A refund agent sent back $4,200 because the limit field was blank

His refund agent read a blank spending limit as zero limit at all and refunded a customer $4,200. It took three days of reversal calls to undo.

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How it works

A refund request comes in
The agent reads the blank limit field as no limit
It refunds $4,200
The team spends three days on reversal calls

Why it’s worth knowing

A blank box quietly meant unlimited. The agent never asked what an empty limit should mean.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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