An 8-Year-Old Used His Mom's Phone to Buy 70,000 Dum Dums Lollipops on Amazon—And the Reason Why Has Us Sobbing
That's when she was made aware that her son, Liam had purchased around 70,000 Dum Dums lollipops via her Amazon account.
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"I had just gotten paid, and so when I looked at my bank account and it was in the red, I just immediately panicked. I looked to see what was causing that, and I saw the $4,200 charge to Amazon. And so immediately looked over at Amazon [to] see what had happened," LaFavers shared with Good Morning America.
We have to admit that the reason why little Liam, who was adopted by LaFavers when he was nearly three-years-old, purchased the lollipops has us practically in tears. LaFavers revealed that he wanted to host a carnival for his friends and give away Dum Dums lollipops as prizes.
As kind as the gesture was, LaFavers did reach out to Amazon about getting a refund for the massive order of candy. She was told by the company to reject the packages of Dum Dums when they arrived to her home. The packages arrived at different times, so LaFavers was unable to catch the delivery drivers in time to reject them all.
After reaching out to her bank, selling some of the surplus of Dum Dums pops and speaking with news stations, LaFavers finally received a full refund from Amazon.
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"After a long day of working with the bank and talking to a few news stations, Amazon called and they are refunding my money!!! THANK YOU to everyone that offered to buy a box to help us. I will be happy to get you what you 'ordered' or donate them to a charity of your choice. Please dm me your preference," she wrote in a note shared on Facebook.
Now Dum Dums, what do we have to do to get Liam that carnival afterall?
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