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Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs

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timark_uk

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Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs


	Quote: Josh Muszynski checked his account a few hours after making the purchase at a Mobil petrol station and saw the incredible 17-digit number. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090716/tod-man-charged-23-quadrillion-for-pack-870a197.html

A 17 digit credit card bill! (8+0

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	okenobi wrote: All I know so far is that Mark, Jimmy Olsen and Peter Parker use Nikon and everybody else seems to use Canon.


	ShockWaffle wrote: Well you obviously. You're a one man vortex of despair.

Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:16 am

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Re: Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs

If only I had that money to spend on a pack of cigarettes :roll:

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Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:23 am

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Re: Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs

If only he had that money to spend.
Can you imagine just how much the interest on a figure like that would be?!? (8+0

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	okenobi wrote: All I know so far is that Mark, Jimmy Olsen and Peter Parker use Nikon and everybody else seems to use Canon.


	ShockWaffle wrote: Well you obviously. You're a one man vortex of despair.

Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:36 am

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Re: Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs


	timark_uk wrote: If only he had that money to spend. Can you imagine just how much the interest on a figure like that would be?!? (8+0 Mark

Okay, I've got my calculator, and this is what it says, say 1% interest a year...

2.31488518x10 to the power of 11...if I read it correctly...

You could very easily live off .001% interest a year!!

I'm also trying to work out how they managed to get that figure, I know Visa screwed up, but I can't see where they got that figure from

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