Comments on: US man charged $23 quadrillion for cigarettes

By: Redpill

Redpill — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:25:08 +0000

Whats happened here obviously is the company has mistaken ‘cigarettes’, for ‘the cost of the Bush administration’.

Its an easy mistake to make:

-They both kill millions of people indiscriminately,
-They both came with grave warnings about long term exposure (and yet people still bought them),
-They both take your money and promise far more than they actually deliver,
-Everyone would be much better off if we had fired them into space the minute we found out how bad they actually were for us.

By: jameshogg

jameshogg — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:37:38 +0000

Ah HA!

So that’s why all the world’s money has gone missing!

By: Nopke

Nopke — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:47:32 +0000

I wish that could happen to me man …. that they could even take such an amount from my account …..

Probably a different system in America … And oh man, do they need to keep an eye on their cards and such .. once you’ve have it in your hands you can drain someone’s account till the max apparently (well .. apparently there is not even an max !).

By: Nopke

Nopke — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:22:18 +0000

Happens to a colleage of me as well, although a slightly smaller amount, his account got charged for 500 euro instead of 50 euro after having had a meal in a restaurant. No refund as he did not have the bill of the restaurant and the restaurant apparently did not keep track of purchases customers in such a way that they could track it …

Keeping an eye on the digitals (with working mind) when you slip your card through the machine and are asked to press OK … Not a bad idea …

By: Nopke

Nopke — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:10:33 +0000

How can they charge an account is there is not enough money on it or a high enough limit?

By: flapjack

flapjack — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:05:55 +0000

Feel slightly better about my overdraft now! Thanks

By: Tash

Tash — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:27:42 +0000

That’s putme off buying fags!