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07-15-2009, 11:40 PM
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Positive Thinking Brings Positive Results :)
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: "FV" (most can't pronounce it)
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Holy SMOKES! How much did that pack cost?
NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes - Road Runner
NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes
Yes that's QUADRILLION of dollars! We knew the democrats wanted to raise taxes but holy cripes !   all in fun - it was an error but neither Visa or Bank of America will explain it!
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07-16-2009, 05:44 AM
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Location: Londonderry, NH
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I'll bet they would explain the error if it were a credit to the account.
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07-16-2009, 09:15 AM
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They did explain it; there was an error in the software.
As crazy as it sounds a very small software error (such as a missing comma) could cause something like this. It could also only occur at a specific system date/time...so any transactions at that time were affected (explaining those several thousand that were).
Just goes to show that while the systems are very good, the systems aren't perfect and reading your bill is important.
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07-16-2009, 09:19 AM
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yes they did explain there was a glitch in the system. The two NH people were not alone. Various customers nationwide were charged the same amount.
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07-16-2009, 10:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by buck naked
yes they did explain there was a glitch in the system. The two NH people were not alone. Various customers nationwide were charged the same amount.
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I think there were 13,000 total transactions affected (sounds like a big number...but compared to the number of transactions per hour- its not at all) and they caught/corrected most of them before customer's knew about it. |
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07-16-2009, 01:00 PM
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3.5 years and counting down!!!
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: stuck in the MD
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[quote=BF66389;9791576 Just goes to show that while the systems are very good, the systems aren't perfect and reading your bill is important.[/QUOTE]
Can you imagine if they paid their bills with auto-pay?? |
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07-16-2009, 01:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WannaComeHome
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That's one of the big risks of auto-pay. You are relying on multiple imperfect systems. |
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