September 16, 2025 at 4:35 am

Little Kid Breaks Older Cousin’s iPhone, So The Kid’s Mom Pays To Have It Fixed, Not Knowing She Didn’t Need To Pay That Much

by Jayne Elliott

closeup of a person picking up a phone with a broken screen

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Having insurance on your phone is a good idea, especially if the phone is expensive to replace.

If your little cousin accidentally broke your phone, who should pay to fix it, the cousin, the cousin’s parents, or you?

In today’s story, this person’s cousin accidentally breaks their phone, but instead of getting upset about it, they pocket some extra money!

Let’s read all the details.

My little cousin cracked my iPhone XS Max screen. Made my aunt pay $329 knowing I have apple care and it only cost me $29

My little cousins are the biggest jerks in the world and my aunt pretty much let’s them do whatever they want without consequence.

They were roughhousing and knocked my phone off the counter, shattering the screen.

Getting it fixed would be a hassle.

My closest Apple store is about 2 hours away and it’s a huge inconvenience for me to drive there not to mention the extra gas.

So instead of explaining this to her (she’s the kind of person who doesn’t care about things that don’t effect her directly) I told her it was $329 to fix (which is true if I didn’t have apple care).

She didn’t question it.

She wrote me a check for $329 and I only had to pay $29 and I pocketed the extra $300.

I consider that my non disclosed inconvenience fee.

That worked out well, but that aunt needs to keep her kids under control! I don’t know how old they are, but they’re the ones who should be paying to get the phone fixed.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

I wonder how much the laptop actually cost.

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This person thinks OP did the right thing.

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Here’s a similar comment.

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This person would only feel bad about it if the aunt were struggling to pay the bills.

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The aunt probably won’t learn anything from this.

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I’d keep my phone away from those cousins!

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