Today I bought a $50 voucher card to refill my phone. After I purchased it, I threw the receipt in the dustbin. When I got home, I found out that the 14-digit pin code was on the receipt. I basically threw 57 bucks in the dustbin. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at 4:00 a.m., I woke up and realized that I had thrown an expensive gift certificate for a friend in the garbage. Since it was garbage day, I ran out in the rain in my pajamas and rifled through all three bags of garbage. Twice. I found the gift certificate. It was in my pocket. FML
Today, I received an envelope from Verizon. I assumed it was my bill. I opened it and saw a Visa credit card offer so I quickly snapped it in half to prevent identity theft. Only after playing with the pieces for 10 minutes did I realize that it was the $100 rebate for my new phone. FML
Today, I bought an iTunes giftcard worth $50. I tried to scratch off the little silver thing covering the code with a pair of scissors. I scratched so much that it's now unreadable. FML
Today, I gave my friend a $5 VR set that I purchased from the dollar store for Christmas. I received a $60 gift card. Later, I realized I left the receipt in the package. FML
Today, I had my new Blackberry Curve sitting on my lunch tray. Unthinkingly, i tossed it into the garbage can. 10 minutes later i realized I had thrown it away and spent the next hour searching through six garbage cans of half-eaten food. FML
Today, I withdrew €40 at the ATM to pay for dinner later tonight. It wasn't until I went to pay for it that I realized I'd taken the receipt, but left the cash in the ATM. FML
Today, after calling the insurance plan for my new iPhone a "huge waste of money", I promptly dropped it in the store while trying to put it into my pocket, cracking the screen. FML
Today, I received a $50 iTunes card for my birthday. I immediately sat down at my computer and starting buying all my newest favorites. Then I realized I never redeemed my card so the $50 was all charged to my account. FML
Today, I found out that my boyfriend wrote 50 dollars on my gift card just to look generous, it's really only worth five. I found this out after I tried to buy an arm full of clothes. FML
Today, while at the vending machine, I put in my $20 instead of my $1. I got my change back in quarters. FML
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AznLuvsMusic 26
Have you refilled your phone before? I would think that if you have, then you'd know that the code was on the receipt. Then again, we all have days where we derp out and forget how to function properly. Whatever the case, I hope you were able to redeem the credit that you lost.
WinterChild 20
I'm sure there is a number on the card you can call for this type of situation. You're not the first person to chuck a receipt.
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Comments (20)
ragnarok1540 39
Go back to the store dressed in dirty rags like a beggar, and dig through the garbage until you find your receipt. That way you can redeem your 57$ purchase and no one know how stupid you really are ... except maybe the entire FML community!
siggy_mcsigx 22
This is why I do my top up in the store/shop before I leave it. But it sounds like you didn't know how the process works so sorry Op! I hope you can get this sorted somehow.
Bean_pole06 5
I bet if you'd listened, the cashier reminded you to hang on to the reciept
Miss_080 21
Why $57 if it was a $50 voucher?
MulticoloredSlug 18
Taxes maybe
kj9964 5
Usually the cashier will show you the code so you don't throw it away
boxy1990 2
as long as another person hasn't found said receipt you should be able to go back to point of purchase explain situation and get a new recharge
Kendrah18 19
Who the feck calls it a dustbin? ?
ImagineCrazy 27
Wow, sorry OP. Usually the staff tells you at check out that the numbers on the receipt..
LordVaper 14
How did it go from $50 to $57?
Elisabetha Aarron 18
Is this your first time doing this? Isn't the code always in the receipt?