A gift card glitch nets a young man $320K
02.20.19 | A 24-year-old man figured out a gift card payment loophole on eBay and ordered $320K worth of merchandise. 1,100 orders later, it could not be brushed off as a one-time incident. Boredom is not a bad thing—in kids or adults. It leads to flights of fancy, and ultimately self-discipline and resourcefulness. Herbert Vollrath Kohler, Jr.—founder of bathroom fixture maker Kohler—turns 80 on our Business Birthday.