Man those smurfberries are costing a fortune nowadays.

[Grandy]

http://www.switched.com/2011/02/09/stephanie-kay-racks-up-1400-smurfs-village-bill/

[lilsniffs3]

I think I'll try playing that game just to see what Smurfberries are used for. 100 dollars for them is quite ridiculous.

[Natako]

They're probably the Smurf equivalent of crack.

[MissingName]

They're probably the Smurf equivalent of crack.

Probably.

Or perhaps they're actually pellets of enriched uranium.

[Archem]

God, this freemium pricing crap has gotten out of hand.

[EliroX904]

Holy ****, $1400? They're lucky she didn't spam the $99 pack over and over.

[Valiere]

That's absolutely ludicrous that they would charge real-life money for in-game items in a children's game, much less $100 worth of them.

I think the mom has a case here.

[Prpl_Mage]

Interesting thing, the same thing happened here back in Sweden like 4 months ago. A pair of sibling played the same game and did the same thing.

[lilsniffs3]

They're probably the Smurf equivalent of crack.

Just finished playing a few levels of this crap. Your guess is correct. Smurfberries speed up Smurf's a ton. Like crack. I believe you only need one to complete a project faster, so these $99 dollar ones seem a bit to pricy. Deleted the game shortly after cause I'm not into these kinds of games, so I can't tell you much more about it. Anyway, there are popups when you start the game about purchasing content and how to protect from it. Also, you need the password from an iTunes Account to purchase content, so quite simply put, the mom is also a dumbass.

[drenrin2120]

That's absolutely ludicrous that they would charge real-life money for in-game items in a children's game, much less $100 worth of them.

I think the mom has a case here.

If I'm not mistaken, I think the article mentioned the mom was refunded her 1400 dollars. Still, charging real life money to "purchase" items in a kid's game is a blatant scam.

[zuhane]

Those prices are ludicrous. Damn straight she got her money back!!

[A Forgotten Legend]

This kind of stuff has been in the news for a while to be honest.  I'm surprised parents are still letting it happen, and the games themselves are still letting it happen.  It was old news when the article was written in February.