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Mandrake 'charges' $13k for $132 membership (Register)

The Register reports that a bug in payment software from Natexis has been overcharging Mandrakesoft customers. "The system is now up and running properly and Natexis is talking to the banks so anyone who overpaid should get a refund soon."
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Mandrake 'charges' $13k for $132 membership (Register)

Posted May 18, 2004 18:50 UTC (Tue) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

So that's where their sudden burst of profitability came from... ;-)

just kidding... :-)

Natexis 'charges' $13k for $132 membership (Register)

Posted May 18, 2004 21:34 UTC (Tue) by lacostej (guest, #2760) [Link]

Title is misleading. The one who charged wrong was Natexis.

Mandrake is not lucky lately. First the LG drives, now this...

Natexis 'charges' $13k for $132 membership (Register)

Posted May 18, 2004 21:45 UTC (Tue) by xorbe (subscriber, #3165) [Link]

"In a statement the company admitted there was a problem with payment software from Natexis. The bug in Natexis software treats cents as dollars, or multiplies every amount by 100. In May, 261 Mandrake customers were affected."

Mandrake did the charging, using software from Natexis.

Natexis 'charges' $13k for $132 membership (Register)

Posted May 19, 2004 7:58 UTC (Wed) by ranger (guest, #6415) [Link]

Read the official statement linked to in the Register article.

Mandrake did the charging. Natexis did the over-charging. The software problem was on Natexis' side of the transaction.

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