Fox News: Consumer Gets $23 Quadrillion Credit Card Bill

Funniness via FoxNews.com:

A New Hampshire man was shocked to learn that when he purchased pack of cigarettes he also got charged $23,148,855,308,184,500, or more than $23 quadrillion — a number that rivals that of the national debt.

Josh Muszynski swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and a few hours later noticed the [23 Quadrillion Dollar] charge when he checked his account on the Internet, WMUR-TV reported.

“I thought my card had been compromised. I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card,” Muszynski told the station. “It was very concerning.”

Muszynski told WMUR-TV that he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers — and the $15 overdraft fee — but the company couldn’t explain what exactly happened.

“She just tried to assure me that everything would be fixed, and I couldn’t see something like that being fixed,” Muszynski said.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Bank of America said the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.”

The link is here. I love that he says it was “very concerning”.

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One Comment

  1. Melinda
    Posted October 20, 2009 at 3:59 pm | Permalink

    I think I’d be freaking out just slightly if I saw that charge on my card!!!

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