A mom panicked when her 4-year-old bought $2,600 in SpongeBob Popsicles. Good Samaritans are paying.

When the Amazon boxes arrived last month, Bryant was in a panic. She tagged SpongeBob and Nickelodeon on Twitter, adding emoji in various states of distress. She tried to get the purchase refunded without luck, she said, and attempts to sell the Popsicles to dessert companies did not go any better. Finally, Bryant vented to her classmates on a Facebook group for NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. “If my tuition is late this month, this is why,” she wrote.