Today, I gave an old owl lamp away because I had no need for it. The new owner informed me shortly after that it was worth $400. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after lecturing my daughter about being responsible with her money, she got a package from Amazon. What was in it? A lamp shaped like toast. She already has a lamp. FML
Today, I put my old kitchen table at the end of my driveway with a free sign on it. Later, I saw my neighbor drag it to his yard with a $50 for sale sign on it. It's now gone. FML
Today, I made a mosaic for my grandma out of her old crockery, after I had finished it, I found out from a neighbour that some of the plates looked like Wedgewood. So I dug through the stuff that I didn't use. It turns out the original lot would have been worth about £2000. With the stuff left, I'd be lucky to get £100. FML
Today, I pulled my Christmas tree out of my mother-in-law's garage, only to find out rats had ruined all the lights. The tree cost $2600. FML
Today, my dog was scooped up by an owl. FML
Today, because money is a little tight, I decided to sell one of my retro video game consoles. The family member that initially gave me it to me saw the ad on Facebook and demanded I give it back to them. FML
Today, I came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML
Today, I was at work when my mother called. She gave me great news that she had finally cleaned out my room and all those "old and useless" books that I had in there. Those "useless" books that she had just trashed were all antiques and worth about $500 each. There were 27 books in there. FML
Today, I found out that the compact fluorescent light bulbs that I use to save money AND help the environment were too high of a wattage to put in my lamps. I've been doing this for years and completely missed the warning label on the inside of the lampshade that says that the lamp is only good for up to 40 watts. FML
Today, while bringing my grandmother some water, I tripped, dropping and shattering the glass. Infuriated, she explained to me that the glass was worth more than I am and ordered me out of her house for good. I live there. I was also with her when she bought the glass. $10 for a set of 4. FML
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Buttsexpirate 9
You can never tell the true worth of anything these days. A picture of someone's butt could be worth thousands of dollars :/
jojimugo 20
One mans trash is another mans treasure.....
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Comments (98)
alycion 39
It's only worth that if you can find a buyer willing to pay that amount. Most will pay half. Still sucks. Not as painful in that light. Though if someone gave me something worth that unknowingly I'd make the offer to give it back or sell it and split the money.
HannahWho 8
Why? If they accidentally gave away say, their grandmothers ring then I would understand giving it back but they handed you something they did not want. I would not tell them how much it was worth, that seems rather rude, but if you did the work to see how much it was worth and sold it, you owe them nothing.
coolstorybro6 6
That's what the internet is for
grannygruber 6
YDI for not checking out the value of something before giving it away!
DropDeadJuli10 4
Owls are adorable. I would've kept that lamp. :)
hateevryone 15
that's why you should always sell stuff instead of just giving it away.
storcker 12
Sucks to be you.
dani05 0
Hey WHOOO would've known it was worth something?
musicluvr2000 11
Garbage to one man is treasure to another
bubo_fml 11
Everytime I see "I Dream of Genie" reruns, I give my lamp a good polishing...(Anybody want to purchase $400.00 worth of Brasso?)
HannahWho 8
Sorry Op, but this is not your friends fault or responsibility that you gave away something of value. You didn't bother to do the research or make sure it was not an antique. Had you done that you might have $400 bucks. Your friend/the new owner did the research to make sure it was worth something. If you do not take the time to do the work then you do no deserve the rewards. I am sorry you feel cheated but they don't really owe you anything, not the money, not the lamp back. You gave it away and would not have cared about it after that moment if it was not worth any money. However the person should not have told you that.