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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KingFudd 13
At least your didn't go see Rick Harrison. He would have only offered you $50.
more4me 27
let me call a buddy of mine ;)
ThomasBombadil 31
Agreed, I like the show but would never sell them anything or shop there.
rogwest 23
Do your homework next time... An assumption is the mother of all "F" ups... Just sayin
disney_blonde 16
Checking eBay would have taken you 2 minutes. That's just lazy.
Steve95401 49
I didn't even know that Laser Discs were still around. I remember when they came out in the early 1990's; they really didn't catch on and were soon overtaken by DVD's.
vntqmm 8
You paid it forward without even knowing!
eatinchocolate 8
maybe he doesnt know the real price either. see if you can buy it for 200 or so and still make profit!
worldclassrager 41
Buy it back...thrift stores rarely know what they have either way you should make a profit
halcyondaze 11
I'm sorry but ydi how did you receive such a product and not become aware of any of it's essential information before selling it? Always do your research before buying and selling. At least now you probably learned a good lesson though!
more4me 27
It happens to all of us at one time or another. I guess that was the cost of that life lesson (always do your research). Don't sweat it anymore, OP!
DeadPixel4 29
I don't have words to describe how much that sucks