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$1000 iPhone app bought by accident
Andrew Wooden Aug 8 2008, 12:10pm
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Man blames Apple after buying ridiculously expensive software
A US iPhone user has attacked Apple after he accidentally bought an application costing $999.99.
Laughably, the piece of software – called ‘I Am Rich’ – simply displays a red ruby on the screen.
The iTunes user in question, Lee5279xx, posted a scathing review of the application, saying: “This is not a joke. I need someone from Apple to help me with this scam. I saw this app with a few friends and we jokingly clicked ‘buy’ thinking it was a joke, to see what would happen.
I forgot my wife had ‘iclick’ activated on my laptop, and it really bought it for $999.”
I Am Rich has now reportedly been taken down from iTunes.
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Comments
“A fool and his money...”
Posted by: Lee - Aug 8, 12:27pm
... are soon parted. And what a fool! What the hell is 'iclick' anyway?
“Re: A fool and his money...”
Posted by: Mr Smart - Aug 8, 1:32pm
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - that's what you get for letting your wife touch your iPhone.
Sounds like a great app to me...
“Re: Re: A fool and his money...”
Posted by: karl - Aug 8, 2:20pm
What a plank !! $999 - oh let me click buy now and see what happens- what u thinks gonna happen !! derrrr
“Re: Re: Re: A fool and his money...”
Posted by: Darkcat Systems - Aug 8, 2:28pm
HAHAHAHA!!!!! this proves how dangerous any app that stores your card details "for ease of use" can be.
NEVER CLICK "Buy" to "see what happens" i think its rather obvious.....
“Re: Re: Re: Re: A fool and his money...”
Posted by: jo - Aug 9, 11:29am
so if he clicked on "buy" by mistake why blame apple?
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Posted by: Bman - Aug 11, 3:32pm
iTunes is really not user friendly. I never buy anything from iTunes BUT with my new iPhone 3G to install FREE apps from iTunes, I still have to enter all my credit card details. I think Apple should offer a normal service which DO NOT require credit card details...it's too dangerous!!!