Xbox Live Market Place - General Discussion Thread 1

[Spatial]

Holy cow, it's Jeff Gerstmann Jr!

[toythatkills]

I went to Sainsbury's earlier, do you reckon if I contact a solicitor I'll get my money back?

I'd like to know what her actual job is. A "multi-media executive with the KM Group" sounds like it's a decent enough position to be getting £1,000 spare every six months. Unless that's just CV talk and she's a cleaner at KM group.

[Spatial]

Wellidy, wellidy, wellidy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM_Group

[JP]

Why would they be liable?

Because she's a completely irresponsible?

My favourite part is if you search for her employer on Google it brings up these results, look at the top result. She's a multi-media executive with the KM Group?

[toythatkills]

Wellidy, wellidy, wellidy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM_Group

So she's something to do with the paper that's run her story? Holy conflict of interests, Batman!

[Family Fry]

I have only just read the comments on the story.
Comments that make sense? Surely not.

"Always someone elses fault apart from the parents isnt it.Any lawyer would laugh this out of court.Sorr Miss Matthews,just accept your son did wrong and you shouldnt have been so flippant with your credit card details. Handy you work for KM though to get you more publicity."

"Try reading the t&cs before giving your 11 year old son unrestricted access to your credit card. Silly woman!"

"The boy looks like a young Stephen Mangan and the Mum, well, you would, wouldn't you?"

[toythatkills]

"... the Mum, well, you would, wouldn't you?"

no! And I don't even have high standards!

[Family Fry]

Lets check that gamertag.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops
Call Of Duty: WaW
Borderlands
Prototype
Battlefield BC2
Bioshock
Gears Of War

11 years old you say.

[megatron]

Looks like a promo shot for some C4 late night comedy.

[Spatial]

Oh God that picture!

[rmoxon]

Looks like a promo shot for some C4 late night comedy.

Or a promo for a late night show about the effects video games have on todays youth.

[Psyduck]

Only had a quick read, but the article doesn't ever criticise microsoft or xbl, or anyone else does it? She just says she wants to raise awareness in parents about this issue.

In hindsight obviously she was dumb, but I can easily see how it could happen. Ask your mum whether or not you can rack up bills through your console, see if she knows. Or even better, as the kid might have done, insist to her that you can't and see if she believes you...

[k0pp0]

Oh God that picture!

I've found that I've scrolled back to look at it again 3 times. I'm not sure if it's funny or disturbing.

Emotional much?

[Family Fry]

The daily mail article does note note she had issues cancelling her card/details from MS.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354490/Boy-11-racks-1-000-mothers-debit-card-playing-XBox-online.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[toythatkills]

Does it? I see it says they removed them when she complained, but if you phone up they'll remove them whether you call it "complaining" or not