Here’s how Bay Area teacher’s $5 tip mistakenly turned into $5,000

Imagine you walk into a store, buy a couple of items — and instead of leaving a $5 tip, you later learn an extra three zeros were tacked onto your bill. Your $5 tip just became $5,000. And it’s ‘unable to be voided.’

It happened to Peninsula resident Linda Mathiesen. She struggles with a shoulder issue and went to a San Bruno vape store to purchase “CBD relief gel” to ease her pain…

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