Fucked up April Fool's joke -- Online brokerages 'gives' $1 Million to all members

**jono** · 04-05-2009, 03:20 PM

Burned!

**papill0n** · 04-05-2009, 03:21 PM

I was just reading about this on reddit Gene. Wow did they ever fuck up !

**Ozarkz** · 04-05-2009, 03:24 PM

:facepalm:

**420** · 04-05-2009, 03:28 PM

Nobody tried to withdraw?

**Platinumpimp** · 04-05-2009, 03:51 PM

Lawyer up I'd say :D

**woj** · 04-05-2009, 07:23 PM

they must be retarded, how could you not put some blocks in so people can't use that $$, amateurs....

**collegeboobies** · 04-05-2009, 07:24 PM

Yeah fuckin morons.. I'd have to invest it all in my friends company at an inflated price

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 04-05-2009, 07:35 PM

the company laid all losses onto the clients? is that the way i am reading that? now that's fucked up....

**maxjohan** · 04-05-2009, 08:16 PM

http://www.zecco.com/forums/Zecco-cl...m-53335_1.aspx

Brilliant.. if this is real, we have hit another new in human mankind Low.

"yes cause i thought it was fantasy money cause my cash balance was the same. so they sold 2000 of my stocks they cleaned me out what should i do can i get a lawyer???""

**maxjohan** · 04-05-2009, 08:33 PM

Seems like it was an Bug on April's fools..

**$5 submissions** · 04-06-2009, 10:35 AM

April fools gone bad. Very bad.

**_Richard_** · 04-06-2009, 10:49 AM

wow that sounds messed up

**tiger** · 04-06-2009, 11:08 AM

Financial institutions should not be celebrating April Fools.

Seriously fucked up, they even trying to charge them for the trades they made with the fantasy money.

**sortie** · 04-06-2009, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

http://consumerist.com/5198894/worst...start-spending

Online brokerage site Zecco somehow failed to predict that surprising customers with multi-million dollar trading balances for April Fools would encourage their customers to make actual trades with their newfound riches. When Zecco realized what was happening, they responded by panic-selling the purchased stocks at a loss and charging the balance to customers, along with a $19.99 broker-assisted trading fee. One poor schmo bought $1 million worth of shares that were later sold for less than the purchase price.

That is stupid to play with money.
Good thing they don't sell guns or dynamite.

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 04-06-2009, 11:47 AM

i blame it on conficker

**$5 submissions** · 04-06-2009, 11:50 AM

Originally posted by tiger

Financial institutions should not be celebrating April Fools.

Seriously fucked up, they even trying to charge them for the trades they made with the fantasy money.

That's the superfucked part.

**Manowar** · 04-06-2009, 11:51 AM

way to be moronic

**Scott McD** · 04-06-2009, 11:51 AM

Possibly the most pointless and retarded day of the year...

**V_RocKs** · 04-06-2009, 02:56 PM

I shoot crack directly into my veins.

**$5 submissions** · 04-06-2009, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by Scott McD

Possibly the most pointless and retarded day of the year...

Millions in lost productivity?

**LiveDose** · 04-06-2009, 07:00 PM

Some serious retards running that company.

**$5 submissions** · 04-06-2009, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by Manowar

way to be moronic

Both parties or just the company?

Fucked up April Fool's joke -- Online brokerages 'gives' $1 Million to all members

Fucked up April Fool's joke -- Online brokerages 'gives' $1 Million to all members

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