Boy asks father for his phone to study, ends up spending Rs 42,000 on mobile game
A Class 8 student's gaming obsession came at a staggering cost after he borrowed his father's phone to study, but ended up spending over Rs
A Class 8 student's gaming obsession came at a staggering cost after he borrowed his father's phone to study, but ended up spending over Rs 42,000 on Roblox's in-game currency instead. The incident was shared on Reddit in the r/RobloxSupport community in a post titled, "Brother just spent 42k on roblox without consent." The post was written by the boy's sibling, who explained that the child had borrowed their father's phone to study but instead logged into Roblox and made a series of in-game purchases.
Read Full Story In the post, the user wrote that the family was now facing severe financial hardship because of the incident. According to them, the boy spent Rs 42,647 on Robux, Roblox's virtual currency, and had already used almost all of it, leaving only about 100 Robux in his account. They added that the unexpected expense had left their father struggling to repay a loan and even affected the family's ability to pay school fees. Accompanying the post was a screenshot of the transaction history, which showed multiple purchases of around Rs 2,000 each.
The repeated transactions eventually added up to a total of Rs 42,647. The user turned to the online community for help, asking if there was any way to recover the money after the Robux had already been spent. Take a look at the post here The post sparked a flood of advice from fellow Reddit users. Several suggested immediately contacting the bank to request chargebacks, while warning that doing so would likely result in the Roblox account being permanently banned. Others recommended reaching out to Roblox Support or requesting a refund through Google play store, saying the purchases should be reported as unauthorised.
Many agreed that losing access to the account would be a fair consequence if it meant the family could recover the money, describing it as a hard but valuable lesson about using someone else's phone and making purchases without permission. Ends
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