Today, my husband received the "antique" samurai sword that he bought on Craigslist with $399.99 of our money. He only shared my outrage at the waste of money when he opened the package, only to find a toy sword along with a note saying, "HAHA, TROLLED." 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, my husband brought home a machete. In the process of showing me a trick he learned, he managed to slice a nice big hole in our brand new very expensive sectional. FML
Today, for my birthday, my boyfriend bought me a sword from a TV show called Game of Thrones. He seemed disappointed at my reaction, since he spent so much money on the limited edition version. I've never watched the show, and I also have never had any interest in swords, so I don't know what he was thinking. FML
Today, my dad bought a one hundred dollar collectible light-saber. He plays with it. In the front yard. With sound effects. FML
Today, it was my dad's retirement. He is traditional Japanese, so I had custom-ordered a samurai sword from a traditional Japanese blacksmith with dad's name engraved on the blade in kanji script. He loved it, right up til my drunk cousin tried to use it to cut down a tree and snapped it in two. FML
Today, after my husband bought our son a sword for Xmas, sure enough, I found a stab mark in my living room wallpaper, and the sword now has a bent tip. My son denies everything and my husband claims I’m overreacting by yelling. FML
Today, after my husband refused to donate to Children in Need because it’s a "waste of money", he came home with swords and shields so he and our son could "wage war in the garden like knights". I wanted to donate £20, the swords and shields cost £500 at least, but I’m the one wasting money. FML
Today, I gave my husband an expensive watch. The first words out of his mouth were, "You didn't use our joint bank account for this, right?" He then asked if I still had the receipt. FML
Today, I found out my boyfriend keeps a sword under the bed, a proper sharp 'knight on horseback' sword instead of the typical baseball bat for burglars, I found this out after I was groping under there for a dropped earring and cut one of my fingers down to the bone. FML
Today, I got a gift from my wife. It was a beautiful watch. The same exact watch I'd sold to our local jewelers for 6k. She bought it for 10k. When I told her, she said, "Hmmm, I thought it looked familiar." There goes 4K from our joint account. I could’ve thought of 4000 ways to spend that money. FML
Today, my husband sold a bunch of stuff from our garage to buy himself the latest Xbox. Unfortunately, the clown also sold the bicycle I don’t ride anymore. It was my nana’s vintage bicycle, with original wicker basket, worth several thousand to collectors. He accepted £80 for it on Facebook Marketplace. FML
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ZombieInConverse 13
There are those assholes out there that pull that shit. Sorry OP.
Kozmotis 8
Try to sue him for false advertising.
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Comments (179)
Mifflicious 18
He should have been suspicious since it was so cheap, you won't get a real, new sword for that price, so an antique would probably be reeeally expensive..
Treveyon56 14
actually you can get a really great sword for that kind of money. I have three really great and Well made one that each costed a little less than that.
Link5794 18
Darksword Armory. They make durable, historically accurate swords, some of which are $315, unsharpened and without an interlaced belt with the scabbard, but it's still pretty cheap for the quality. The ARMA uses their swords if I recall correctly.
brandoneyez1 25
Put a claim in to get the _$ back. You just have to quickly make the claim.
truesarrif 33
this is Craigslist not eBay. unless he payed with PayPal then there is no one to file a claim to
redbandit9877 12
I wouldn't trust almost anything on Craigslist, a lot of serial killers frequent the personals there.
evilplatypus 39
One or two: now known as "a lot"
DocBastard 40
Rules of Craigslist: 1) Everything is fake 2) Everyone lies 3) When in doubt, see #1 and 2
Nordrag 26
By saying everyone lies you have yet again made me think you are the real life version of Dr. House.
ManInTheMachine 20
I don't think Doc likes being compared to House, Nordrag.
Nordrag 26
I couldn't help it. I'm sorry.
ManInTheMachine 20
Don't worry about it. It was just an observation from an FML a while ago.
CharresBarkrey 16
He said he sees himself more like Dr Cox from Scrubs, not that he doesn't like being compared to Dr House
TheDrifter 24
I think it was less his personality than someone suggesting his doctoral style and practices might be similar.
ManInTheMachine 20
TheDrifter: That's probably what I was thinking of. I have a terrible memory as of late, so I confused the two. My apologies.
Fmeonce_shameonu 15
I hear he is gay? But that's okay cause there is nothing wrong with that.
iheartLA 10
This is why you go to their house and look at the thing before you hand over the cash
OneObstacle 3
Wait, someone shipped you something posted on Craiglist? I've never heard of this, only meeting the people to trade. Maybe OP could provide some insight?
TheDrifter 24
OP is an idiot and ignored the "meet the seller in person" rule, thus getting scammed and forfeiting his cash. You should never have craigslist items shipped, in person transactions only.
AurumPotestasEst 16
*Op's husband is an idiot.
Nordrag 26
I've always wanted a free picture of an FML shirt.
jessBeAqueen 13
I would never let him live it down. let this be a reminder, the next time he wants to make another reckless purchase.
AshleyScruggs 14
Or any purchase
jw90 18
I believe if you have the shipping address you can sue him for your money back. I think..I don't know.
Treveyon56 14
That depends is the shipping address is real or not .
teh3pictroll 8
Was it an ANTIQUE toy sword?