UK News Boy Spends $1000 On "Free" Game Farmville

[H34DhUnT3r]

The Guardian reports that a 12-year-old boy spent over $1,000 on FarmVille using his mom's credit card. FarmVille is a free game.

FarmVille user runs up £900 debt

A 12-year-old boy spent £625 on his mother's credit card and £288 of his own savings on Facebook game FarmVille

www.theguardian.com

 

[FireCat]

Holy shit, What can you buy with $1000 on Farmville? :nuts: kid
Really, they could give some refund back.. Greedy Zynga

 

[Ninva]

The worst part is that Facebook disabled his account, and he lost all that virtual stuff. lol. Though it was a waste, it was not even an enjoyable waste.

 

[FhelZone]

He could have spent it on other games and gain income, oh why didn't he spend it on an MMORPG get extremely strong and sell stuff.