Man charged 23 Quadrillion dollars for a pack of smokes

[Sdiver]

I wonder how much was Tax?

This is just too funny for the "Early Bird" forum. :D

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_quadrillion_dollar_debit

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.

[FrankCastle18b]

He should have asked for cash back.

[gagners]

^^^ HAHA! Well said Frank! I was thinking the same thing.

[rubberneck]

He should have asked for cash back.

I'd settle for one day's interest on that sum.

[Saoirse]

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


Well, now there is what ya call passing the "buck". NO pun intended, of course! :D

[Praetorian]

At that rate Im going to have to cut back to a pack a day.

[rubberneck]

I'm wondering if this is a mistake at all. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a new tax that the President is going to use to pay for all his spending. A $23 quadrillion per pack tax might just cover it, barely.:p

[dirtyshirt]

Maybe that was Obama's plan to fund healthcare:P