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NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:20 PM EDT
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MANCHESTER — 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.

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

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I understand no one wanting to deal with the screw up. I wouldn't want to claim it either.

    Reply#1 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:54 AM EDT
    Jimmy-915356

    This is a view of things to come...taxes keep going up and the dollar is being devalued at an alarming rate. Pretty soon a gallon of milk will cost the same.

      Reply#2 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:51 PM EDT
      Jekazu

      How the heck did that even happen in the first place?

        Reply#3 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:08 PM EDT
        glopezn70

        This is obviously an easy thing to notice, imagine how often this happens to other people, getting overcharged maybe a few extra pennies that nobody will notice.

          Reply#4 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:42 PM EDT
          Britlassy

          A really bloody GOOD reason to stop smoking.......

          and I wish 'my' line of credit would allow that large of a overdraft.. Geeze!

          • 1 vote
          Reply#5 - Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:30 AM EDT
          Karri-M

          Yeah, a great way of lowering the smoking rate! And a great way to get rid of the national debt! Maybe we should make every pack cost that much. (Okay, so I am partially joking!)

          • 1 vote
          #5.1 - Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:53 PM EDT
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