MARKET REALIST – A woman looking for a quick bite at a Subway in Georgia ended up paying thousands of dollars in tips. Vera Conner on her weekly trip to her local fast food restaurant accidentally tipped $7,112.98 for just a sandwich.
While she tipped over 1,000 times more than what she intended, she missed out on paying for the sandwich and didn’t notice the charge for nearly a week.
In an interview with WSB-TV, Conner said that it took a month-long struggle to get a refund.
In October last year, Conner visited a Subway outlet in College Park to order her regular #4 Supreme Meats sandwich.
She paid the bill, which she expected to be $7.54 as usual, and left without looking at it. She was shocked to find out later that she was charged $7,112.98.
Conner told NBC News that she didn’t notice the charge until Friday when she looked at the receipts for her Bank of America credit card.
“When I looked at my receipt, I was like, oh, my God!” she told a news outlet. She also noticed that the amount looked familiar as the last six digits were the same as her phone number.
She said that the payment screen at the restaurant must have switched while she was entering her phone number, and that is what led to the hefty tip.
In a similar case, a woman in Ohio was accidentally charged over $1,000 for her Subway Sandwich. In this case, Letitia Bishop paid $1,010 for a single sandwich …
