Man Is Charged $4,300 for Four Burgers
PALMDALE, Calif. - Four burgers at his neighborhood Burger King cost George Beane a whopping $4,334.33.
Beane ordered two Whopper Jr.s and two Rodeo cheeseburgers when he pulled up to the drive-through window last Tuesday. The cashier, however, forgot that she'd entered the $4.33 charge on his debit card and punched in the numbers again without erasing the original ones thus creating a four-figure bill.
The electronic charge went through to George and Pat Beane's Bank of America checking account and left the couple penniless. Their mortgage payment was due and they worried checks they had written would bounce, Pat Beane said.
"We were thinking, 'No, not now!'" she said of the overcharge.
Terri Woody, the restaurant manager, said Burger King officials tried to get the charge refunded. But the bank said the funds were on a three-day hold and could not be released, Pat Beane said.
The hold is designed to prevent customers from spending money that no longer is available in their accounts and to let the bank confirm a transaction is legitimate before transferring funds, said Bank of America supervisor Joel Solorio.
Burger King did not charge the Beanes for their meal, and the couple got their $4,334.33 back on Friday.
"For those three days, those were the most expensive value burgers in history," Pat Beane said.
Oy it sucks. Mainly because I've done it myself before. You forget you type it in and type it in again tho when I did it I had a 6 figure amount. Luckily the machine wasn't stupid and said that they would need to fill out form 8080. They also payed in cash so it made it easier to fix by just giving them the right amount back.
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Burger King did not charge the Beanes for their meal, and the couple got their $4,334.33 back on Friday.
That's IT?! For all the trouble...they just got $5 ?!
Musta been some damn good burgers. o_0
~T2K
that's why i always check my reciept. o.o;;
That's sort of hilarious but I'd hate to make a mistake like that...I think I'll be checking my receipt from now on...
This is why I always keep my receipts after I use my debit card, before they go through the bank.
o___o At least they got a free meal!
Debit card machines I've operated wouldn't let you make that mistake, as far as I recall...
