Man charged $23 quadrillion for a packet of cigarettes

[Heath]

BBC NEWS | Americas | US smoker chokes on cost of habit

So when was the last/biggest time you were ripped off for something?

I paid £3 for a glass of coke at a hotel the other month. I guess that was pretty bad, but a friend ordered a double vodka and lemonade and paid £10. Oh dear.

[ReloadPsi]

This is why I hate having to have my wages paid into a bank account.

[eestlinc]

never sign up for auto bill pay.

[Old Manus]

They're queueing up for those sorts of prices in Zimbabwe

[Aerith's Knight]

I paid that much for a hooker once.

She may have been the queen of some country.

God bless american express pre-approved cards.

[Rocket Edge]

Considering it's 49c for 8 litres of water, I paid 3 euro for a small bottle of water, IN TENERIFE!! I wouldn't mind, but it's one of cheapest places ever. I stood there looking at her for a second before she came out with "no english", so I just moved on.

[Bunny]

Bank of America is full of ripoff artists.

[blackmage_nuke]

Everything is overpriced at convienience stores.

[rubah]

I ate dinner on top of the Georges Pompidou building in Paris and didn't remember how to order 'un carafe d'eau' and ended up splitting a bottle of perrier with someone for €6,00

[Shoeberto]

Airports. Geeze freakin' louise.

Allie and I spent $8 on a packaged cold cut sandwich once. We were short on time and I don't think there was really anything cheaper around. Craziness.

[NeoTifa]

I called Verizon like 3 months ago and told them to not auto-withdraw that month as I would do it myself on the day it was due because I wasn't getting my paycheck til like 2 days later. They did it anyways. I had $50 in there, and so I charged like $20 worth of stuff. I would've normally still had $30, but they took the $82 out anyway, and National City takes the largest out first, so they all cleared together, with 3 overdraft charges instead of 1 (which shouldn't have been there anyway). Yea, and at NC its $36 a pop, so $118 in overdraft fees, plus the money I bounced... They gave me the $36 back for their charge and claimed that I would've been overdrafted anyways. Bull. I even sent them a copy of my bank statement.

[Namelessfengir]

so thats how we're going to pay for healthcare......

[Bunny]

Allie and I spent $8 on a packaged cold cut sandwich once. We were short on time and I don't think there was really anything cheaper around. Craziness.

Oh man, I love this about airports. Especially when the overpriced food is horrendous. I'm not sure how much money I've spent on things I've never finished because it was disgusting.

[Araciel]

This is why I hate having to have my wages paid into a bank account.

But if you think about it, he was debited the amount for spending money, so if they deposit it into your account, that would make you a quadrillionaire if a comparable error happened to you...

[Levian]

I live in Norway, I get ripped off on a daily basis.