Dude buys CD on Amazon for $3 billion (plus $3.99 shipping/handling)

"Amazon called me today to discuss my $2.9billion purchase. They wanted to make sure I had received the order cancellation e-mail, and confirm that everything was OK on my end."—Brian Klug, a software engineer who purchased a CD-ROM on Amazon.com for the price of a bank bailout. (thanks, Owen)

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