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

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.

Burned! :)

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

:facepalm:

Nobody tried to withdraw?

Lawyer up I'd say :D

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

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

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

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???""

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

April fools gone bad. Very bad. :(

wow that sounds messed up

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 is stupid to play with money.
Good thing they don't sell guns or dynamite. :1orglaugh

i blame it on conficker

That's the superfucked part.

way to be moronic

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

I shoot crack directly into my veins.

Millions in lost productivity? :1orglaugh:Oh crap:mad:

Some serious retards running that company.

Both parties or just the company?