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Webkinz comes to Lily's rescue!
Today I got a call from the Ganz folks up in Canada who make Webkinz stuffed animals and their accompanying virtual world website.
They were feeling sorry for Lily because she was the victim of a home invasion robbery in Webkinz world. See my post on that by clicking here. They wanted to know if there was something they could do to help.
Awww, isn't that nice?
To bring you up to date, I very stupidly published Lily's logon and password on this blog, (see the post here) and joked about someone stealing the "furniture'' in her bunny's bedroom.
Surprise, surprise! Someone did just that. Yes, it's true, one of you readers is THAT MEAN!
The cyber burglar also cleaned out Lily's Webkinz virtual bank account. Lily was devastated.
But I told the Webkinz spokeswoman that Lily is already rebuilding from this life tragedy. She got a new job, has a fresh infusion of cash to pay her veterinary bills, and has almost gotten over the mental anguish she suffered.
Susan McVeigh, a spokeswoman for the company, advised me that many a child has had the "learning experience'' Lily had.
"We say never share your password. Never,'' she said.
Kids can learn "safe Internet practices'' at a young age on Webkinz.com, she noted. And many a child has given out a password to a friend who is no longer a friend, or to a sibling, and been victimized like Lily was.
However, not many kids are victimized by their own parent publishing the password on the Internet, McVeigh noted. Not very smart.
"Send me the link when you do one with your bank account logon and password,'' McVeigh said and laughed.
Touche!
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Comments
No comments, eh ? I hate that website. My son got into it, and now everytime we go to a store, he wants more of those stupid overpriced stuffed toys, and spends way too much time on the computer fooling with it. Mark yourself lucky, maybe your daughter will forget about it and go onto less insiduous things.
Posted by: Jeff | September 11, 2008 1:57 PM
Did you think that posting her logon and password wouldn't lead to someone logging in and stealing everything?
Posted by: Webkinz Cheats | September 11, 2008 4:53 PM
Webkinz for kids are like drugs for adults. My children want to play them all day
Posted by: webkinz | September 16, 2008 2:13 AM
My daughter almost gave her login and password to a friend of hers one day. The mom of the other child and I were right there and we were both saying, "NOOOO!" Fortunately, she stopped.
I can use this as a lesson as to why I say that she shouldn't give out her password. Thank you!
I hope Lily will make a quick recovery and that she won't end up on a therapist's couch because of this. :-)
Posted by: Kristy | September 17, 2008 2:32 PM
Would you please share Susan McVeigh's number? I've been trying to find someone to speak to about Kathryn41, who cleaned out my daughter's account in August. That's amazing! You are the only parent that I've run across who spoke with a live human being, and what's more the woman "laughed". Wonder if she'll still "laugh" when I tell her that a group of us are speaking with the BBB in Canada and the US? I challenge Ms. McVeigh to tell that to my daughter and laugh in her face.
Posted by: Kim S | December 21, 2008 12:45 AM