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PayPal Accidentally Gives Mr. Chris Reynolds $92 Quadrillion

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http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-15/news/40592245_1_delco-man-credit-card-delaware-county-council

 

 

Delaware County resident Chris Reynolds received just such a shocking delivery from PayPal on Friday, when he opened his monthly statement from the online money-transfer company via email and saw that his ending balance was $92,233,720,368,547,800.

 

That's right folks! $92 QUADRILLION! I wonder how many Titans you can buy with that...

 

On a more serious note, why do we use PayPal again?

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I'll take a Titan please. LOL

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He should give some to the us government so we wont have a shit ton of debt 

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Why didn't he spend it on a few yachts and then leave paypal with their mess?

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2 ^ 63

 

This is the max value of a *signed* 64-bit number, however.

 

Edit: the value would be in pennies.  Divide by 100 and you get the number mentioned in the original post.

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Why didn't he spend it on a few yachts and then leave paypal with their mess?

 

Because it's classed as fraud if he so much as spends a single cent,

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Because it's classed as fraud if he so much as spends a single cent,

I was of course being sarcastic but good point.

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He could totally buy an beast cpu with 2 7990s watercool them with an SR-2 ^.^ store away enough cash for his own personal 1Tbps fibre optic, change his name, get plastic surgery to change what he looks like , run away to some remote island; build an amazing tech house, put up a cloaking device over his island and live happily ever after XD

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I was of course being sarcastic but good point.

 

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Well, I am kinda wishing this happened to me... Even though as far as I know there isn't that much money on the earth lol

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He should give some to the us government so we wont have a shit ton of debt 

 

 

so they can just get back in debt again? :/

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I can make my house out of TITANs with that lol..

 

Or even human organs

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I wish I was him!

 

I can make my house out of TITANs with that lol..

 

Or even human organs

And are you ok??? LOL

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I love how on this forum we instantly jump to what system he could build with that money.

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2 ^ 63

 

This is the max value of a *signed* 64-bit number, however.

 

Edit: the value would be in pennies.  Divide by 100 and you get the number mentioned in the original post.

LOOOL so it's a CPU error classically presented, looks like PayPal like to overclock their CPUs & not add enough voltage.

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I love how on this forum we instantly jump to what system he could build with that money.

At least we aren't talking about hookers and illegal drugs.

 

We are sensible! :D

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He should give some to the us government so we wont have a shit ton of debt 

but then they would blow it on hookers and booze :(

half the people currently enstated in our government are delusional idiots sadly, I wish people didn't have to be religious when it comes to their vote, and had an IQ higher than 10

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but then they would blow it on hookers and booze :(

half the people currently enstated in our government are delusional idiots sadly, I wish people didn't have to be religious when it comes to their vote, and had an IQ higher than 10

But that's what makes this world so interesting :P

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I would buy so many hookers and illegal drugs

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Bank errors happen all the time... And it gets people sent to jail.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149732/Joseph-Bucci-facing-14-years-jail-spending-70k-bank-account-mistake.html

http://www.nbc-2.com/global/story.asp?s=12227272

http://www.dailyedge.ie/man-gets-1-5m-in-atm-error-and-then-gambles-it-away-493616-Jun2012/

 

 

In cases such as there, the financial institution takes zero responsibility and the law will come down fast and hard. Remember, banks never make errors, it's always the customer that's stealing.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Bank errors happen all the time... And it gets people sent to jail.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149732/Joseph-Bucci-facing-14-years-jail-spending-70k-bank-account-mistake.html

http://www.nbc-2.com/global/story.asp?s=12227272

http://www.dailyedge.ie/man-gets-1-5m-in-atm-error-and-then-gambles-it-away-493616-Jun2012/

 

 

In cases such as there, the financial institution takes zero responsibility and the law will come down fast and hard. Remember, banks never make errors, it's always the customer that's stealing.

And this guy somehow got $92 quadrillion dollars.

 

I don't even think PayPal has the money accessible. I understand what you're saying, but this is clearly PayPal's fault.

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And this guy somehow got $92 quadrillion dollars.

 

I don't even think PayPal has the money accessible. I understand what you're saying, but this is clearly PayPal's fault.

 

Of course it's paypals fault. Just like bank errors are mostly the banks fault. The problem is that the law doesn't see it that way. If you get a bank error according to TOS you sign and agree to, you are to stop using your account and immediately contact the support for further instructions. Any negligence with not contacting or accidentally spending will be seen as purposely stealing. You will be required to pay back every penny, face possibly jail time, and fees. 

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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If only that was me, I would have used that money to bring a country down to it's knees. 

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