When "Santa" decided to give each of our kids an iPod, I was against it because I know that it could pose a problem. But since "Santa" said that it can help the kids' creativity, I went with it. I told "Santa" that whatever games is in the iPod that it should be what they will play because I don't want additional purchases. However, on special occasion, hubby would reward the kids and buy them a game like $1.99 which is okay as it doesn't cost much. I have noticed that my son is getting so addicted playing these games that I started to limit his use of the iPod.
The day before Father's Day, my fear came true. I got so many notification from iTunes of game purchases. I alerted my husband so we talked to our son and he admitted downloading the games thinking that they were free. The charges otaled to $142.20 I was upset but my husband was quiet. He said that he would pay for it since it was him who showed our son how to do app on his iPod. As a Mom who does all the budgeting in our household, that was not okay for me. I contacted iTunes and informed them that all those purchases are unauthorized. They agreed to refund us the money and my husband was very shocked that I managed to get it back.
As a result, we confiscated our son's Ipod and he is not allwed to play with it for the rest of the summer. We told himm that if he does good in school, he can get it back by New Year. He was okay with it and understood that what he did was wrong. It turned out to be the best decision because he became more creative again, playing with his other toys like the lego and other things. On the first day of this month, I got another charged for $22.20m ugh. IT was the same date as the other purchases, tried to contact them again but to no avail.
Another issue I had with unauthorized purchases/charges is my paypal card. I had multiple attempts of charges from GNC in California but it never went thru since I did not authorized them. Another charge was from Utah, they bought something from Overstock. These transactions are freaking me out which make me want to close my paypal card. I just don't understand how they could use the card, do they just randomly put numbers to see if it works? It's scary.
On another note, we decided to purchase 4 grave plots at St. Paul Cemetery. It might be a bit odd to you but this is something that my husband and I talked about for a long time. It's funny too because we are thinking of moving to my former country to retire although our kids are against it.
But anyway, we chose this cemetery because it is very well maintained. My husband's family members who have passed already are buried in another cemetery. Hubby said that his parents purchased a plot for him there but since his other brother have passed, they used it for him.
It cosat $900 per plot and we have to pay 10% upon signing the paper. The rest is payable within 12 months at $270 monthly.
The day before Father's Day, my fear came true. I got so many notification from iTunes of game purchases. I alerted my husband so we talked to our son and he admitted downloading the games thinking that they were free. The charges otaled to $142.20 I was upset but my husband was quiet. He said that he would pay for it since it was him who showed our son how to do app on his iPod. As a Mom who does all the budgeting in our household, that was not okay for me. I contacted iTunes and informed them that all those purchases are unauthorized. They agreed to refund us the money and my husband was very shocked that I managed to get it back.
As a result, we confiscated our son's Ipod and he is not allwed to play with it for the rest of the summer. We told himm that if he does good in school, he can get it back by New Year. He was okay with it and understood that what he did was wrong. It turned out to be the best decision because he became more creative again, playing with his other toys like the lego and other things. On the first day of this month, I got another charged for $22.20m ugh. IT was the same date as the other purchases, tried to contact them again but to no avail.
On another note, we decided to purchase 4 grave plots at St. Paul Cemetery. It might be a bit odd to you but this is something that my husband and I talked about for a long time. It's funny too because we are thinking of moving to my former country to retire although our kids are against it.
Buying your own grave is something that not a lot of people do. Even the caretaker of the cemetery told us that we are too young to be purchasing grave plots. Our thing is, we never know what our future holds so it is better to be prepared. Below is the place where our reserved plots are.
The good thing is, if we decide to move, we can sell these to other people who needs it.
