This post over on reddit reveals a rather unusual purchase: an (ancient) old Discovery Channel CD-ROM developed for the Windows 98 platform. Despite the software's amusing old age, what makes the listing so cleverly funny is that an Amazon merchant threw up a highly incorrect pricetag: a whopping $2,904,980,000 USD. Yes, that's almost 3 billion dollars for outdated software.
The kicker here is that someone actually attempted to purchase the CD-ROM. Enter Brian T. Klug, a man with many talents but without the 3 billion in funds (at least that's what we're assuming) festering in the bank. Knowing full well that he couldn't pay for the software, he placed the order to find out what would happen.
According to this image, Amazon initially accepted the order and then did a double-take. "We're sorry," the company said via his Amazon account. "We're unable to complete your order from this Amazon Merchant. We have canceled this transaction and you have not been charged for the order." Amazon also add that the seller was unable to the accept the 3 billion dollar payment.
Gizmodo reports that another Amazon Merchant caught wind of the traction and tried to sell the same CD-ROM for a smaller fee: $250,000. Heck, we have one we can sell you for a measly $10,000 (not).
