Boy uses mom's phone to order 70,000 lollipops to share with friends

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A Kentucky pistillate was successful a sticky messiness erstwhile she recovered stacks of boxes containing lollipops connected her beforehand doorstep. The astonishment transportation was ordered by her young lad portion helium played connected her phone.

Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping 8-year-old Liam's Amazon bid for astir 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers earlier the treats arrived but it was excessively late.

Amazon had already delivered 22 cases to her home.

"He told maine that helium wanted to person a carnival, and helium was ordering the Dum-Dums arsenic prizes for his carnival," LaFavers said. "Again, helium was being friendly, helium was being benignant to his friends."

LaFavers posted photos connected societal media, inlcuding 1 showing boxes of the sweets stacked up successful beforehand of her house.

The astonishment got worse aft a speedy cheque of her slope account. She owed astir $4,000 for the order.

"When I saw what the fig was, I conscionable astir fainted," LaFavers said.

Luckily, she said Amazon is afloat refunding the $4,000, and her slope is besides waiving fees, CBS affiliate WKYT reports.

"I was capable to laughter astir it a small earlier today, truthful I tin yet laughter astir it," LaFevers told the station.

Then she recovered retired that 8 much cases from the bid were unaccounted for, she said. After a travel to the station office, those cases were returned to sender, she said.

Her efforts to get a refund took a spot much clip but she got her wealth back.

"After a agelong time of moving with the slope and talking to a fewer quality stations Amazon called and they are refunding my money," she said successful a societal media post.

LaFavers says she is donating each the lollipops, WKYT reported.

She besides said she was changing immoderate settings connected her telephone to marque definite there's ne'er different astonishment transportation astatine home.