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Anthropic Console decimal-input billing dispute

News Oct 16, 2026

An English Hacker News complaint alleges a 100-fold API credit recharge error; a commenter identifying himself as an Anthropic employee acknowledges an internationalization form bug and says a fix is underway.

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The October 16 thread concerns prepaid Anthropic API credits, not a model subscription. The complainant says an intended $5.04 recharge became a $504 base charge, with local tax raising the reported total to $569.52. A response by jordn acknowledges a form internationalization issue and promises support follow-up. The thread does not establish that a refund or production fix has completed, and the two accounts differ on whether the typed decimal separator was a dot or comma.