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PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - Buck - 07-17-2013
Imagine checking your PayPal account to find you had accidentally been credited with more money than the world’s annual gross domestic product.
That’s what happened to Pennsylvania’s Chris Reynolds, who buys and sells car parts online.
Of course, there’s one major catch: Reynolds never technically was in possession of any of the accidentally credited funds.
"I'm just feeling like a million bucks," Reynolds said when asked about the technical glitch . When Reynolds then went to check his actual funds available on the site, he saw the amount was, in fact, zero.
PayPal hasn’t commented on the flub but Reynolds was quick to offer his thoughts on how he theoretically would spend the $92,233,720,368,547,800 that initially showed up in his account.
"I'm a very responsible guy," he said. "I would pay the national debt down first. Then I would buy the Phillies, if I could get a great price."
In a separate interview, Reynolds said he routinely exchanges about $100 a month through the site. And he joked that he made a “generous” $30 donation to a local Delaware County Council candidate after seeing the enormous PayPal statement.
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - Speedy - 07-17-2013
No doubt PayPal froze his accounts - all of his accounts of any kind everywhere.
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - Catzilla - 07-17-2013
He could buy al that sealed vintage Apple stuff on eBay, almost....
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - $tevie - 07-17-2013
This isn't nearly that exciting, but one time my brother's direct deposit paycheck was $50,000 for two weeks. The CFO of the college happened to be standing behind him at the on-campus ATM, so my brother turned around and said, Hey thanks for the raise! Upon explanation of the comment, the guy almost had a seizure and told my brother that the money wasn't his. Because sure, my brother really thought it was. 8-) They sucked the money back out so fast it would make your head spin.
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - MikeF - 07-17-2013
He might be able to afford the new Mac Pro whenever it shows up...
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-17-2013
Buck wrote:
PayPal hasn’t commented on the flub but Reynolds was quick to offer his thoughts on how he theoretically would spend the $92,233,720,368,547,800 that initially showed up in his account.
"I'm a very responsible guy," he said. "I would pay the national debt down first. Then I would buy thePhilliesPhilippines, if I could get a great price."
Fixed.
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - Filliam H. Muffman - 07-17-2013
H&B for everybody! :drink:
miley-music039:
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - cbelt3 - 07-17-2013
But does he get to keep the INTEREST ?? Even .00000001% is gonna be money
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - GGD - 07-18-2013
Re: PayPal accidentally adds $92 quadrillion to man’s account - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-18-2013
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
H&B for everybody! :drink:
And he means EVERYBODY - all 7 billion of them!