US man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for pack of cigarettes
US man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for pack of cigarettes
AP 15 July 2009, 06:23pm IST
NEW HAMPSHIRE: A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a
US man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for pack of cigarettes
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US man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for pack of cigarettes
AP 15 July 2009, 06:23pm IST
NEW HAMPSHIRE: 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 after the purchase 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 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.
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.