Today, I discovered that the laser disc player I used to have was not in fact a laser disc player but a Pioneer Laseractive. Broken ones sell on eBay for $200 and working ones sell for around $1000. I sold a working one for less than $100-worth of credit at a second-hand store. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I learned a valuable lesson, never leave your "Let It Be" album, which you paid $489 for on eBay out on your desk. My brother also learned something, old records make for very breakable, one use frisbees. FML
Today, I found out my old DVD player is jealous of my Blu-ray player. It fell from the top of my closet and hit me in the head. FML
Today, I walked into pawn shop and found a nice laptop which I inspected after I thought I lost mine months ago. Turns out my ex pawned it after having it at her place all this time. 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, my dad said I need to stop playing with toys and threw my lightsaber out of the window. It was a replica of the Lightsaber used by Mark Hamill, made from the same type handle from a 1970s camera, just like the film prop. It was over 40 years-old and worth thousands. Not anymore, as it's now scratched and in two pieces. FML
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 $400. FML
Today, I googled for an hour how to open my CD player on my laptop. Turns out, there is none. They just put a space there to make it look like a CD player. FML
Today, my brand new and very expensive laser printer does actually print 10 times faster than my old one. Except there's nothing printed on the paper. Never mind, at least it makes a cool sound. FML
Today, I found out that my old DVD player had stopped reading my DVDs. I had the dumb idea to stick my finger in there to see what the problem was. I found the problem, which was that my fingernail wasn't on my finger after doing that. FML
Today, my dad bought a one hundred dollar collectible light-saber. He plays with it. In the front yard. With sound effects. FML
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SerenaSerenadex3 13
You should have done your homework first OP! They rip everyone off with the trade in credit.
shivamtrivedi 24
And that is why you research before you buy or sell anything. And never trust the store workers. Those people have the darnest convincing powers.
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Nilorak 24
Laser
Opinion_ 9
Don't comment just to have first comment.
SerenaSerenadex3 13
You should have done your homework first OP! They rip everyone off with the trade in credit.
WorldWarAres 11
This is one of the few FMLs where I'm torn between YDI and FYL
GreatGeak 8
I think he probably deserved it...not checking ebay when selling things is pure laziness, at least own up to that fact. I sold a bunch of stuff to Game$ the other day, and I'll admit I wanted fact that I wanted quick easy cash.
GreatGeak 8
I'll admit the fact that...* sorry, kind of butchered that.
NiceGuysDoWin 21
Yup. This is why you always do research. Google, Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon...5 minutes of internet searching could have put an extra $800-$900 in your pocket. You, OP, are a lazy idiot - and YDI
NeatNit 33
#25 Good thing you can vote both!
thaliah 15
#25, Why not both? *mexican family cheers*
shivamtrivedi 24
And that is why you research before you buy or sell anything. And never trust the store workers. Those people have the darnest convincing powers.
joefrazier 20
You should've researched it more before you sold it. Edit: Sorry #4 already said that
OhWhoCares 42
That's just unfortunate. Sorry OP, FYL. At least you got some money out of it :)
JCal585 8
Should have researched that
FMLcommenterer 13
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Should of gone to specsavers.
warsun 27
Don't think that would help
lexiieeex3 32
That really sucks OP but you should have checked out the going rate before selling so cheap. People will always find a way to rip you off if they can.
FitForFun 11
On a scale of $100 to $1000 dollars how devastated were you? It looks like about a $900.
lotr4 18
Sorry OP. I'd pay attention more in the future