EdWort said:They will just bounce it and charge him a late fee. Who's the ***** now?
Virtuous said:Its a valid number, you can only bounce a check if it is short funds. If they cant figure out what the amount is, well thats their problem. They can refuse it though
Virtuous said:Its a valid number, you can only bounce a check if it is short funds. If they cant figure out what the amount is, well thats their problem. They can refuse it though
EdWort said:Not for decimal based banking system. They'll bounce it as unreadable. He would have a tough time fighting the late fees in court.
It's no different than if they sent you your bill in the same format. You would go WTF and ignore it or tell them to send one in standard two place decimal format.
Brewing Clamper said:Yeah, that's just dumb... the first term is 1/5 of a penny... I can't quite read the second term..
Yep. And e^(i * pi) = -1.Virtuous said:e^i pi
I thought it was worth a chuckle.
Sir Humpsalot said:Allegedly, that was the check sent by the guy who recorded his 20-some minute conversation with Verizon customer support where the representative insisted that two cents was the same as two-tenths of a cent or something like that...
Edit: Here it is...
Play the recording..
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2007/08/original-recording-of-verizon-customer.html
Beerrific said:Wow, I just listened to/read that. Crazy. Basic high school math.
0.002¢ = $0.002, right?
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