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] https://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]