Woman handed gift card receipt for £63 quadrillion

Sophie Downing only intended to buy a matcha latte when she visited her local coffee shop with a £10 gift card.

But she had to take a second look when handed her receipt at 200 Degrees in Nottingham, which appeared to show she had a remaining balance of more than £63 quadrillion.

A spokesperson for 200 Degrees said due to an "administrative error", the gift card number - rather than the gift card value - was entered into the wrong part of the till.

"I'm just enjoying being the richest woman in the world on paper while it lasts," said the 29-year-old.

Downing said that when she had paid for her drink, staff at the branch seemed "confused", with one remarking, "I've never seen that before", as they handed her the receipt.

She said she thought it was "hilarious" when she saw the gift card balance minus her one drink.

"You don't ever see anything like that happening, so I sent it to my partner, and he thought it was really funny as well," she said.

Downing, a business owner, said she was "never going to take advantage", and treated herself to one more drink with her gift card.

She added she would have preferred to have a £63 quadrillion gift card to spend at the supermarket.

A spokesperson for 200 Degrees said: "Due to a technical administrative error, the gift card number, rather than the gift card value was entered into the wrong part of the till.

"As a result, the customer was generated a receipt which suggested they had a rather higher amount of money left on their gift card than they actually did.

"The customer was only charged exactly what they should have been, and after they had completed their purchase, their gift card had exactly the right amount left on it, they just had a receipt which showed a very different amount, which the barista gave them as a souvenir.

"They were then given a correct receipt which showed the true value of the gift card."

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