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An 8-year-old Kentucky kid ordered 70,000 Dum-Dum lollipops off Amazon because he wanted to throw a carnival and be kind to his friends. The boy ordered them while fiddling around with his mother’s phone and by the time she realized what had happened it was too late and the asinine amount of lollipops the Kentucky kid ordered had already been delivered.
8-years-old is certainly old enough to know that spending $4,000 of mom’s money without permission (or at all) is NOT okay. But 8-years-old is also young enough for a child to get caught up in wanting to do something really kind and extravagant for his friends. This is a unique story for sure.
This story out of Lexington, Kentucky has gone viral with everyone everywhere (not just parents) in awe but this kid who ordered 70,000 DumDum lollipops with mom’s phone:
As you can see in the video above, Amazon delivered 22 cases of the Dum-Dum lollipops ordered by the 8-year-old kid in Kentucky to the woman’s home. The mom, Holly LaFavers, said her son Liam “told me that he wanted to have a carnival, and he was ordering the Dum-Dums as prizes for his carnival. Again, he was being friendly, he was being kind to his friends.”
When she looked at her bank account and saw the price tag for 70,000 Dum-Dums she was sick. Holly LaFavers said “when I saw what the number was, I just about fainted.”
Incredibly 8 cases of the total order were missing according to Holly LaFavers and it turns out they were marked as ‘returned to sender’ which was crucial in her quest to get a full refund. Those missing cases had to be accounted for.
He was, after delivery, able to return the 70,000 Dum-Dums that were delivered and get all of her money back after her son’s mistake. Holly LaFavers announced on social media that “after a long day of working with the bank and talking to a few news stations Amazon called and they are refunding my money.”
Frankly, I wish this story went a different route… She could and should have let her 8-year-old kid move forward with the carnival in Kentucky. Once her story got out there, people would have been interested. He could have sold the Dum-Dums at the carnival in order to recoup the money and a different lesson would be learned.
Of course, getting a full refund and removing 70,000 lollipops from her house as soon as possible was the preferred route. As a parent myself though, I think I would have gone the route of having my son sell the lollipops at a carnival to spread the love but earn the money back.
Content shared from brobible.com.