Apple takes most of the flak for this marketing strategy, but the truth is that companies have been doing it practically since the concept of "companies" was invented. Economists even have a dedicated term for it.

Ha! What a dumb title! There's no way that could be true.

But I want to watch just to see how dumb it is...

Hmm, okay, that's a decent point... but it's just one decent point!

Huh, well that's... wait, really?

Seriously? This is... What? You've got to be kidding me...

An 8-year-old girl racked up a $6k tab on her dad's apple account in one month. She was playing free games, but purchasing all the add-ons. Oops. Apple decided to reimburse her dad -- probably to avoid a homicide.