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| Happy Quadrillionaire Chris Reynolds, Photo: Chris Reynolds |
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For a moment Chris Reynolds, who owns a Pennsylvania public-relations firm, became an instant quadrillionaire when PayPal credited his account with $92,233,270,368,547,800.
That would make him more than a million times richer than Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim who's worth $67 billion.
Reynolds discovered his windfall when he opened his monthly statement from the online money-transfer company via email and saw that his ending balance was $92 quadrillion. When he logged on to his account at PayPal to confirm the amount, he discovered that his balance was zero.
Reynolds said he’s been a PayPal customer for about 10 years and uses it to buy and sell items on eBay, including vintage car parts. He said he usually spends no more than $100 a month using PayPal.
“This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case,” PayPal said in a statement. No word on why PayPal assumed this was obviously an error. Maybe he really did have guadrillions in his account.
The next notice Mr Reynolds received from the company said he needed to renew the credit card attached to his account.
“So, even though I have 90 quadrillion dollars, they still don’t trust me,” he said.
For a moment Chris Reynolds, who owns a Pennsylvania public-relations firm, became an instant quadrillionaire when PayPal credited his account with $92,233,270,368,547,800.
That would make him more than a million times richer than Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim who's worth $67 billion.
Reynolds discovered his windfall when he opened his monthly statement from the online money-transfer company via email and saw that his ending balance was $92 quadrillion. When he logged on to his account at PayPal to confirm the amount, he discovered that his balance was zero.
Reynolds said he’s been a PayPal customer for about 10 years and uses it to buy and sell items on eBay, including vintage car parts. He said he usually spends no more than $100 a month using PayPal.
“This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case,” PayPal said in a statement. No word on why PayPal assumed this was obviously an error. Maybe he really did have guadrillions in his account.
The next notice Mr Reynolds received from the company said he needed to renew the credit card attached to his account.
“So, even though I have 90 quadrillion dollars, they still don’t trust me,” he said.
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