NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

[6souls]

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.

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, New Hampshire News, Manchester News, Weather & Sports, Channel 9 TV - WMUR New Hampshire's Channel 9

NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes - Yahoo! News

[Akucaen]

What the hell, lol. How could they even process that?

And by process that, I mean auth the purchase on the bank's end. That makes no fucking sense especially with daily limits in place for security.

[Dimmauk]

Somehow this is Obama's fault.

[Kiro]

Bitches are desperate for money.

[Mizango]

Holy shit hahaha

[Olo401]

Well it can't be taxes because NH doesn't have any statewide taxes.

[Conrad]

Well it can't be taxes because NH doesn't have any statewide taxes.

It might be, that's what is hot on the streets right now.

[Mizango]

lol anytime I hear the word "taxes" I too hear that echoing in my head.

[Conrad]

My mind has been tainted by awesome.

[Linktri]

Bank of America? Yes. I'd like to buy New York.
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No. The whole state and everyone in it.
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I've been saving up. I have about 179 gajillion dollars.
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Yes. That is a real number.
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What do you mean it's fucking gone?!
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Cigs?! Are you fucking KIDDING me?!

[Ragnell]

It might be, that's what is hot on the streets right now.

I'm shutting the studio down

[Conrad]

I'm shutting the studio down

How do we open it back up?

[Ragnell]

How do we open it back up?

You gotta walk to brooklyn and get me a sugar cookie

[Mizango]

How do we open it back up?

Yall want me to open the studio again? Yall gonna have to walk down to the Bronx and get me breastmilk from a Cambodian immigrant.

[Conrad]

What is this!? I am not a sugar cookie getter!

[hagun]

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

This was awesome. Made my day.

[Absolutely Virtue]

Where was this story when the kid in General was considering taking up smoking?

[6souls]

Bank of America? Yes. I'd like to buy New York.
...
No. The whole state and everyone in it.
...
I've been saving up. I have about 179 gajillion dollars.
...
Yes. That is a real number.
...
What do you mean it's fucking gone?!
...
Cigs?! Are you fucking KIDDING me?!

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"I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card," said Josh Muszynski, from New Hampshire.

He says his appeals to his bank first met with little understanding, though it eventually corrected the error.

It also waived the usual $15 overdraft fee.

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He thought he would be a couple of hundred dollars in the black. But his overdraft had pushed him into the red - by an amount equivalent to many times the entire US national debt.

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In panic, Mr Muszynski rushed back to the petrol station, but they were unable to help. He says he then spent two hours on the phone with the Bank of America.

Eventually, it assured him it would be fixed - and the next morning, it had been.

But no-one has yet explained to Mr Muszynski how such a astonishing error could have been made.

BBC NEWS | Americas | US smoker chokes on cost of habit

[_chuchu]

ho shit. fucking mod that did this.

[TheShadyMan]

Fucking tax increase.