Customer receives €11,721,000,000,000,000 phone bill

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I've heard of some pretty outrageous phone bills in my time, but nothing so ridiculous as the €11,721,000,000,000,000 a French woman had to pay to close her phone account. Solenne San Jose, from Pessac in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France, was understandably shocked to hear she had to pay so much money - 11.7 quadrillion euros - saying "there were so many zeroes I couldn't even work out how much it was." Operators at Bouygues Telecom told the woman that they initially couldn't amend the insane fee, however after some phone calls it was revealed she was supposed to only pay €117.21. Obviously 12 zeros had slipped in there somewhere (was it the office cat?), with the telecom company blaming it on a "printing error" and then a client-staff call center misunderstanding.

It's lucky that she didn't have to pay 11.7 quadrillion euros, because that turns out to be more money than the GDP of the entire world (around 54.3 trillion euros). What a relief!

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gtapro151Posted:

Lol like my first iphone bill when they used to come in boxes from fed ex

USCGPosted:

Dear God

BotchPosted:

Imagine getting that bill.... I would have had a heart-attack.

MawderzPosted:

Sadly I don't understand why you would post this seeing as it's just a big misunderstanding?


To let people know. Just that fact there isn't that much money on the planet make it funny.

InspiringGraphicsPosted:

Fitness Damn ! I read it all and I thought she would have to pay it :(


It would be quite funny, more money than is even possible to pay.

FitnessPosted:

Damn ! I read it all and I thought she would have to pay it :(

LGDX_lepouPosted:

Valor lol thats like pocket change to me


Give me some :troll:

AR15Posted:

Even with the misunderstood 12 misplaced zeros the phone bill is still fairly high.

SadlyPosted:

I don't understand why you would post this seeing as it's just a big misunderstanding?

TywinPosted:

Damn. I don't know what I would do if I got a phone bill like that.