Leave a Comment | Posted by Kris Valentine on July 15, 2009
You talk about a spending problem? lol! I’m pretty sure you’d panic too if you saw this on your account.

NEW YORK (CNN) — A technical snafu left some Visa prepaid cardholders stunned and horrified Monday to see a $23,148,855,308,184,500 charge on their statements.
That’s about 2,007 times the size of the national debt.
Josh Muszynski, 22, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was one Visa customer aghast to find the 17-digit charge on his bill. Adding insult to injury, he had also been hit with a $15 overdraft fee.
He noticed that his debt exceeded the world GDP while making a routine balance inquiry on his online Bank of America account. According to his statement, he had spent the profound sum in one pop at a nearby Mobil gas station — his regular stop for Camel cigarettes.
“Very, very panicked,” he jumped in his car and sped to the station.
Had they perhaps noticed any “outrageous” charges come across their books recently, he inquired of the cashier there. She checked the records. They had not.
Muszynski wondered aloud what he might possibly have asked to purchase for such an astronomical price. “Can I buy Europe on pump 4?”

