PayPal Charges $81,400,836,908 For $26 Tank Of Gas
Found on The Consumerist on Sunday, 01 March 2009
Unsurprisingly, PayPal saw nothing wrong with the charge and demanded that Juan prove that he didn't actually buy $81.4 billion worth of gas.
"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!"
Eventually, Zamora said, he was finally able to convince the representative that he didn't deserve to be in the same position as General Motors, who has lost roughly 80 billion dollars since 2005.
Paypal just has a horrible customer service. Those who never had problems, pray that it will stay like this. They will lock up your account for no special reason, argue with you and do everything to be a royal pain. They refuse official documents as proof, but trust printouts which have no legal basis. I sure won't sign up there after all the catastrophic experiences I've witnessed (and read about).