'You can imagine how shocked I was': Bumbling buyer accidentally purchases 55 cows

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jun 11, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Whatever you've managed to buy accidentally with your credit card, it's not worse than this guy's accidental purchase. Many people who accidentally buy stuff with a credit card are kids. Sometimes they accidentally buy thousands of dollars worth of in-game currency for video games, leaving their parents on the hook for a massive bill. However, for this soon-to-be cowboy or cowgirl, that's pennies compared to their purchase, and there's no one else to take the blame. They've been steered into debt, moo-ved into a situation they have no idea how to handle. I could keep milking these puns, but you get the gist — this OP bought a bunch of cows and now has no idea what to do about it, besides begging Amex to cancel the order. 

Check out this entire story below — we'll be watching for updates with baited breath. Next, this bride had to cut off her cousin after she quite literally behaved like a child at her wedding. 

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    Font - r/tifu Posted by u/Any-Independence-277 TIFU for buying 55 cows S First time posting, English is my second language so go easy on me. Happened 4 hours ago, woke up at 2 due to stress so went to Reddit to vent. A little over a month ago I bought 3 steers from a website using a credit card which has no spending limit. That was f up numero uno. Last night I went to buy 5 (five) more (who buys cows at night, I know) unaware said credit card's info was saved for convenience on the website. So
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    Font - up number 2, and hastily scrolled down to hit "check out". Oh, Iwas doing this on my phone btw. In hindsight, you would think they should add some sort of review order or confirmation step before "Pay Now". So you can imagine how shocked I was when the next thing popped up was "thank you for your order", and card was charged $110k for 55 steers ordered. Almost instantly got an email from Amex saying they approved my transaction but I have to make payments soon to "enjoy uninterrupted use
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    Font - TL;DR I accidentally bought 55 cows on a website using my phone and fumbling fingers with a no spending limit credit card.
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    Font - wisteria_owl The mental image of 55 bewildered cows arriving at your doorstep in the middle of the night made me laugh! But sorry to hear about it all the same OP, hope you manage to get the transaction cancelled. All the best!
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    Font - Teripid Amazon drivers, 55 vans, each with a single steer, all very confused.. +1
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    Bird - JinxedOne +2 TIL you can buy cows online
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    Font - SolKaynn +2 Found another Math problem guy. Hope you can cancel this before it fully goes through
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    Font - PurpleDancer +2. So what would happen if I bought a cow on the internet? Would a truck just show up at my door in the middle of the city and they would just let a cow out to be tied up to my fence or something?
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    Font - RandoCalrissian11 +2 Depends if you paid for transportation or if it's pick up (it's usually on you to pick up unless stated otherwise). It's not cheap and 55 full size cows would require 2 trucks likely.
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    Font - Accomplished-Ad7505 +2 Waiting for a similar "TIFU buy buying 100 watermelons at 3am" It seems like you're that guy from the math textbook
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    Font - Layne205 +2. OP accidentally ordered 55 cows. Now he needs to fence a 200 acre square in one day. How much fence per hour must OP erect?
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    Font - TheLurkingMenace +1 How often are people buying cows that this website has one-click shopping?
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    Font - Only_Day2132 +2. Thanks for the heads up, but I think I'll just mooo- ve forward with my purchase.
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    Font - New Point Of View +2. How tf does $110k just up and go through on your credit card.. what is your limit and why would they not verify such a nutty transaction?
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    Human body - Guess you got steered into a debt problem.
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    Smile - Rechen That's 2000$ a cow. Is that a good deal? Asking because I'm not sure on cow prices.
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    Font - Lewis Lightning +2. I'd say yes, on average. But there's a lot of factors going into it.
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    Font - cookiehustler88 gets call from Amex Black credit card department: Sir we got 55 cows on this card, do you need help?
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    Font - GolfballDM +2 Hopefully you'll be able to steer the purchase elsewhere, before the udderly ridiculous quantity of cows moooove to your doorstep. I know that was cheesy, but I like to milk cow wordplay for all it's worth.
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    Human body - E minnowmize He bought mootiple COWS.
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