Man charged $23 Quadrillion Dollars

@Sean Conklin 8118 wrote:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/07/15/10141916-ap.html

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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 checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number, a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500. That’s 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.

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That is crazy! Maybe he should take that as a sign to stop smoking. 😀

Hey Sean, 🙂

LMFAO over your closing statement: “Maybe he should take this as a sign to stop smoking!” Perfect Sean! 😉

BTW, take it from someone whose Dad died from Emphezyma. 🙁 When you die gasping for air while hooked-up to an oxygen-tank 24/7/365, you may as well be $23,148,855,308,184,500. in debt!!! :rolleyes:

I implore anyone with the vile habit of smoking cigarettes to do yourselves a favor and immediately improve the quality AND length of your lives by quitting smoking! Sorry to be so preachy, but I’ve lost a few loved ones to Lung-Cancer, and it’s no fun. 😡

Besides, when you quit smoking, you can spend all that time previously spent on “butt-breaks” practicing/woodshedding all the cool Infinite Guitar lessons/tutorials! 😀 Right?!? 😉

Best of luck! 😎

~Bill Meehan~ 😉

@Sean Conklin 8118 wrote:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/07/15/10141916-ap.html
Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number, a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500. That’s 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.

IMO, this is simply a proof that the banking systems are geared enough to handle large numbers. ha ha.

p.s. Smoking is good! As Ayn Rand stated – ‘Its a demonstration of man’s control over fire” 😀

Ayn Rand… that girl knew how to smoke but I never knew her to shred!
Who is John Galt? Go Atlas!

Been meaning to post this here after reading this story hahaha. It’s a couple who accidentally had their account credited by several million by mistake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8060681.stm