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Kentucky boy orders 70,000 suckers while playing with mom's phone


"My suckers are here!"

"That's what a boy in Lexington exclaimed when 30 cases of Dum-Dum suckers arrived at his front door.Holly LaFavers says that her son, Liam, was playing with her phone over the weekend and somehow ended up ordering 70,000 suckers, which comes out to about $4,200.LaFavers told WKYT that Liam, a second grader, doesn't fully understand the decisions he makes.“He told me that he wanted to have a carnival, and he was ordering the Dum-Dums as prizes for his carnival,” LaFavers said.She said Amazon let her return eight of the 30 boxes, but was left with 22. Holly LaFavers says that her son, Liam, was playing with her phone over the weekend and somehow ended up ordering 70,000 suckers, which comes out to about $4,200. LaFavers told WKYT that Liam, a second grader, doesn't fully understand the decisions he makes.

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