WTF of the day

[Croomp]

Theres nothing like buying a pack of cigarrettes and getting charged $23,148,855,308,184,500 for them.

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<h1 id="articleHdln" class="smallText">Man Charged $23 Quadrillion for Smokes</h1> <div class="articleCrdtLn"> <font color="#666666" size="1" face="Verdana">AP

</font> </div> <div class="articleBdy"> <div id="articleTxt1" class="articleTxt smallText"> <font size="4">MANCHESTER, N.H. (July 15) - 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.</font> </div> <div id="articleTxt2" class="articleTxt smallText">
<font size="4">Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number -- a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500.</font> </div> <div id="articleTxt3" class="articleTxt smallText">
<font size="4">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.</font> </div> <div id="articleTxt4" class="articleTxt smallText">
<font size="4">The bank corrected the error the next day.</font> </div> <div id="articleTxt5" class="articleTxt smallText">
<font size="4">Bank of America tells</font> <font color="#314C7B" size="4">WMUR-TV</font> <font size="4">only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank

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[GloryDawg]

I read this story over on Fox and one of the guys who got charged said, that he was not worried about it. I would be shitting bricks. I guess during bad economy days people get to the point where they don't give a crap about anything.

 

[davatron]

I think even the dumbest chimpanzee would see $23 quadrillion and know there had been a mistake.

 

[msudawg12]

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