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"A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars . . . ."

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Geezus, you'd think the card would have been declined for that amount!  

Hey, if Visa has the funds to cover such a transaction, perhaps THEY could pay the national debt!! :D

Damn...that'll almost cover Californias debt!!!!

Joe

LMAO Joe.  Then Swartznegger won't have to legalize pot to get the added taxes.

How did that transaction go through???  I want to see a copy of that bill.   ;D

If he lived in Massachusetts my reaction to that story would be:

"YEAH, AND..?"

seaworthy wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 1:53pm:

If he lived in Massachusetts my reaction to that story would be: "YEAH, AND..?"

LMAO Sad but true.

You know people would still smoke at that price

I swore when they were $4 if they hit $5 I was gonna quit. Here they are at $7.80 and I still but the darn things.

Bob Greenwood wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 2:26pm:

and I still but the darn things.

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That was a great!

People here drive 22 miles to Salamanca, NY to buy smokes cheap on the Indian reservation, fill up on gas and then blow the savings at the casino. Senecas know how to get even.

Great Native American tradition too: Gas, cigarettes and gambling.  :o

Charlie

Kilroy 2.0 wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 7:27pm:

Bob Greenwood wrote on Jul 15th, 2009 at 2:26pm: and I still but the darn things. [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] That was a great!

lol Tell my wallet that :-?

I found a place to order them online at $1.99 a pack... don't know how long that will last, but.....

  After figuring out that my smokes were costing me $50 a carton. And that a rolling chassie for the best recumbent trike in the world was around 51 cartons. Taxes and shipping included. I stopped buying the damn things, and put the money towards the rolling chassie. Of course then there are the wheels to be built, ceramic ABEC-7 bearings, seat webbing, Kevlar and ceramic compound tires, Titanium spline 11-34T Cassette and all those other things that make up a go fast Human Powered Vehicle (HPV). And it goes faster, stops quicker and turns sharper than any bike.
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It cost a bit more then  $12 for 1 ONE pack of cigarettes over here or $120 for 1 ONE carton of cigarettes

Svenn

  The Feds started taxing tobacco. I know have to pay $15 for enough to make a carton. I don't know how anyone affords pre made cigarettes anymore.

  The debit card story is why I always pay in cash. After the voting machine disaster I will never trust Diebold again.

Paul

The Mad Viking wrote on Jul 19^th, 2009 at 7:27am:

It cost a bit more then  $12 for 1 ONE pack of cigarettes over here or $120 for 1 ONE carton of cigarettes Svenn

Yup, that would be enough to make me quit.

And $23,000,000,000,000,000 for one pack would be enough to make me start. ;D