HT201079: Family purchases and payments
Learn about Family purchases and paymentsQ: Why can't I prevent other adult family members (in Family Sharing) from using my credit card for purchases!? This seems ridiculous ... Why can't I prevent other adult family members (in Family Sharing) from using my credit card for purchases!? This seems ridiculous. more
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Apr 13, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Pabloriaby Mobile Blues,If you are the Family Organizer then all purchases will be billed to you. However, you can set up family Sharing so that it asks you to approve purchases made by members.
Read more on setting up family Sharing here:
Family purchases and payments - Apple Support
You also can set up a Child account which can use a different payment method.
Read about how to set it up here:
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Apr 13, 2016 2:03 PM in response to Pabloriaby Limnos,Request and make purchases with Ask to Buy - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/HT201089
http://www.iclarified.com/41419/whats-new-in-ios-8-family-sharing -
Family Purchases and Ask To Buy
When a family member initiates a new purchase, it is billed directly to the family organizer’s account, unless the family member has gift or store credit sufficient to cover the entire amount. Once purchased, the item is added to the initiating family member’s account and shared with the rest of the family group. If Family Sharing is ever disabled, each member will keep the items they chose to purchase—even if they were paid for by the family organizer.
I guess one person has to be in charge of the purchases with a certain degree of trust otherwise a "family" becomes an apartment complex all within wi-fi range of each other.