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 (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.

Yowza!

The best part is B of A saying only Visa can answer questions and vice versa. Typical

That's hilarious... and scary!

You really need to keep an eye on those people. A girl I worked with once had them double charging her on every use.

Let's see............. How much per cigarette ??? I know the cost went up $.45 a pack but this is crazy. Glad I don't smoke.

WOW bank of america covered it and only charged 15.00 overdraft fee no wonder they are in such bad shape

I have National City and they have bounced stuff when I was 3 cents short and charged me 72.00 (36.00 return fee and 36.00 overdraft)..

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Originally posted by Jim Streich:
WOW bank of america covered it and only charged 15.00 overdraft fee no wonder they are in such bad shape

Who needs stimulus money from the government when you can make a charge like this for a pack of cigarettes! You would think someone would have noted a slight problem with this transaction.

"Sorry, sir, your recent 27 quadrillion transaction was slightly over your limit. Were you planning on purchasing multiple military weapons, or just one?"

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Originally posted by Will:
Who needs stimulus money from the government when you can make a charge like this for a pack of cigarettes! You would think someone would have noted a slight problem with this transaction.

Bank of America probably noticed it right away. But 3 hours of interest on the money would be worth about $400 billion, enough for a medium-sized bailout.