Hi guys I can use your help in a form of a little guidance in getting getting my payment stopped on an Android market app, it's called " Bakery Story " it's a free app for kids when the app is opened it tricks kids in buying gems of some sort, my 6 yr old daughter downloaded the game and I saw an email receipt from Google for $100 .Verizon said they can't do anything, bank said call Google, I tried contacting Google but a dead end. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you.
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I assume it was all in-app purchases then? Seems that there is a bit of a black spot of accountability. I imagine if Google gets back to you it will be to say it's nought to do with them either.
You could try contacting the dev's directly maybe? Apparently the game is made by "Team Lava" - http://www.teamlava.com/
Thanks guys I tried both methods but no results no reply from dev and bank said because it was my debit not credit card if was credit card there would be third party involved which could be disputed, Google said they're not responsible for on app purchases.
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That's mighty annoying though. Shows a rather gaping hole of responsibility within app purchases.
Fingers crossed that the devs are nice when they get back to you!
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I'm guessing you wont get the money back. These apps are written just to take your money. See the pattern? Kids game, you give the kid the phone, phone screen to small to watch over all the time, kid doesn't understand the theory of money, you lose money. I should write an app like that. But I would get paid for every post that is made on XDA.
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I found an iphone 4 bout 3 weeks ago. I put an ad on craigslist. No 1 replied with correct discretion or password.... So I was gonna play/Mayb use it but its password protected. I did some google and was told to hook it to itunes and put on recovery mode and recover. Did that but still asks for password. Any 1 know how to get this passcode off? . N no im not turning this to atnt. I hate them n finders keepers. I placed the ad n no response. Ima keep it. Screens broke ne ways. Help would b appropriated. Negative feedback will b ignored. Not trying to argue just trying to figure this out. Thanks for reading.
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Is this not illegal? But also, try saying finders keepers in court
It is possible, yes, but I don't think I can say much more
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It's called theft by finding. In britain It is anyway.
Turn it in, reap the karma.
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Try looking for if you forgot your password on google
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Hello fellow xda members. I want to be honest I love this forum, I use it daily and without it and the members on it I would be lost. So thank you.
OK...so I used to use my friends Netflix. He set up a password for me so that I could only watch free stuff, the only TV series I watch is blue mountain state. But recently he stopped paying for it and the account got shut down. But I'm asking my fellow members a favor.
Would anyone be a good fellow member and let me use there Netflix so I can finish watching blue mountain state?
Thank you
Set up an account and get 30 days free. Cancel before the billing period.
Watch online
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Set up an account and get 30 days free. Cancel before the billing period.
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Try phatman's option. Netflix gives all new customers 30 days for free, normally.
I'll send u a link where I watch TVs shows online since Netflix lags sometime like on the walking dead there still on season one
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I just graduated high school and got about $800 in gift money from the school and my family and friends, what should I do with it, in other words what would be the best thing to do with it, I was thinking I should put it into a savings account, any advice would help
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you will need it for college, trust me. resist urge to splurg
Benignoid said:
I just graduated high school and got about $800 in gift money from the school and my family and friends, what should I do with it, in other words what would be the best thing to do with it, I was thinking I should put it into a savings account, any advice would help
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save it . and do click on thanks !!!!!
Titties-n-Beer !
85gallon said:
Titties-n-Beer !
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Titties and beer will not do anything for me! Well the titties I don't mind
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Benignoid said:
I just graduated high school and got about $800 in gift money from the school and my family and friends, what should I do with it, in other words what would be the best thing to do with it, I was thinking I should put it into a savings account, any advice would help
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Put it in the damn bank.
Some online accounts have higher interest than traditional banks (although you do need to fund it from a traditional checking account)
Put some of the money in a traditional checking account (to fund the online savings) and the rest in a interest bearing savings account
Doooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeetttt!
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chop a fraction off it and treat your family to a nice dinner.
bank the rest.
Look into a bank CD - you will get more interest then if it was in a savings account, and it's not a risk like stocks.
Then just forget it's there until it matures.
Shop interest rates to get the best deal, and make sure it's a big bank and not some small local job.
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Disregard females, Acquire currency.
Just go to a strip club, and get a part time job.
Pm me, I'll give you my PayPal info.
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The best thing would be to invest them in this. I guarantee that you'll lose win big time.
half in mutual funds, then 1/4 in savings, then buy some dollar stocks and learn how to invest and trade
Blue6IX said:
Look into a bank CD - you will get more interest then if it was in a savings account, and it's not a risk like stocks.
Then just forget it's there until it matures.
Shop interest rates to get the best deal, and make sure it's a big bank and not some small local job.
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What exactly is a bank CD and where can I find it?
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The best thing would be to invest them in this. I guarantee that you'll lose win big time.
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I suck at poker
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Babydoll25 said:
Put it in the damn bank.
Some online accounts have higher interest than traditional banks (although you do need to fund it from a traditional checking account)
Put some of the money in a traditional checking account (to fund the online savings) and the rest in a interest bearing savings account
Doooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeetttt!
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Is the checking account where I need to keep track of all the things I buy?
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Benignoid said:
Is the checking account where I need to keep track of all the things I buy?
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A checking account allows you to access your money (via ATM and/or debit card, teller withdrawal and by cheque.). You can write checks on the account and usually comes with a debit card that can be used for purchases in stores, online and as an ATM card. You can use your monthly statement to keep track of your spending.
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Look in my sig, something might catch your eye
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Save it up. Or take your family to dinner.
Click THANKS if I helped.
And if your generous donate to me please
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Invest in some stocks, more risky but banks are paying sh!t for interest rates right now. Mutual funds would be good for you.
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You might also want to check out a website called Plantly. They help make diversified investments. I plan on using it within the next year-once I Getty a job again.
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Paid for Grabatron on Android and now they have made it free with built in app payments. I feel scammed. Anyone else agree. I'm disgusted. It was such a good game before and Future games of London have ruined it. I'll never buy from them again! Very unhappy!
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Paid for Grabatron on Android and now they have made it free with built in app payments. I feel scammed. Anyone else agree. I'm disgusted. It was such a good game before and Future games of London have ruined it. I'll never buy from them again! Very unhappy!
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Same thing happened with an app I bought called read it later, they made it free after lots of people already bought it so can understand your annoyance.
Dave
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I feel that all these games that now include in app purchases shouldnt be allowed on the market. It not only ruins the Android market it makes younger people waste their money. Much like premium number text message tones that you sign up for. Google makes their money on free games with adverts and the developers benefit too by making lite versons and paid versions. These in app purchase versions are just for greedy people. And especially when they remove the paid versions like this that I spent my hard earned cash on makes people more wary of buying paid versions. The market will just fall if this continues. Hate it!
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As there's really no question here, moved to General.
Well just to let you know, I put a complaint in to google about the App and they issued a response. They have refunded under what they said was extenuating circumstances. My faith has been restored in google. May I advise you do the same. Happy days.
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PLEASE HELP ME MY MOM IS AFTER MY LIFE :
My Whatsapp period is expired, so I was requesting my mom to pay Rs.53.19
She said that she will pay , but first study... So meanwhile I added the the card to google credit card no. And cvc etc.
Now without even asking for password my mom received a message that rs.50 are paid to google !
What is this! My mom is horrified that without entering password money is paid and that too I havent paid for whatsapp I just added the card ! What to do I'm dead, feeling alienated in my own house
How can this happen what'sapp is not paid but rs 50 are paid Wtf did just happen ?
Please help anyone I'm first time doing this and I am gone
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It's probably just a hold on the credit card to see if it's valid. The money will be back on the card after a few days.
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FlyGurl said:
It's probably just a hold on the credit card to see if it's valid. The money will be back on the card after a few days.
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What to I say to my mom now ?
Is this mentioned anywhere in google terms ?
She won't even pay for my whatsapp now Wtf :crying:
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These kind of holds are normal when you add a card on-line pretty much anywhere.
It's not a charge. It will go away. (unless you accidentally actually bought something else)
I understand that parents (and you) don't necessarily have familiarity with how that works, and that's okay - but it's nothing to get bent out of shape over. You could always just Google it - someone else in the history of the Internet has probably already freaked out about it or wondered what it was and was answered by people who knew.
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What to I say to my mom now ?
Is this mentioned anywhere in google terms ?
She won't even pay for my whatsapp now Wtf :crying:
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Well you can tell her to check her credit card statement when it comes... it will definitely be refunded
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Well you can tell her to check her credit card statement when it comes... it will definitely be refunded
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Guess what ? She blocked the card :what:
No statement ! And a new card next week I'm banned no more online shopping for me :what:
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Its googles wallet's rules. Whenever you add a new card they will take $1 (equivalent to Rs.50) as a confirmation. They either return return it after a day few days or once you have done a purchase with the wallet. For me, i got a refund. You can show her the FAQ in the Google wallet support page. They explained it pretty well.
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DanceOff said:
Guess what ? She blocked the card :what:
No statement ! And a new card next week I'm banned no more online shopping for me :what:
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Tell her to chill! This happens on every kind of online app store! The money will be refunded. (Not sure if it will be if the card is blocked). And I hope 50 Rs is not a big deal for you. Or you could do some self imposed punishment to recover it...
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vbhtt said:
Tell her to chill! This happens on every kind of online app store! The money will be refunded. (Not sure if it will be if the card is blocked). And I hope 50 Rs is not a big deal for you. Or you could do some self imposed punishment to recover it...
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50 is not big but she is horrified its paid without even ny entering the password :what:
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Ah the wonders of generation X and modern technology...
This is normal, nearly every pay service that asks you to enter credit card details does this. It also happens for direct-account linking in Europe. Paypal, for instance, writes off a small ammount (5 cents when I did this) to check if the link is valid, and then sends it back within 48 hours.
This IS mentioned when you link the credit card as the next-step procedure. You should've read it more carefully.
I know. My mom also freaks out about this stuff. Here show this -
http://support.google.com/wallet/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2701024
This would be enough.
Guys, I added my debit card to Play Store on 9th January. It's 25 days now and even I was charged Rs. 50 back then which hasn't been refunded yet. Called up my bank and they say this charge is not refundable. Seriously? I never agreed for paying this. Who refunds this back? Google does? Or the bank? I've been charged one or two bucks from PayPal before but it was always refunded back in time. I'd rather spend 50 on a deserving app than for simply adding my card.
Wow....I registered mine about a year ago.....never got a single penny charged
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Danial723 said:
Wow....I registered mine about a year ago.....never got a single penny charged
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Wow .....my online shopping banned by my mom
Any alternative to Credit Card guys ?
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DanceOff said:
Wow .....my online shopping banned by my mom
Any alternative to Credit Card guys ?
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Danceoff is just like this banana
& her mom is like that papaya
Gogeta said:
Danceoff is just like this banana
& her mom is like that papaya
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And you are like the meme ! Pretty useless
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Gogeta said:
Danceoff is just like this banana
& her mom is like that papaya
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Papaya?
It looks like a pear
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