Trust Amazon.com shoppers to never miss a good deal when they see one. The online retailer recently listed an Amethyst colored set of cotton towels for roughly $800 billion.
You read that right. Eight hundred billion dollars or $796,046,677,457.16 to be more precise.
Obviously it was a grave error made when uploading the listing onto the site, but commenters and reviewers jumped on the listed item more quickly than it could be edited, and hilarity ensued in the reviews section for what they all said should be the world's most luxurious towels that may or may not protect you from a nuclear fall-out.
The official product description for the Calcot Growers Collection towels says that they are made with "Hand selected 100pct U.S grown cotton.-Woven into super soft Supima cotton loops using zero-twist technology.-Supima cotton grown by Calcot's cooperative of American cotton farmers.-Supima cotton is woven from (ELS) extra long staple cotton.-Exceptionally heavyweight and more absorbent.-Machine wash warm.-Tumble dry low. Includes: -Set includes two generously sized 30-by-56'' bath towels, two 16-by-30'' hand towels and two 13-by-13'' wash cloths. Color/Finish: -Color: Amethyst.-Less prone to shrinking or pilling and they retain color better, even after repeated washings.-Functional and decorative fold-over edge is added to finish off an already perfect towel."
All that makes for a perfectly good towel, we're sure. But scroll down to the review section and that's where the spontaneous marketing magic occurred due to the fat-fingered typo error on the original listing's price tag.
David H. declared that the towels were the best purchase he ever made and has no regrets forking over $800 billion to afford it. Even if it meant he had to "take out a second mortgage on [his] house and sell [his] children into indentured servitude."
He also added that he believes the cotton in the towel must have been grown in heaven and it has powers to attract attention to you wherever you bring it—the gym, the lake, on his boat—women, men and fish simply jump to be near him and his towel.
Of course.
Some, however, were not happy that the towels cost an extra $4.49 for shipping and didn't even qualify for Amazon Prime free shipping.
AJ wrote that he was surprised to find that he was automatically given a free membership into the Illuminati when he ordered his towels at "a cost that would bankrupt most small countries."
Sadly, the fun must end and the listing has been updated to reflect the towels' actual price of a mere $82.93.
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