Posted on 07/15/2009 7:14:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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.
Hey! I bought a new toaster the other day, and got a free bank to wo with it! :~)
Even if it is a debit card, there is a 1% commission paid.
So that is still 230 TRILLION dollars.
Surely that should buy this customer some love.
If someone gave me $230 TRILLION, I would buy them a nice steak lunch. Even a glass of wine. Maybe even dessert.
I guess you should tell that to all the godless fruitcakes out there, that only make $14/hr. Seems like you have a mission in life.
Wow.
A couple of mistakes like that in one day and I think my account would bounce.
In a WV CVS drug store, I paid for a bottle of shampoo with a hundred dollar bill.
The kid rang it up and the register said that I had $995.37 change due.
[the contrary little snot wouldn’t gimme it]....:))
Capital One rode in like white knights when I got cheated by a seller on eBay.
He sold me a “brand new in box” floor cleaner which was as far from new as you can get, outside of a landfill.
They got my money back within 2 weeks.
[what’s in your wallet?]...;-D
You got one who could do subtraction in his head?
He wont be working there long.
Yeah, for that kind of commission, I’d even consider having their lunch catered.
“Yeah, for that kind of commission, I’d even consider having their lunch catered.”
Ok.. let us not get carried away....
We don’t want to blow all of the commission on lunches etc..
Two hours on the phone with BofA.
I’d really like to know what kind of conversation took place. Most call centers record calls.
Suspect it went as follows:
Customer: Yeah, the pack of smokes wasn’t 23 quadrillion dollars, it was maybe a few million dollars less.
Bank: Sorry Sir, you signed the receipt and the dispute process is...
Customer: I didn’t spend 23 Quadrillion dollars, even those these were low-tar filtered!
Bank: Sir, did you or did you not buy the cigarettes? Did you smoke them? Did they leave you ‘alive with pleasure’?
Customer: Enough kidding, you have to fix this.
Bank: Sir, smoking is not good for you. It certainly isn’t helping your financial situation.
Customer: This can’t be happeing, I’m not going to stand for this!
Bank: So you’re refusing to file form CD-23512.T to formally dispute the charges. Is there anything else I can help you with today?
I'll tell you all right now that there are millions of decent,hard-working Americans who'd love to make $14 an hour but are daily performing many jobs as best they can for less.
Yup....just my luck...and he’s already long gone....:))
“A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes “
I agree on the ridiculousness of this all the way around. The bank arguing absurdity and the guy using his cedit card on such a trivial purchase. Where I drink coffee they charge $.75 a cup. It amazes me how many people want to pay with a credit card. They charge Betty $.50 per transaction plus 2%. Stores have to raise prices on everyone to cover these costs as lawmakers say you can’t carge a fee or require a minimum amount.
I want to urge all Freepers to avoid posts and threads using the term ‘quadrillion’.
If this gets into popular usage, it’s only a matter of time until Obama gets wind of it and learns there are numbers bigger than a trillion.
Ahh...the total-lack-of-pride argument.
One Quadrillion Pennies
I've been boycotting BofA since TARP, but it looks like there are other reasons they got in trouble.
Sounds like they are getting ready for Obama’s Zimbabwe-style inflation.
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