Today, my furnace broke down, almost a month after its twenty year warranty expired. It would have been replaced for free. Now I'm going to have to take out a loan to afford the $4,000 replacement. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I almost paid off my credit card. Then, a couple of hours later, my air conditioner broke. Found out it’s 12 years-old and leaking Freon. I’m going to have to get a whole new unit, which will cost me $6,500 to $10,050. FML
Today, my dryer was finally repaired after not working for over a month. I did one load of laundry and my washer stopped working. Another day, another $400+ repair bill. FML
Today, my boiler packed up on me just as the weather has turned cold, with no money to have it fixed. Hello to a week of freezing cold showers. FML
Today, after my washing machine broke yesterday in the middle of a cycle, I went and spent $1400 on a new one. Also today, my dryer started to smoke and almost caught my clothes on fire. There goes another $1000. FML
Today, during the worst flu we've ever had, my wife and I have to go out into thirty-below weather to get firewood because the furnace broke down. FML
Today, nearing the start of what I was hoping to be a relaxing week off, my air conditioning system died. A replacement system will be in the $7000 range, just the amount I'd finally saved for my dream vacation. FML
Today, our boiler broke. Yesterday, it was our fridge. The day before that, the deck collapsed, and a few weeks ago the dishwasher flooded the kitchen. This is after we spent a ton of money to have the house gutted due to a mold problem. We only bought the house a year ago, and have lived in it even less. We need to move. FML
Today, my furnace and all of my heating systems broke down. A fridge is 3 degrees Celsius; it is now 2 degrees Celsius in my house. I would be warmer in my fridge. FML
Today, I hit a patch of black ice and totaled my car. The car is a month old. For the next 5 years I'll be paying for a car I can't drive. FML
Today, after repairing the toilet, the light, the shower, the cooker and the heater in the flat I've just moved into, my boiler dies. It's mid December, about 1 degree outside. FML
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Top comments
MWidderAUDI 14
it always works the way, things break right after the warranty is up.
testestestes123 4
Murphy's law.
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Comments (77)
erichsalvesen 13
That's why you break those things on purpose.
vbmg152 19
We've had no heat for 2 years in Virginia & we've survived, pretty comfortably too! You'll live!
CdnTestmonkey 3
Check that old warranty again. Chances are it wasn't to replace the entire thing after 20 years. You would have been more streamed to find out that the warranty wasn't as wonderful as you thought if it broke down a month ago.
rlTlk 13
Yea I've noticed almost everything new I've gotten with a warranty will break almost immediately after the warranty expires.. Pretty sure it's built in flaws to do this so you have to buy new ones. Business security..
Murderherder 4
I used to do furnace installs and just did one for a friend of mine for cost of furnace which was $600 plus parts and labor. He ended up paying $900...
DropBearMeat 23
Added to my to do list - befriend a furnace installer when I buy a house. ;)
klm2purple 18
Renew your warranty and then get it replaced. It will cost a lot less...
onorexveritas 24
this is when you get a wood stove installed
Satoaoi 13
companys only make things last right after the Warranty expires Cuz they know you can't do shit about it but pay more to get a new one or fix it. I know ****** up world we live in
darth_luke 8
Space heater?
heavenleigh85 5
Warranty or not I wouldn't complain about anything lasting 20 years. I would say you got your money's worth and then some.