his credit card before Christmas.
On Dec. 23, Perkins got a bill for $7,625.88 after his 17-year-old son used his credit card to make in-game purchases for one of the FIFA series of soccer games. He later noticed previous Xbox charges, bringing the total to $8,206.43.
Perkins said his credit card company told him there was nothing it could do about the bill unless he wanted to have his son charged with fraud.
Xbox also initially told him in an email that the bill would stand.
On Monday, Perkins said Xbox refunded all the charges.
I personally did not expect Microsoft to refund him due to the fact his son would have agreed to a pop-up or whatever confirming the funds. But it's good publicity to refund, as well, in this case anyway.