Customer Owes Video Store 92K for Late Fee

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Americans Return to Work Post Y2K

Filed at 11:24 a.m. EST

By The Associated Press (New York Times Web Site)

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But the rollover was not problem-free. A customer returning a movie to a rental shop in suburban Albany, N.Y., was presented with a $91,250 late fee after computers showed the tape was 100 years late. Employees at a video rental store in Florida used pen and paper because computers failed.

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-- Jennifer Bunker (Salt Lake City, Utah) (jen@bunkergroup.com), January 03, 2000


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