You “put your foot down” by letting her keep $400 worth of unauthorized purchases and giving her her own credit card. For which she was “not happy”.

No words Op. You’re doing your DD a huge disservice.

Keep some of it and say it’s now part of her birthday/holiday present

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who think $400 is hard to spend at Sephora are nuts. Most items there are $20-$30 minimum, and many are higher. A bag of 15-20 things could easily be $400. That being said make her return it, of course she doesn’t keep it.

Who would buy 15-20 things all at once?!

A teenager whose parents have no backbone.

Op good luck with her over the next few years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Importantly, did she get a bag or two?

lol.

DP.
Obvi, it was all for a bag or two. It always is.

We changed the Apple Pay on my 16 yr old's phone to a checking account/debit card that gets her monthly allowance so if she doesn't have the money in the account the Apple Pay will be denied. Having it attached to a regular credit card means she can still run up to the limit.

Teach her now how to budget unless your training her to be Tori Spelling 2.0.

My stock in Sephora and Ulta just keeps going up with this Teen Marketing craze. And the market is still so under penetrated, can’t wait!!

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you to everyone who replied.

Update: I've decided to let her keep the stuff this time around. However, I'm going to get her her own credit card (with a limit, of course) so that she can practice spending responsibly. She was NOT happy to hear this, but I had to put my foot down.

Lol

Troll

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you to everyone who replied.

Update: I've decided to let her keep the stuff this time around. However, I'm going to get her her own credit card (with a limit, of course) so that she can practice spending responsibly. She was NOT happy to hear this, but I had to put my foot down.

This can’t be real. Nobody is this bad at parenting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have her return it.
I feel like the entitlement teens feel for this sort of luxury feeds into the sugar baby mentality.

Sephora has a no-return policy for vibrators

Now OP's follow-up finally makes sense.

Anonymous wrote:Have her return it.
I feel like the entitlement teens feel for this sort of luxury feeds into the sugar baby mentality.

Sephora has a no-return policy for vibrators

sephora also sells overpriced vibrators

Anonymous wrote:My 29 yr old has my CC. It looks exactly like his debit card. Once he used it accidentally to buy something under $10 and texted me that he realized it when he got back to his dorm. He apologized and Venmoed me the money.

OP- you reap what you sow. Enjoy your DD in the future. This was a great learning opportunity and you blew it.

19 yr old. Not 29.

My 29 yr old has my CC. It looks exactly like his debit card. Once he used it accidentally to buy something under $10 and texted me that he realized it when he got back to his dorm. He apologized and Venmoed me the money.

OP- you reap what you sow. Enjoy your DD in the future. This was a great learning opportunity and you blew it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who think $400 is hard to spend at Sephora are nuts. Most items there are $20-$30 minimum, and many are higher. A bag of 15-20 things could easily be $400. That being said make her return it, of course she doesn’t keep it.

Who would buy 15-20 things all at once?!

This is so easy. Shampoo, conditioner, hair serum ALONE runs me $100 at Ulta (Redken brand). Then let’s say you get foundation and concealer - there’s another $85. Then you get some Rare beauty blush, and a new brush for that- $50. An eyeshadow palette- $75. Charlotte Tilbury highlighter - $40. A few lip products - $75. A fragrance - $100. Whoops, you’re there.

Anonymous wrote:So glad I wasted my time responding to this yesterday.

Lesson learned. You're an idiot op.

Yup. Have fun learning this lesson again later in more expensive ways.