NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

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.

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[Chica Yeyé 41]

OMG 15 bucks overdraft for such a HUGE bill??? how stupid

[Nagishkaw 510]

[GaryC 7]

Overdraft charge? Does that mean the bank paid the 23 quadrillion? If they didn't then there wouldn't be an overdraft.

[trillium13 84]

I knew cigarettes were getting expensive, but...

[familyguy 2]

This sin tax thing is getting outta hand

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

This sin tax thing is getting outta hand