Facebook Advertiser Receives $ 8 Million Bill

According to some advertisers, the cost of advertising on Facebook is quite democratic, so to speak. However, the bill of 8.8 million dollars, exposed by the system, shook the firm confidence of one advertiser in the democratic prices. True, Joshua Nyamer, that is the name of our hero, quickly realized that the system simply made a mistake with the size of the bill - Joshua was offered to pay 8804978 dollars and 14 cents to eliminate the debt. The system also announced that Joshua’s ads would not be shown in the system until the debt was fully paid off.

It is clear that the advertiser did not immediately click on the button "Pay the bill." Instead, he turned to technical support, and received a more adequate account, this time for only $ 58 and 7 cents. Agree, the difference is significant. In general, this is a glitch of the system, but what a glitch - after all, you can get to the hospital by getting a bill for several million dollars.
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Niamer believes that the system mistakenly calculated together the amount of debt of several advertisers of the system, giving him the full amount. In general, the problem was solved quickly, but the situation will be remembered by many. In the announcement, by the way, there is a screenshot made by Niamer after receiving this multi-million dollar bill. I wonder how often the system is mistaken, and how does all this affect the mental health of advertisers?

Via techcrunch