He Spent $58k on a Mobile Game?!

By Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
United States
September 19, 2021 12:03am CST
I was browsing the AITA subreddit earlier and came across a thread by someone who wanted to know if she was in the wrong for restricting her husband's access to their bank account. The reason? He spent $58,000 on in game items for Marvel Contest of Champions in like two weeks. I can't imagine spending that much on a mobile game, never mind in such a short amount of time. I guess she was able to get a lot of the money that was spent back from Apple, but wow. I don't think it's that unreasonable to limit how much a spouse is able to spend on things like this if they go that overboard, do you?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
19 Sep 21
I read another one where a Chinese man was scared to tell his parents he'd spent almost $1M on in-game mods...
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
19 Sep 21
I'd disappear. Holy moly they wouldn't find my body if I had to come clean about something like that to my parents.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
19 Sep 21
@yukimori My parent would have made me disappear if I'd done something like that.
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Sam Charles
@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
19 Sep 21
@DaddyEvil I don't know about the Chinese boy. But here in my city a 16 yr old boy allegedly spending Rs 10 lakh through online transactions for playing PUBG, and then ran away from home after his parents reprimanded him. It happened just last month
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48437)
• Mojave, California
19 Sep 21
I was reading how Facebook was having issues because kids had their parents credit card numbers so they could play those casual dumb games and people where like what the hell and Facebook did nothing to stop it. I am not sure what is wrong with that company but there is something seriously off.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (3049)
• Calcutta, India
19 Sep 21
I don't have access to my parent's credit card(though I am 18 now)
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48437)
• Mojave, California
19 Sep 21
@Dreamerby Haha, ts probably for the better but you old enough now, Capital one is big on giving credit cards to people trying to establish credit. Should I be telling you this.? Its ok their limit is so low when you start out. They are smart about that.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
19 Sep 21
@crossbones27 Honestly stories like that are why my cards stay locked unless I'm going to use them. Facebook doesn't actually give a damn about things unless it's going to cost them money somehow. I don't care if my kids waste their own money on that sort of thing--better to learn the lesson that being broke sucks when they're under my roof and the stakes are pretty low--but I'd be irresponsible if I made it possible for them to really harm the family's finances with their shenanigans. The problem with the Capital One cards is when you pay them off and they suddenly raise your card's credit limit without warning. I thought it had to be a glitch on their end when I logged on and the amount of available credit was definitely not what I was expecting to see.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
4 Oct 22
wow. I used to play League of Angels because I could play for free and get free diamonds to get stuff.
Danna B.
@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Oct 21
Not at all! This was a big risk!
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
12 Oct 21
Insanely big!
Sexy Girl
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 21
Not unreasonable at all
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
10 Oct 21
I'd probably argue that spending so much on intangible items is the only unreasonable option...
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
10 Oct 21
@JimBo452020 That's a good point. I've been eyeing the new Corolla Cross for my next new vehicle, and with that I could almost come home with two of them.
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Sexy Girl
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 21
@yukimori Lol I would buy a new motorbike with .oney like that. Never unreasonable
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Vree0937
@Vree0937 (3879)
• Indonesia
19 Sep 21
wow.. 58K on mobile games?? That's too much! usually people sent less than USD 1000 / 2 weeks, that also already a lot. BUt professional gamers do spend some amount, but they got more in return
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (3049)
• Calcutta, India
19 Sep 21
It's overboard
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Yuki
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
19 Sep 21
@Dreamerby Waaaaaaay overboard.
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simplyme
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
19 Sep 21
Gosh! That`s a lot of money. I can`t spend something like that.
Notlilie
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 21
There are people who would spend their money on games like that. I was playing online games online. There were players who quickly level up and all that. The only way to do that was spending real money in the game.
Anna
@LadyDuck (458414)
• Switzerland
19 Sep 21
I would ask to forbid him to touch money for sure, this man is irresponsible.
Star_disgate
@star_disgate (779)
• Phoenix, Arizona
4 Oct 22
I can't even imagine spending that much ! Who has that much money, sitting around for a game!