‘Buy Now With 1-click’ Allows Toddler to Buy $430 Couch While Playing on Mother’s Phone

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7/1/2019|Updated: 7/1/2019

A 2-year-old shocked her mother by buying a $430 couch on the Amazon app while playing on her phone.

Isabella McNeil is now thinking twice about handing her cell phone to her daughter. “I was just so shocked,” McNeil told NBC 7 on June 27. “I thought, ‘Did I buy a couch in my sleep?’”

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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