Quadrillian is a word - Paypal should know!

Feuer Frei! · 07-17-13, 06:46 AM

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Chris Reynolds of Delaware Co., Penn., a regular eBay buyer and seller, was shocked when he saw his monthly PayPal balance was $92,233,720,368,547,800 or $92 quadrillion. When Reynolds, who buys and sells car parts and other items online, checked his account directly, the balance was back to zero.

http://cir.ca/story/paypal-quadrillionaire

Quadrillian eh?

1300 times more than the world gdp.
And trillions and trillions more than the measly $73 billion fortune of Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world.

Herr-Berbunch · 07-17-13, 07:29 AM

So he's not, nor ever been a quadrillionaire, but received a statement saying that his accound was in credit by said amount. But it wasn't. So not a story, 'Slight Clerical Error by Paypal' doesn't grab the same headlines though.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that if he was in debit by that amount it'd not be cleared up next time he logged on, and probably not for weeks after!

Platapus · 07-17-13, 04:56 PM

If you look at his paypal statement, it clearly shows that his balance was a negative 92 quadrillian. The first reporter who wrote the story made a mistake.

Jimbuna · 07-17-13, 05:03 PM

Thankfully it wasn't poor old me.

07-17-13, 07:29 AM	#2
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	So he's not, nor ever been a quadrillionaire, but received a statement saying that his accound was in credit by said amount. But it wasn't. So not a story, 'Slight Clerical Error by Paypal' doesn't grab the same headlines though. But you can bet your bottom dollar that if he was in debit by that amount it'd not be cleared up next time he logged on, and probably not for weeks after! __________________

07-17-13, 04:56 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If you look at his paypal statement, it clearly shows that his balance was a negative 92 quadrillian. The first reporter who wrote the story made a mistake. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-17-13, 05:03 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Thankfully it wasn't poor old me. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!