Dad Furious Son Was Tricked Into Raising Thousands for School

A dad was furious when his son, who was hoping to get the top prize for raising the most money for his school fundraiser, ended up with a measly $15 gift card after seemingly being lied to.

“My son, who is in 5th grade, had a booklet from school to sell things for them. Chocolates, flowers, and the typical boosters a lot of us got to do growing up. Anyways, there were tiers of rewards for selling items. From 10 items, all the way up to 200 items. The 210 item prize was an Oculus VR headset,” the man began on Reddit.

His son really wanted the top prize, so he worked overtime to sell the goods.

“The cheapest thing in this book was a $17 box of chocolates. He sold 217 items. A few thousand dollars in value. Not only all the hours he put in to achieve his goal, now all the time ‘we’ have to spend delivering the goods,” the dad continued.

However, when his son came home only with a $15 Dairy Queen gift card, he was confused.

“There is no Oculus to be handed out. I paid for the entire order off of my card and will collect the money when we deliver,” he shared.

Feeling like he was duped, he told his son’s teacher that he “should be compensated” and threatened to “cancel the order.”

“He is 12 and put in well over 40+ hours in the [past] few months … to be shafted. This has nothing to do with the value of the item. I just saw my child learn some work ethic, and be highly motivated for his goal. For two months all that has been talked about is ‘Dad, I can’t wait for my Oculus VR…’ [only] to be handed a $15 ice cream gift card,” the dad concluded.

Users in the comments urged the man to fight for his son, but also not to take his anger out on the teacher.

“If there’s a discrepancy between what was promised and what’s being offered, don’t hesitate to advocate for your son,” one person wrote.

“Go ahead and advocate (and search for factual information), but don’t take it out on the teacher who wants nothing less to do with any of it. Teachers certainly aren’t the people running the fundraiser,” another shared.

“Don’t talk to the teacher. They don’t know anything about these fundraisers. Talk with the PTA or the principal depending on who organized the fundraiser. Leave the teacher alone, they aren’t a part of fundraisers at all, they just pass along the flyers,” someone else commented.