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Title: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Texas_Bryan on July 15, 2009, 08:51:57 AM: New Hampshire Man Charged $23 Quadrillion for Cigarettes

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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 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.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532740,00.html?test=latestnews

I just want a bank error in my favor for that amount. ;D
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: 1911 Junkie on July 15, 2009, 08:58:16 AM: Sin Tax.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: ericire12 on July 15, 2009, 09:14:54 AM: And he was worried about the $15 fee!
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tt11758 on July 15, 2009, 10:35:18 AM: Quote from: 1911 Junkie on July 15, 2009, 08:58:16 AM
Sin Tax.

Hell, SOMEbody's gotta pay for the stimulus.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 10:50:23 AM: They were collecting for BO's reelection.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: BAC on July 15, 2009, 11:27:39 AM: Wow! Cigarette prices have gone up a lot since I quit smoking!
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tt11758 on July 15, 2009, 11:34:41 AM: Quote from: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 10:50:23 AM
They were collecting for BO's reelection.

WEll geez, Tom, you and I should both send in our donations as soon as possible. I have some tar I could send. ;D
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 11:41:56 AM: I have a tree in the yard and a handy source of rope !
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tt11758 on July 15, 2009, 12:01:02 PM: Quote from: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 11:41:56 AM
I have a tree in the yard and a handy source of rope !

Great, now you have me whistling the theme song from "Hang Em High"!
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on July 15, 2009, 12:25:21 PM: And you have me getting all quivery with excitement...

Quit teasing me like that Tom......... ;D
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Kid Shelleen on July 15, 2009, 12:49:55 PM: No problem, just print up enough money to cover the quadrillion bill, hell might as well print up a few quintillion, and mortgage your butt into oblivion with China.

WHAT? It's a proven solution. :o
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 12:54:23 PM: Quote from: Marshal'ette Halloway on July 15, 2009, 12:25:21 PM
And you have me getting all quivery with excitement...

Quit teasing me like that Tom......... ;D

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Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 01:17:24 PM: "No problem, just print up enough money to cover the quadrillion bill, hell might as well print up a few quintillion, and mortgage your butt into oblivion with China."

We already did.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Texas_Bryan on July 15, 2009, 01:19:29 PM: Quote from: tombogan03884 on July 15, 2009, 01:17:24 PM
"No problem, just print up enough money to cover the quadrillion bill, hell might as well print up a few quintillion, and mortgage your butt into oblivion with China."

We already did.

You start at the Nike factory at 5am Monday morning. 15 minutes for lunch, but a plus is you get a fortune cookie break once every two hours.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: ericire12 on July 15, 2009, 01:57:52 PM: Quote from: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 12:54:23 PM
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Put your pants back on, Haz.
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tt11758 on July 15, 2009, 03:07:25 PM: Quote from: ericire12 on July 15, 2009, 01:57:52 PM
Put your pants back on, Haz.

REALLY!! NOBODY wants to see THAT!!! ;D
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 03:14:02 PM: That was me doing the smootchin and M'ette do the drawer drop!

Gee guys does I has ta 'splain evrythin to y'all?
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: tt11758 on July 15, 2009, 03:49:29 PM: Quote from: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 03:14:02 PM
That was me doing the smootchin and M'ette do the drawer drop!

Gee guys does I has ta 'splain evrythin to y'all?

Apparently. Though I should have known that particular tushy was WAY too cute to belong to a feline. ;D
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Pathfinder on July 15, 2009, 07:23:37 PM: Quote from: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 03:14:02 PM
That was me doing the smootchin and M'ette do the drawer drop!

Gee guys does I has ta 'splain evrythin to y'all?

In. Your. Dreams.

Only!!
Title: Re: Smoking is expensive!!!
Post by: Hazcat on July 15, 2009, 08:58:30 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder on July 15, 2009, 07:23:37 PM
In. Your. Dreams.

Only!!

True but AHHHHH What dreams! ;D