--- title: Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid ‘Accidentally’ Spent $120 on Kardashian Game description: Author Ayelet Waldman's twitter rant got Apple to refund her son's Kim Kardashian: Hollywood purchases canonical: https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-05T14:02:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T07:03:59.000Z og:title: Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid ‘Accidentally’ Spent $120 on Kardashian Game og:description: "I'm now funding Kim Kardashian's lip gloss" og:url: https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid ‘Accidentally’ Spent $120 on Kardashian Game twitter:description: "I'm now funding Kim Kardashian's lip gloss" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid 'Accidentally' Spent $120 on Kardashian Game by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 14, 2023 7:03 AM UTCPublished: Aug 5, 2014 2:02 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 14, 2023 7:03 AM UTCPublished: Aug 5, 2014 2:02 PM UTC Kim Kardashian is no friend to the young son of author Ayelet Waldman who said he “[accidentally](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a29744/kardashian-app-scumbag-pigs-twitter-rant-gurl-pls)” contributed $120 in two days to the celebrity mogul’s expected [end-of-year $200 million paycheck](http://www.wptv.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-hollywood-game-makes-700000-a-day) for her “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” game. Things got a little tense when Waldman, acclaimed author of bestseller _Bad Mother_ and wife to fellow novelist Michael Chabon, found out that her kid had been making real life payments for in-game perks. Like small pets and Miami mansions to up celebrity clout. (Payment options for “koins” range from $4.99 to $99.99). And so began a Twitter tirade against the “scumbag” Kardashians. > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496111384036274177) > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496113593994080257) Waldman claims that even though a credit card was attached to the iTunes accounts, she had been under the impression it was capped to $20 a week. > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496116636496044032) > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496117082845487105) > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496117258985283584) This is hardly a new problem. In March 2013, two [British parents had to petition Apple](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/mar/13/stop-children-spending-money-in-ipad-games) to refund the £980 ($1,652!) bill their son ran up buying virtual donuts on his “Simpsons: Tapped Out” iPad game. In fact, a [January FTC settlement ](http://business.time.com/2014/01/15/apple-will-refund-parents-whose-kids-splurged-on-apps/)left Apple paying $32.5 million to parents whose children bought apps and in-app purchases without their consent. The ominously titled ‘Tiny Zoo Friends” game was allegedly inspiring purchases of more than $5o0. Luckily for Waldman, she says Apple ended up refunding her son’s purchases one-by-one. And lessons were learned all around. The parents have cut off credit cards from the iTunes store. And as for Abe: > [](https://twitter.com/ayeletw/status/496118992356929538) (h/t: [_Cosmo_](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a29744/kardashian-app-scumbag-pigs-twitter-rant-gurl-pls)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/"},"headline":"Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid 'Accidentally' Spent $120 on Kardashian Game","datePublished":"2014-08-05T14:02:03.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T07:03:59.000Z","description":"\"I'm now funding Kim Kardashian's lip gloss\"","url":"https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Living","apps","game","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3082401/kim-kardashian-game-twitter-rant-ayelet-waldman/","name":"Author Goes on Epic Twitter Rant After Kid 'Accidentally' Spent $120 on Kardashian Game"}}]}] ```