A few comments said that this was a scam or a made-up story, but Dave shared a screenshot of the credit card bill (which was eventually removed) showing the $118,479.83 bill on the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card.
Several others encouraged him to take the help being offered and let big news channels talk to him, but he seems to want to deal with the problem on his own. “So, I felt like if I sit down with Fox or CNN or whatever, and I tell them my story, what has that changed?” Dave said during the YouTube video. “I’m still living in this reality, and I still have to sort of dig myself out of this hole. I don’t know if I have the mental bandwidth to sit there and talk to some reporter, but I might, anyway.”
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Dementoss No surprise he lost his job, he should never have used the company credit card in the first place. Presumably thought a small payment would go unnoticed but, has now paid a heavy price. Reply
hotaru251 sucks, but it was a needed lesson on the dad and kids part. you dont use company card for personal use and you dont give a single digit child access to use your cc w/o supervision. Reply
Thryfte Dementoss said: No surprise he lost his job, he should never have used the company credit card in the first place. Presumably thought a small payment would go unnoticed but, has now paid a heavy price. Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are. Reply
Thryfte hotaru251 said: sucks, but it was a needed lesson on the dad and kids part. you dont use company card for personal use and you dont give a single digit child access to use your cc w/o supervision. $120,000 for the privilege of learning that. Yes, totally a "needed lesson" lol you people are horrible. Reply
USAFRet Thryfte said: Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are. So what is YOUR take on this situation? Reply
Thryfte USAFRet said: So what is YOUR take on this situation? Not that anybody cares about my opinion but I have had a company credit card on my person many times before. I could understand a situation where the kid gets their hands on the credit card without parental knowledge. I think the company trying to make him pay is borderline criminal and Google should refund any of the money that hasn't been used to post an ad yet. Obviously he should be held accountable as much as possible because we live in a world where normal people face consequences (just not the rich people) and it's admirable he's not begging for assistance. Going "haha he obviously tried to steal money and go unnoticed, get pwned" is a pathetically simple and hostile mindset. Reply
USAFRet Thryfte said: Going "haha he obviously tried to steal money and go unnoticed, get pwned" is a pathetically simple and hostile mindset. And I did not get that from the comment you originally replied to. But, whatever. Reply
Qadsedx Thryfte said: Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are. No clue where the <<removed>> in your corn flakes came from, but I mean they aren't wrong. The guy's company card was there to begin with because he thought a small Robux purchase would go unnoticed. There's also a decent chance this purchase was meant to be on the same company card. Youtube/Google are disgusting for not doing anything about this and letting the family get shafted with less than a month to pay off $120,000, quite literally ruining their lives. But it's not like they stole the dad's wallet and typed the card in themselves, and it's not like they forced him to trust the use of that money to a 9 year old; money that was multiple layers away from even being the dad's to begin with. Reply
TerryLaze Qadsedx said: But it's not like they stole the dad's wallet and typed the card in themselves, and it's not like they forced him to trust the use of that money to a 9 year old; money that was multiple layers away from even being the dad's to begin with. From the moment there is no return policy of any kind they might as well have stolen it themselves… I mean paypal .and many banks, doesn't give you your money if you suddenly get a lot of sums added to your account but if companies suddenly get a lot of payments from a first time customer, no problems at all charging them with no way out. Reply
acadia11 Well on the plus side he’s got $120,000 in reward points that’s a bonus. Reply
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