Kentucky boy uses mother's phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers to share with his friends
Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping 8-year-old Liam's Amazon order for about 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers before the treats arrived but it was too late.
Amazon had already delivered 22 cases to her home. 'He told me that he wanted to have a carnival, and he was ordering the Dum-Dums as prizes for his carnival,' LaFavers said. 'Again, he was being friendly, he was being kind to his friends.'
The surprise got worse after a quick check of her bank account. She owed about $4,000 for the order. 'When I saw what the number was, I just about fainted,' LaFavers said.
Then she found out that eight more cases from the order were unaccounted for, she said. After a trip to the post office, those cases were returned to sender, she said. Her efforts to get a refund took a bit more time but she got her money back.
'After a long day of working with the bank and talking to a few news stations Amazon called and they are refunding my money,' she said in a social media post.
LaFavers said she was changing some settings on her phone to make sure there's never another surprise delivery at home.
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