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Thread ID: 101452	2009-07-15 18:35:00	This Should Help You Quit Smoking......	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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791915	2009-07-15 18:35:00	MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- 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 ($35,602,760,603,857,900.00 NZD) (or twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred US 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.	SurferJoe46 (51)
791916	2009-07-15 21:20:00	Is there even that much money in the world?	pcuser42 (130)
791917	2009-07-15 21:37:00	[qote]Is there even that much money in the world?[/quote]There is now. That fella with the eye-chart name has just had it credited to his account. This won't be Visa or the bank, only the governornament can reach these heights. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
791918	2009-07-16 03:11:00	MANCHESTER, N . H . (AP) -- 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 ($35,602,760,603,857,900 . 00 NZD) (or twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred US 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 . I thought I was looking at California's debt for a minute then . . . . . :p	nofam (9009)
791919	2009-07-16 03:17:00	No limits on the card?	the_bogan (9949)
791920	2009-07-16 03:22:00	A $15 overdraft fee. Classic. :lol:	wratterus (105)
791921	2009-07-16 03:50:00	i want the interest that was accumulated over the one day, never have to work again. Actually neither would my sisters, brothers etc	Gobe1 (6290)
791922	2009-07-16 04:48:00	I thought I was looking at California's debt for a minute then . . . . . :p Don't think it will be too far away by the time the Governator sorts out his problems . :thumbs:	Richard (739)
791923	2009-07-16 04:53:00	Sounds like the stuff of urban myths . . . . This is (allegedly) a debit card issued in conjunction with Visa and linked to the customer's bank account . Visa have nothing to do with the authorisation process, other than providing a medium (not the psychic kind!) for the bank to use . The bank would (should) have checks and balances to prevent this sort of dumb (or deliberate) mistake happening . Even if they are offline, there would normally be a limit over which the merchant would have to ring for authorisation, or turn the customer away . If this story is true, it sounds like exceedingly crappy automated systems in place at the bank .	johcar (6283)
791924	2009-07-16 05:12:00	A bit OT. I once invoiced a customer $9 billion for the delivery of a second-hand server. I was scanning a barcode product number during the server decommissioning process but had knocked a mouse button or something and that shifted the scan details to a delivery schedule. The customer was actually amused, though I was acutely embarrassed. I watch the screen like a hawk now.	The Hitcher (14826)
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