Krispy Kreme grossly overcharges 28 customers

From RISKS 22.61.

"A Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Albuquerque seemingly greased its coffers
while figuratively deep-frying over two dozen customers. Irrespective of
what they ordered, each of 28 customers using a credit card were charged
EXACTLY $84,213.60 for the purchase. "

The PGN comments simply made the posting though:

[These charges were actually APPROVED, and of course also blew the
customers' credit ratings for a few days. Amazing!
``The $84,000 charge, were it legitimate, would have purchased over
170,000 ... doughnuts, enough to stretch over 9 miles if placed
end-to-end.'' ...

Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:31:54 -0500
From: "Fuzzy Gorilla"
Subject: 28 Krispy Kreme customers each charged over $84,000
A Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Albuquerque seemingly greased its coffers
while figuratively deep-frying over two dozen customers. Irrespective of
what they ordered, each of 28 customers using a credit card were charged
EXACTLY $84,213.60 for the purchase. KK blamed Heartland Payment Systems,
which processes their credit-card transactions. [Source: KRQE News 13,
Albuquerque, N.M., 19 Feb 2003; PGN-ed]
http://www.krqe.com/Global/story.asp?S=1140274
[These charges were actually APPROVED, and of course also blew the
customers' credit ratings for a few days. Amazing!
``The $84,000 charge, were it legitimate, would have purchased over
170,000 ... doughnuts, enough to stretch over 9 miles if placed
end-to-end.''
(But a few days later, the doughnuts might have settled into substantial
paving bricks. Or do Krispy Kremes have a shelf-life of years, like
the bread and chocolate used in Des(s)ert Shield?) Of course, stacked
vertically, they would reach almost 2 miles high.
Somehow, the name ``Heartland'' seems incompatible with the concept of
Krispy Kremes, unless it is related to a hospital with the same name.
PGN]
[Three sentences back, I have added "(s)" in the archive copy,
inspired by Mike Yuhas. PGN]