wraggster
July 18th, 2013, 21:00
Paypal mistakenly credited a 56-year-old man's account with an eye-watering $92 quadrillion.
US-based Chris Reynolds received his monthly statement via email as usual but saw that his ending balance was $92,233,720,368,547,800, reports Philly.com (http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-16/news/40592245_1_delco-man-credit-card-delaware-county-council).
However, the online payment service provider soon realised the error of its ways and returned Chris Reynolds' balance back to $0.
Reynolds' brief windfall inspired him to donated $30 to the Democratic slate for Delaware County Council. And now Paypal says it will make a donation to a charity of his choice, as an apology.
"I'm just feeling like a million bucks," Reynolds said. "At first I thought that I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise.
"I was moved to be really generous by good fortune. I'm a very responsible guy - [if I still had the $92 quadrillion] I would pay the national debt down first. Then I would buy the Phillies, if I could get a great price."
PayPal told the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23352230): "This was obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr Reynolds understands this was the case."
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/paypal-hands-out-92-quadrillion-briefly-makes-us-man-world-s-richest/031437
US-based Chris Reynolds received his monthly statement via email as usual but saw that his ending balance was $92,233,720,368,547,800, reports Philly.com (http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-16/news/40592245_1_delco-man-credit-card-delaware-county-council).
However, the online payment service provider soon realised the error of its ways and returned Chris Reynolds' balance back to $0.
Reynolds' brief windfall inspired him to donated $30 to the Democratic slate for Delaware County Council. And now Paypal says it will make a donation to a charity of his choice, as an apology.
"I'm just feeling like a million bucks," Reynolds said. "At first I thought that I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise.
"I was moved to be really generous by good fortune. I'm a very responsible guy - [if I still had the $92 quadrillion] I would pay the national debt down first. Then I would buy the Phillies, if I could get a great price."
PayPal told the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23352230): "This was obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr Reynolds understands this was the case."
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/paypal-hands-out-92-quadrillion-briefly-makes-us-man-world-s-richest/031437