Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: $23, Quadrillion, Visa, Charge, Glitch | Themes: Networking
A technical glitch with Visa left many customers wondering how their great great great gandchildren's kids will pay off the $23 quadrillion debt.
Talk about ouch! CNN is reporting that a technical glitch with Visa charged a whopping $23,148,855,308,184,500.000 to many cardholders. Although CNN did not specify how many pairs of shorts were ruined in the process, the site did point out that the total (per charge) is about 2,007 times the size of the national debit.
One customer charged with the erroneous bill said that he was even charged an additional $15 overdraft fee. The 17-digit sum, according to 22-year-old Josh Muszynski of Manchester, New York, was apparently charged at a nearby Mobile gas station; this was the same place he usually bought a pack of Camel cigarettes.
After investigating the charge with both the gas station and Bank of America, the financial institution that issued the card, the latter company removed the $23 quadrillion charge from his account. Visa formally announced that he was one of less than 13,000 individuals that experienced a "temporary programming error at Visa Debit Processing Services which caused some transactions to be inaccurately posted to a small number of Visa prepaid accounts."
Visa added that the problem was fixed, and that all erroneous charges stemming from the problem have been voided.
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LOL!
Does it apply towards rewards points?
Does it apply towards rewards points?
That was helarious
Epic fail of epic proportions? I'd demand that the other measly $5000 I owed be voided too...
"Vista Debit Processing"
No wonder they hard such a fail, they using Vista!
Timothy in the slashdot.org posting on this (they do seem to always be a few hours ahead of Tom's), stating:
Thought I'd share that explanation, as it helped clarify for me what happened.
Timothy in the slashdot.org posting on this (they do seem to always be a few hours ahead of Tom's), stating:Thought I'd share that explanation, as it helped clarify for me what happened.
Genius programmers... I'm still taking baby steps with html >< by the time I graduate highschool I hope I'll have php and some java or c/c++.
Yes I think Tom leeches of other sites... I check OCC at lunch and they've got some cool news, then in the afternoon, Toms has the same news just paraphrased. And posted on a very buggy website.
If you convert this to mileage bonus, maybe you could go to another galaxy.
Not the first time I seen this. I seen it happen a few months ago as well and it too was at a gas station. The guy filled his tank up and was charged millions or billions (I cannot remember which). He actually had to fight with visa over the phone about this. The dumb ass who took the call at visa really believed the system was correct. Anyway, they finally fixed it in the end.
I wonder if someone is creaming the interest off that error, if someone is then is it an error or something else more sinister.
Didnt you know about the new diamond encrusted microsoft endorsed released by camel? I hear they are the new black.
"temporary programming error at Visa Debit Processing Services which caused some transactions to be inaccurately posted to a small number of Visa prepaid accounts."
Lol great job with the quotes. Working with the industry I knwo first hand that it was most likely a new processor that made the error.
I love that VISA reassures us by saying he was one of "only" 13,000 people who were charged quadrillions of dollars. Makes you wonder how many people are falsely charged more moderate amounts and just don't notice it.
I'm wondering what kind of purchases were listed for this charge. So far seems like gas and a pack of cigs. I can only imagine the conversations at home about why the new drapes the wife bought where so expensive
"I love that VISA reassures us by saying he was one of "only" 13,000 people who were charged quadrillions of dollars. Makes you wonder how many people are falsely charged more moderate amounts and just don't notice it."
Do you even think about how much transaction Visa do handles per second? If it were only of a small leak in their system, they would end up pilling gigantic sums of cash. It would suffice of only one customer starting to check a bit around and we could suddenly face the biggest fraud ever commit in history. Do you really think Visa would jerk with even a small sum while they make huge profit each years?
"the site did point out that the total (per charge) is about 2,007 times the size of the national debit."
I'm pretty sure you mean the national DEBT, unless we are talking debits and credits from accounting.
i just bought the world
LOL I thought it said Vista...
Does Visa make the mistake of crediting people with a quadrillion dollars?
Does Visa make the mistake of crediting people with a quadrillion dollars?
Ha...good question.
I love how they had to actually investigate to see if the charge was an error.