PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion 151
solareagle writes "Pennsylvania resident Chris Reynolds got quite a shock when he opened his most recent PayPal statement — it said he had a $92,233,720,368,547,800 balance in his account. 'I'm just feeling like a million bucks,' Reynolds told the [Philadelphia] Daily News yesterday. 'At first I thought that I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise.' When asked what he would do with the money, he said, 'I would pay the national debt down first. Then I would buy the Phillies, if I could get a great price.' The Daily News speculates that the astronomical balance may be related to PayPal's new Galactic initiative, announced last month, to expand its business beyond Earth."
He should have quickly minted a new coin.
Re:Unlike Monopoly (Score:5, Interesting)
Paypal isn't a bank. He should've spent the money!
Re:Unlike Monopoly (Score:2, Interesting)
but in the US, paypal is NOT a bank... and in some places in the US, if a company screws up and sends/gives you something in error (such as an erroneous double shipment on a mail order) -- it's yours. you're not obligated to return it or pay for it.
Re:Unlike Monopoly (Score:4, Interesting)
92 Billiard Dollars (Score:4, Interesting)
I know, the Long Scale [wikipedia.org] is seen as very archaic these days but the short scale just seems to run out of puff too quick. Quadrillion, indeed!