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$81 Billion Gas Tab

Posted by samzenpus on from the really-big-tank dept.

denobug writes "Ever wonder how expensive a tank of gas could get? How about $81 billion! Juan Zamora had his PayPal debit card maxed out after a routine gas fill up, the transaction cost him $81,400,836,908. Makes me wonder whether the glitch is the debit card transaction system or in PayPal's system."

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  1. Re:30 kilograms by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turns out that the guy got an account number confused for the bill.

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