Mein Gott! Now THAT'S a GLITCH!

RavynousHunter on 16/7/2009 at 03:59

(http://www.nbcdfw.com/around_town/shopping/Wow-Quadrillion-Dollar-Credit-Card-Bill.html?yhp=1) NBC News Article

Apparently, a behemothic glitch in Visa's Debit Processing Services caused a man to be charged $23,148,855,308,184,500 on his Visa Buxx card. That's over $23 QUADRILLION dollars (US).

Now that's what I call a glitch! Fuck!

june gloom on 16/7/2009 at 04:05

That's some rounding error.

Scots Taffer on 16/7/2009 at 04:39

Another glitch: thread title profanity.

Saw this around, what doesn't make sense is how the debit even tried to process since if the funds don't exist it cannot be debited and the transaction fails. I smell creative journalism.

crunchy on 16/7/2009 at 04:44

How many lap dances did this guy get? :eek:

Scots Taffer on 16/7/2009 at 04:45

It was for a pack of smokes, apparently. Always said smoking will cost you in the long run.

Martin Karne on 16/7/2009 at 05:00

That's what he gets for smoking anyway.

Queue on 16/7/2009 at 05:08

With the interest rate he's got, he'll never pay it off.

BrokenArts on 16/7/2009 at 05:21

If he pays more than the minimum due every month, he may get it paid off.

Queue on 16/7/2009 at 05:25

Yeah, but it'll take at least twenty years.

crunchy on 16/7/2009 at 05:32

Quote Posted by BrokenArts

If he pays more than the minimum due every month, he may get it paid off.

Unfortunately the minimum payment is greater than the GDP of most countries in the world.