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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Halloween
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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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)
GRgoldfish 19
that sucks op. I bet every thing that I have, that even if it broke down within the warranty date that you would still would have been stiffed with the bill. because warranty's are bullshit! best of luck.
BFons 19
That's what I call perfect engineering. The thing was designed to break right after the warranty ended. Always keep the customer coming back for more.
jcrb 11
timing is everything
Guitargod446 11
This is why i play minecraft...
Neesalun 20
I totally understand this!! Mine did the same thing right after the warrenty expired. I cried and cried. I'm not made of money. This kind of luck happens alot to me. I paid off my Jeep and 10 days later this girl turned in front of me. She was looking the other direction. She didn't have insurance, a license, and it wasn't her car. My Jeep was totaled out and the doctor said no permanent damage to both my knees that had gone into th dash. Right...So what do you call knees that ache/hurt when the weather changes and I can't wear heals to dress up? Yeah...
pacmanman 15
And that's why the warranty wasn't any longer... Because they know when the thing will puke! FYL
DropBearMeat 23
You've got that right. It's called "planned obsolescence" and it's done on purpose. It's claimed another victim. :(
thisguy22 33
That's some amazing planned obsolescence by the company that designed it... Find the silver lining op.
cmo333 10
Furnace?
JAllDay_23 7
The smart thing to do would have been to wait until about a week before the warranty and claim it broke so you can get a new one, and it will last longer, due to it being an updated model and it having no wear and tear!
Bibliovore 26
Actually, lying about something being broken so you can get a warranty replacement would be the _dishonest_ thing to do, not the smart thing to do. (Breaking it yourself for that reason would also be dishonest).
DrWateryCat 8
It's how they make money.