Created: 7/15/2009 7:58:21 AM 
DALLAS -- A north Texas man ended up with a charge on his Visa bill that's more than 2000 times the U.S. National debt.
"I have never seen a number that big before, let alone with a dollar sign beside it," says card holder Jon Seale.
"it's 23 quadrillion, 148 trillion, 855 billion, 308 million, 184 thousand and 5 hundred dollars."
According to Seale's online credit card statement, that's the amount he spent July 13th at a Dallas restaurant.
Trying to clear his credit, this husband and father of five spent the day making calls to Wachovia and Visa.
Seale got a laugh when an on-hold recording chirped "If you are calling about incorrect balance we are working diligently to resolve the issue."
And what was behind this multi-quadrillion dollar bill?
A temporary programming error affecting a small number of Visa prepaid accounts, according to a spokesperson for the credit card company.
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