And You Think Gas Prices Are High Where You Live

Just look what it costs in Richland, WA:

PayPal, the company that issued a debit card that tried to charge Juan Zamora more than $81 billion this week, is blaming it on a simple misunderstanding.

Somehow the vendor's ID number was recorded as the purchase price, explained Sara Gorman of PayPal on Friday.

But Zamora said he doesn't need an explanation: He's closed the account.

Zamora bought $26 in fuel for his Camaro at the Conoco service station at Stevens Drive and Highway 240 in Richland early Tuesday -- only to learn later that PayPal had recorded the transaction amount using the 11-digit number that identifies the merchant.

That left Zamora with a serious overdraft of $81,400,836,908 instead of $26.

Read the whole thing. The guy had trouble convincing PalPal that he hadn't really bought $81 billion in gasoline.