Visa card surprise: $23,148,855,308,184,500
Company cites 'temporary programming error' for 17-digit charges
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$23 quadrillion dinner July 15: A Texas man is accidentally charged $23 quadrillion for dinner. KXAS reports Ellen Goldberg explains. NBC News Channel |
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 9:52 a.m. CT, Wed., July 15, 2009
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Some Visa cardholders were surprised to find that recent purchases cost them a little more than expected — $23 quadrillion, plus change.
In New Hampshire, Josh Muszynski said he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and when he later checked his account online found that he had been charged the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500.
In North Texas, Jon Seale saw the same 17-figure bill on his credit card statement, presumably for a meal July 13 at a restaurant owned by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, NBC affiliate KXAS TV reported.
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