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NY Post
New York Post
5 Sep 2023


NextImg:My 5-year-old bought $1,000 in toys, $500 hot tub on Amazon using Alexa: ‘Get me a lazy river!’

This little shopper’s a big spender.

A monster truck that jumps 23 inches off the ground, 112 water slides and a $500 hot tub were just a few of the luxuries a five-year-old boy treated himself to while making a series of unauthorized purchases, totaling nearly $1,000, on Amazon via its virtual assistant technology, Alexa.

“Alexa, add 45 kid [Spiderman] walkie-talkies to my cart,” commanded the tot, per trending audio footage of his order — which took him over two hours to complete.

The pint-sized spendthrift’s soundbites were shared by his dad, Tucker Bohman, known digitally as @ToyStoryDad_, and stockpiled a staggering 2.5 million TikTok views from stunned online audiences.

“Alexa, add a little hot tub to my cart,” continued the kid before giving the bot the directive to, “Get me a lazy river that’s 45 feet around!”

Playing with house money, the tiny high-roller beefed up his toy demand with a rocket ship, a loopy race car track with remote control accessibilities, an airplane and an army tank. 

Utah dad Tucker Bohamn went viral after sharing audio footage of his five-year-old son’s $1,000 Amazon purchase.
TikTok / @toystorydad_

But Bohman, a married father of three from Utah, apparently managed not to lose his marbles upon discovering his little one’s big buy. Instead, the guy seemed to find his son’s unsupervised shopping spree amusing.

“It was quite entertaining going through [the more than] two hours of dialogue he had with Alexa,” the dad wrote in the captions of his viral video.   

Bohman was not immediately available to respond to The Post’s request for comment.

It’s unclear if Bohman was refunded for the mishap, but he did write in a caption that he “regrets not keeping the hot tub every day.”

A screenshot of Tucker Bohman's TikTok post about his five-year-old son's $1,000 Amazon order.

Bohman claims his son spent several hours making Amazon purchases through Alexa.
TikTok / @toystorydad_

A screenshot of Tucker Bohman's TikTok post about his five-year-old son's $1,000 Amazon order.

The little boy bought a variety of toys and fun treats, including a high-soaring rocket ship
TikTok / @toystorydad_

A screenshot of Tucker Bohman's TikTok post about his five-year-old son's $1,000 Amazon order.

The boy’s most impressive purchase was the $500 hot tub that he added to his Amazon order.
TikTok / @toystorydad_

However, at the end of the clip, the patient papa offered a word of advice to fellow moms and dads of teeny-weeny shopaholics. 

“Parents,” said Bohman, “make sure you disable voice purchases on your Alexa app so this doesn’t happen to you,” punctuating his pointer with the cry-laughing emoji.

But it seems his words of wisdom came a bit too late for some.

Tucker Bohman, a married father of three, at a theme park.

Online, parents weighed in on Bohman’s post with their own horror stories about kids making unpermitted purchases.
Instagram / @toystorydad

“My son ordered a $2,700 drone when he was 5 along with $1,500 [worth] of toys and I had to fight with Amazon to cancel the order,” confessed one mad mama.

“My son did that once. He bought three tablets and 27 feet worth of cat pillows. It’s been three years and I still get ads for cat pillows,” groaned another.

“This is me right now! My daughter alone [ordered] $950 of toys,” another added.

And these unfortunate folks aren’t the only ones who’ve nearly gone bankrupt thanks to their non-budgeting babes.

@toystorydad_

Has this ever happened to you?! Also I regret not keeping the hot tub every day…

♬ original sound – toystorydad

In December 2020, a then-six-year-old named George Johnson racked up a heart-stopping $16,000 in video game charges on his mother’s credit card. The stunt was mimicked by four-year-old Noah Bryant, who accidentally bought $2,600 in SpongeBob popsicles on Amazon in May 2021. 

And the youngest over-consumer, Ayaansh Kumar, at just 22 months old, purchased an eye-popping $1,700 in furniture from Walmart while playing on his mom’s phone in January 2022. 

“He just went to the cart and whatever was there, boom,” said the boy’s father. “He just clicked and all payments just went through.”