Sounds Like A Matter Of Life And Debt
A US man bought a packet of cigarettes from his local petrol station - only to find his card charged $23 quadrillion. The exact amount was $23,148,855,308,184 - many times the US national debt. Rather than hold him to making the repayments, the bank agreed to correct the error.
FOOTNOTE: Smoke and mirrors.
Phew! What if they hadn't!
ReplyDeleteTalk about "going up in smoke"!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the guy who returned a rental video to the store after Y2K to find out he had a few million in late charges pending. I don't think they held him to it.
Ummm....which bank do I sign up with that will authorize purchases in the quadrillions? I am already visualizing all of my lovely new things!
ReplyDeleteAnd shame on that man for smoking ;)
Ha! Yes, I had heard ciggies were going up in price. x
ReplyDeleteIt would have been tragic it the guy paid and did not realize they where overcharging him
ReplyDeleteYes, although "fag end" would hav ean entirely different meaning to a U.S. man!
ReplyDeleteThat is totally freaky! Glad they took care of the error.
ReplyDeleteHmmm....I'm just thinking; given Zimbabwe's current rate of inflation, that sounds about right, wot?
ReplyDeleteWas his credit rating affected?
ReplyDeleteAnd according to our local newspaper, the credit card company said it was the bank's fault, and the bank said it was the credit card company's fault! Fingers pointing everywhere!
ReplyDeleteIt's a costly business, this smoking lark (wonder if he was persuaded to give up, afterwards?).
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