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This is an archive article published on May 8, 2025

Kentucky woman discovers 8-year-old son bought 70,000 lollipops from Amazon; leaves her a Rs 3 lakh bill

When LaFavers tried to cancel the order, the Amazon staff told her that it was already too late since the order had been dispatched.

22 oversized boxes of the sugary treats were delivered at the woman's doorstep22 oversized boxes of the sugary treats were delivered at the woman's doorstep

A mom from Kentucky got the surprise of her life when her front porch turned into a candy warehouse. Holly LaFavers was left stunned after discovering that her son Liam, 8, had managed to use her phone to place a massive Amazon order for nearly 70,000 Dum-Dum lollipops.

She had no idea what was coming until 22 oversized boxes of the sugary treats showed up at her doorstep. Even though she tried to cancel the order as soon as she realised what Liam had done, it was already too late – the order had been dispatched. But the real punch came when she checked her bank account.

“When I saw what the number was, I just about fainted,” LaFavers told local outlets, referring to the whopping $4,000 (Rs 3.4 lakh, approximately) charge that hit her account.

To make things worse, it turned out the candy avalanche wasn’t over – eight more cases were still on the way. Holly quickly headed to the post office and was able to intercept and return those remaining boxes. However, dealing with the original delivery proved to be a headache.

“I contacted Amazon as soon as I realized what had happened. They originally told me to reject the delivery and they would refund my money. The driver never knocked or rang the doorbell so now they will not take them back,” she explained in a Facebook post.

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After spending a whole day going back and forth with the bank and even getting a few news stations involved, she finally caught a break. Amazon agreed to issue a full refund.

“After a long day of working with the bank and talking to a few news stations, Amazon called and they are refunding my money,” she shared online.

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Needless to say, Holly has since tightened the settings on her phone to prevent Liam from doing any more “impulse shopping”.

The story quickly went viral, with social media lighting up over the hilarious parenting moment. One commenter wrote, “I’m sorry but this is too funny not to laugh about, but I will cry with you too! Once Landon bought $250 worth of ROBLOX something.” Others could barely contain themselves, flooding the post with “OMG”s and laughing emojis.

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