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(Consumer Energy Report) Asinine Man gets $26 worth of gas with his paypal debit card, paypal charges his account $81,400,836,908 then has to argue with them that the charge was a mistake   (consumerenergyreport.com) divider line 325
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baka-san [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:02:12 PM  
The card probably realized it was being used to fill up a '94 Camaro, and rebelled.

 
labman [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:13:01 PM  
Maybe he accidentally got diesel.

 
MorningBreath [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:13:52 PM  
meh, I'd just pay it and move on. lesson learned "don't use paypal"

 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:14:40 PM  
FTA..."Somebody from a foreign country who spoke in broken English argued with me for 10 to 15 minutes," Zamora said. " 'Did you get the gas?' he asked. Like I had to prove that I didn't pump $81,400,836,908 in gas!"

And it sounds as if Paypal outsources their customer service too.

 
clifton [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:29:29 PM  
Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

 
Dafodude [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:33:49 PM  
The guy has a point, but if he has a PayPal Debit Card, I can't help but make negative assumptions regarding his mental fortitude.

 
Dafodude [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:34:42 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

F*ck off dipsh*t.

 
Kome [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:37:39 PM  
As always, there's a lesson to be learned. "I guess the moral of this story is 'pay cash,' " Zamora said.

That's what hookers always tell me.

 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:48:15 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Companys have had problems with computer errors and have been outsourcing customer service long before Barack Obama became president.

 
feckingmorons [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:48:17 PM  
Bathia_Mapes: FTA..."Somebody from a foreign country who spoke in broken English argued with me for 10 to 15 minutes," Zamora said. " 'Did you get the gas?' he asked. Like I had to prove that I didn't pump $81,400,836,908 in gas!"

And it sounds as if Paypal outsources their customer service too.


Do the needful.

 
Eddie Adams from Torrance [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 09:53:00 PM  
Fark 'em. I'd just ignore it. When I didn't pay, they'd have to write off the $81 billion as a loss and their stock would go to $0 the next day.

 
BackAssward [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 10:15:21 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Please don't have kids. Nature or Nurture, they'll inherit you're retardedness one way or the other.

 
JoJoTheIdiotMonkeyBoy [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 10:16:14 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: Fark 'em. I'd just ignore it. When I didn't pay, they'd have to write off the $81 billion as a loss and their stock would go to $0 the next day.

This is why we can't have nice things.

 
WhyteRaven74 [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 10:25:59 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: they'd have to write off the $81 billion as a loss and their stock would go to $0 the next day

Actually that would be why I don't pay it, just so when the end of the quarter hits, they have to explain an $81 billion write off.

 
Kiribub [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 10:31:47 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Dafodude: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

F*ck off dipsh*t.


Bathia_Mapes: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Companys have had problems with computer errors and have been outsourcing customer service long before Barack Obama became president.


BackAssward: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Please don't have kids. Nature or Nurture, they'll inherit you're retardedness one way or the other.


I really think he's just being sarcastic, folks.

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 10:38:12 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Wow. That's some of the lamest trolling I've ever seen.

 
UberDave [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:39:21 PM  
SilentStrider: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Wow. That's some of the lamest trolling I've ever seen.



That's what I'm saying. It was like a 4-chan troll.


/wow...this is the only greenlit non-main page article...I'm going to 4-chan.

 
SpillyFarker [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:43:29 PM  
feckingmorons: Do the needful.

I get multiple farking emails daily with that phrase in it. I hate it. What the fark does it mean? Please do the needful? Sounds like our Indian contractor friends need a better farking translator program.

/Yes I *am* angry about outsourcing, why do you ask?

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:48:35 PM  
Maybe the paypal card accidentally converted his charges into Zimbabwean money.

 
Crudbucket 2009-02-28 11:48:39 PM  
SilentStrider: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Wow. That's some of the lamest trolling I've ever seen.


And yet it got all kinds of bites.

 
Thorny4Pie 2009-02-28 11:48:46 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

www.badhouseontheweb.com

 
medius [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:49:54 PM  
hyperinflation begins

/not every joke is a troll

 
nmchico24 2009-02-28 11:51:00 PM  
labman: Maybe he accidentally got diesel.

Lulz

/hehehehehehe it's funny because it's true....

 
Raharu 2009-02-28 11:51:58 PM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

-5 out of 10.

You actually owe me something either meaningful or funny now.

 
themetalking 2009-02-28 11:52:20 PM  
SpillyFarker: feckingmorons: Do the needful.

I get multiple farking emails daily with that phrase in it. I hate it. What the fark does it mean? Please do the needful? Sounds like our Indian contractor friends need a better farking translator program.

/Yes I *am* angry about outsourcing, why do you ask?


Google, its amazing. It is an Indian phrase which means do that what is necessary.

 
Tophersky 2009-02-28 11:52:53 PM  
I have a PayPal debit card, so I am really getting a kick out of some of these replies.

 
baxterdog [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:54:01 PM  
Do the needful sounds like some neo-hippie way of saying "Hey, bro smoke a brother out. I ain't got shiat to trade for it, but c'mon dude, be headly!"

Dude, just cause I got hair, don't make me a hippie.

 
Quantum Apostrophe 2009-02-28 11:54:03 PM  
Can he leave negative feedback?

 
nmchico24 2009-02-28 11:54:25 PM  
Bathia_Mapes:
And it sounds as if Paypal outsources their customer service too.


My question is, if every company does that now, it's is still outsourcing?

/welcomes our new Indian and Chinese overlords

 
markb289 2009-02-28 11:54:57 PM  
For $81 Billion he could buy every Camaro ever built and fill them all with gas... and buy all the outstanding stock in GM.

 
Boondock3806 2009-02-28 11:55:09 PM  
Crudbucket: SilentStrider: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Wow. That's some of the lamest trolling I've ever seen.

And yet it got all kinds of bites.


I guess saturday night farking is the way to go if you're looking to boost your self-esteem as a troll.

 
sp0rk_of_psychosis 2009-02-28 11:55:55 PM  
Remove all Republicans: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Fark 'em. I'd just ignore it. When I didn't pay, they'd have to write off the $81 billion as a loss and their stock would go to $0 the next day.

Wait until you get the 1099 because written-off debt is an income to you. Now you've got the IRS wanting the income taxes on $81 billion. Paypal's nothing.


Send an invoice for the difference between $81 billion and $26 dollars to the corporate parent / franchise-granting affiliate of the original station. Then, add a 1% convenience charge to the transaction for the work performed as a broker between two entities. Carbon copy PayPal and the IRS. Attach filled out W-9s for each of the two corporate entities.

Just make sure to list the IRS HQ local dial-in # at the bottom of the fax coversheet and following the "For any questions or inquiries to this matter" statement. The moral of the story isn't "Pay cash," it's "The economy sucks, be an opportunist."

/I just changed my personal TOS without notifying any corporation
//You can do that? Me too!

 
ceejayoz 2009-02-28 11:56:14 PM  

 
medius [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:56:40 PM  
themetalking: It is an Indian phrase which means do that what is necessary.

I've been doing the needful since I was 12. I don't think it's just an Indian thing.

 
rhiannon [TotalFark] 2009-02-28 11:56:50 PM  
What the heck is a PayPal debit card? And why the hell would anyone have one?

 
Inkeh 2009-02-28 11:58:41 PM  
SilentStrider: clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Wow. That's some of the lamest trolling I've ever seen.


And people still took the bait.

 
1nsanilicious 2009-02-28 11:58:56 PM  
*Sigh* I'm really getting tired of these forums offering nothing but extreme leftist dribble. SOmeone says one thing about Obama and suddenly the entire Fark community has to weigh in.

Typical Response:

"blah blah blah RACIST!! Blah blah blah Bush is Hitler! Blah blah blah your a retard (enter expression showing your utter superiority)"

/Bonus points awarded for hypocritically slamming people for making a joke about something you railed on Bush about for 8 years!

//Dbl Bonus points for responding with a "likewise" retort.

 
Puzzled Penguin 2009-03-01 12:00:55 AM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

I'd originally say this was a fail-troll, but DAMN SIR did you get a ton of bites. 8/10

 
PenguinTheRed [TotalFark] 2009-03-01 12:01:49 AM  
As an American taxpayer, I know how he feels.

 
rhiannon [TotalFark] 2009-03-01 12:01:58 AM  
1nsanilicious: Why are you so annoyed a black man is President? Are you a racist?

 
UsikFark 2009-03-01 12:03:11 AM  
1nsanilicious: your a retard

Exactly the point.

 
rcain [TotalFark] 2009-03-01 12:03:12 AM  
"I guess the moral of this story is 'pay cash,' "

Or just don't use Paypal.

 
Gosling [TotalFark] 2009-03-01 12:03:43 AM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

I don't like to use the ignore button, but in your case I'll make an exception.

 
r1niceboy 2009-03-01 12:04:04 AM  
That was some fairly lame trolling. In other news a Beaner deserved what he got!

 
Fr._Peter_Fitznuggly 2009-03-01 12:04:15 AM  
Yikes! This story made me go double check the receipt for filling up earlier this afternoon. Those bastards charged me $2,282,009! And for only 12:59 gallons!

 
Dirty Hot Linker 2009-03-01 12:04:15 AM  
If paypal actually got that 81 billion, they probably were collecting interest on it while they were waiting to give it 'back'

That's why it takes 2 seconds for a company to irresponsibly take your money and 5 days return it.

 
baxterdog [TotalFark] 2009-03-01 12:04:34 AM  
1nsanilicious, talk about a *blah blah blah we're being picked on post yourself!

Wanna pick pick flame wars? This is Fark, after all!

 
Molavian 2009-03-01 12:05:00 AM  
clifton: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

8.5 out of 10 for the rise you've managed with 5 words.

 
JMAlba 2009-03-01 12:05:31 AM  
Makes me love my Prius even more!

 
Beaver1224 2009-03-01 12:05:49 AM  
ceejayoz: PayPal says 81400836908 was the merchant identifier, not the charge.

Thank you for that. The question of where the number came from was killing me. I could see $2600 or something like that, but where do you get B$81 and change from $26?

/Do Brits write TM$81?

 
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