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NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
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 (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. --- He meant to pay for those smokes in quatloons... * Ahhh...Bank of America. If Josh talked faster, one of the bank's overseas reps would have credited the entire amount back to his account. |
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:57:37 -0400, H the K
wrote: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes 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 (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. --- He meant to pay for those smokes in quatloons... * Ahhh...Bank of America. If Josh talked faster, one of the bank's overseas reps would have credited the entire amount back to his account. It's strange that Bank of America's risk department would have missed that one. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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Gene Kearns wrote:
In article , says... NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes 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 (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. --- He meant to pay for those smokes in quatloons... Must be the currency of Canadian branch of the Providers? I was a BofA customer for a while. I was with a local bank in Jax. It was bought out by a regional Florida bank. That bank was bought out by a national bank. BofA bought out that bank. That was enough for me...bye, bye, BofA. Although if it mistakenly would credit my account with $23,148,855,308,184,500... |
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:09:58 -0400, H the K
wrote: Gene Kearns wrote: In article , says... NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes 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 (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. --- He meant to pay for those smokes in quatloons... Must be the currency of Canadian branch of the Providers? I was a BofA customer for a while. I was with a local bank in Jax. It was bought out by a regional Florida bank. That bank was bought out by a national bank. BofA bought out that bank. That was enough for me...bye, bye, BofA. Although if it mistakenly would credit my account with $23,148,855,308,184,500... One wonders if the programmers for B of A software understand floating point error. One wonders what kind of processing power B of A computers possess. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:57:37 -0400, H the K wrote: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes 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. I knew Obama was going to fund the health care plan with cigarette taxes but I didn't know he was going to do it all with one customer. Probably not a bad idea for the US Govt to put a hefty tax on tobacco products. Might help curb demand. |
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:32:15 -0400, BAR wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:57:37 -0400, H the K wrote: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes 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 (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. --- He meant to pay for those smokes in quatloons... * Ahhh...Bank of America. If Josh talked faster, one of the bank's overseas reps would have credited the entire amount back to his account. It's strange that Bank of America's risk department would have missed that one. 15 bucks is 15 bucks. And a cheap cigar is a cheap cigar. |
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