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Title: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Irishman on July 16, 2009, 05:37:01 am: http://www.examiner.com/a-2119369~NH_man_charged_23_quadrillion_dollars_for_smokes.html

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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.

Now thats enough to ruin your day!
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: shaun on July 16, 2009, 07:37:51 am: It looks like cigarettes are headed that way though. I quit when they hit $10.00 a carton. I wasn't about to pay that kind of money.
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: shaun on July 16, 2009, 11:10:15 pm: Quote from: 'mpo4747' pid='8677' dateline='1247744655'

Quote from: 'shaun' pid='8675' dateline='1247744271'

It looks like cigarettes are headed that way though. I quit when they hit $10.00 a carton. I wasn't about to pay that kind of money.

$10 a carton ...... will be $10 a pack soon, the local store here has them at $8 a pack right now ....

Don't tell anyone but I can remember when they were $0.35 a pack. Most of the pack is tax.
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Vince G on July 16, 2009, 11:42:43 pm: A carton here a couple of months ago was $25-30 dollars. They just added a extra Tax on them so now they are $50.00. So time to stop.
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Scottish_Rob on July 17, 2009, 10:36:15 am: At that price, I am going to stop....lol:angel:
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Martin on July 21, 2009, 05:33:48 pm: Carton's here in Canada are between $70-$80.
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Sylvain D on July 21, 2009, 05:44:56 pm: The story doesnt't say if he smoke the cigarettes he bought or not in fact... :D
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: Uncle Brucie on July 21, 2009, 09:13:38 pm: well as of today it has been 24 days no smoking for me , using the nicorette unhaler and it actual works , for me , i smokes for 36 years

hope i can keep this up
Title: RE: NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Post by: shaun on July 21, 2009, 10:12:27 pm: Quote from: 'Uncle Brucie' pid='9412' dateline='1248225218'
well as of today it has been 24 days no smoking for me , using the nicorette unhaler and it actual works , for me , i smokes for 36 years

hope i can keep this up

Good for you, soon it will be nothing but something you feel indifferent toward but happy you quit. Here is to you getting to that day.