Man Charged 23 Quadrillion for Smokes

[MomoRacer]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOVmlDfNCUgb-GlK0P7dkUz_dcEgD99F9GAO0

..bank of america fail...

[Neverender]

I was about to post this.

:mad: :D

[Truth]

Epic fail, haha.

[mrmcdonaldduck]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

Josh Muszynski (Moo-SIN'-ski) checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

Muszynski says he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com


here is the story for any one to lazy to click the link

fail

[ShatteredWings]

oh man that's fucked up..

[lamboman43]

Thats how to get people to stop smoking. Jack the prices up and BAM, everyone in the country stops smoking after their last pack.

[Mzor203]

Thats how to get people to stop smoking. Jack the prices up and BAM, everyone in the country stops smoking after their last pack.

No, then someone gets the brilliant idea to sell people cigarettes under the counter at lower prices, much like every other drug these days.

[lamboman43]

No, then someone gets the brilliant idea to sell people cigarettes under the counter at lower prices, much like every other drug these days.

Then they get arrested in sting-like operations.

[Mzor203]

First of all, the government is hardly going to jack the price up to $23 quadrillion. And after that happens, it'll be exactly like marijuana is today. And there is an absolute shitload of pot around these days, so it's not going away.

[lamboman43]

First of all, the government is hardly going to jack the price up to $23 quadrillion. And after that happens, it'll be exactly like marijuana is today. And there is an absolute shitload of pot around these days, so it's not going away.

Why cant people get sarcasm anymore? It's a lost cause to be sarcastic these days. People are too serious.

[Neverender]

Why cant people get sarcasm anymore? It's a lost cause to be sarcastic these days. People are too serious.

That was an awful dose of sarcasm then.

[lamboman43]

That was an awful dose of sarcasm then.

Well sorry then. I think it's obvious it would never work.

[MoveAlong]

lol. : )

[peaceloverugby]

Looks like I picked a good time to stop smoking...

[ylllek nivyer]

hahah, i wouldn't even know what to think about that.
i'd just be like, "Damn, what the hell are they puttin in these cigs these days?"

[Atonement]

That looks like a great way to promote quitting smoking lol

[tripolar]

Sounds like Bank of America did not get enough bailout money so they turned to getting money from cardholders lol.

[JunkBondTrader]

Hah, I saw this the other day. Do they know how this happened yet? An amount several times the size of the American national debt seems to be a little extreme to be attributed to a human error.

What I loved was how he went back to the petrol station in a panic. I can't imagine what he would have said to the cashier. :P

[IAMWILL]

^^ Holy crap your ancient lol :P

I'd just be like "..WTF?."