Jimbo 133 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 A man in the United States popped out to his local petrol station to buy a pack of cigarettes - only to find his card charged $23,148,855,308,184,500. That is $23 quadrillion (£14 quadrillion) - many times the US national debt. "I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card," said Josh Muszynski, from New Hampshire. He says his appeals to his bank first met with little understanding, though it eventually corrected the error. It also waived the usual $15 overdraft fee. "It was all back to normal," Mr Muszynski told his local television station, WMUR. "They reversed the negative balance fee, which was nice." Debt crisis His nightmare began when he checked his online bank account a few hours after buying the cigarettes. He thought he would be a couple of hundred dollars in the black. But his overdraft had pushed him into the red - by an amount equivalent to many times the entire US national debt. "It is a lot of money in the negative," he said. "Something I could never, ever, afford to pay back. "My children could not afford it, grandchildren, nothing like that." In panic, Mr Muszynski rushed back to the petrol station, but they were unable to help. He says he then spent two hours on the phone with the Bank of America. Eventually, it assured him it would be fixed - and the next morning, it had been. But no-one has yet explained to Mr Muszynski how such a astonishing error could have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 My brother seriously has to stop smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 More proof if any were needed that all this money and digits on screens is made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 More proof if any were needed that all this money and digits on screens is made up. My overdraft feels very real, Parky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14068 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 "I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card," said Josh Muszynski, from New Hampshire. Line of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 More proof if any were needed that all this money and digits on screens is made up. My overdraft feels very real, Parky ...you need to counter their made up money with some of your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2254 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 It also waived the usual $15 overdraft fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Not quite in the same league but my brother went 5p over his overdraft and lloyds Tsb charged him £95 and the only reason he went over his overdraft was charges coming from Lloyds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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