Today, I bought an iPhone SE, so my mom decided to sell my old iPhone 5 on Craigslist. Since the 5 and SE look exactly the same, she ended up selling my SE instead of the 5 for $100. The buyer refuses to give it back. 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, I sold my old iPhone 14… or at least I tried. I met the customer and she said, “Gee thanks!” and walked away with it. When I asked for the money, she said, “Suck my dick!” and took off running. I'm too out of shape to catch her and phoneless until I can come up with the remaining $200 to pay for my new iPhone. FML
Today, I decided I'd sell an old motorcycle I had, in order to help with the bills. I had to be at work at the time when an interested buyer was to show up, so I entrusted my mother with the exchange as she's unemployed. Mom pocketed the money and bought a new freezer for her house, and won't pay me back. FML
Today, I posted my phone for sale on Facebook. Someone hit me up to buy it and wanted me to meet them. I didn't really want to drive to them, but I'm a mom of two and I needed food and some extra cash, so I did it. The guy asked to look at the phone… and ran off with it. 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 teenage daughter faked a suicide because I bought her a Samsung instead of an iPhone for her birthday. FML
Today, I found out my boyfriend's mom tried to bribe him with an iPhone to dump me. He accepted. FML
Today, I was yelled at by a customer because I wouldn't give her a new iPhone 5 for free to replace her broken Nokia, which she threw out the window in "blind rage". I felt awful having to thank her for calling. Sadly, this is a daily event. FML
Today, my new iPhone was stolen from my school locker. After canceling my service, sobbing, having my mom yell at the secretary for their lack of security and finally agreeing to change to a private school, I found it in the corner of my locker. FML
Today, my dad let me use his phone. Five minutes later, he had my mom call it because he thought he'd lost it. FML
Today, my parents gave me an iPhone. They then checked my grades online, and promptly took it away. FML
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Isamermaid 17
I would possibly... look into calling the police. I'd consider it stealing. The agreement was for a 5. If they intended to pay you $100, but accidentally handed you a $1000 bill (no longer in circulation) and went on their way, then later realized their mistake and called you to try to correct it- you don't just get to keep the $1000 bill.
Lucky7112 4
But the buyer agreed to the 5, not an SE.
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kdkb36 10
This is gonna get down voted because FML down votes anything that isn't uplifting to the OP, even if it's logical. However it doesn't matter if the ad said it was selling a 5. The mother gave him an SE and accepted the cash he paid for the item she gave him, and asked for it back only after the exchange was done, this could've been days after the fact for all anyone knows. It's the seller's error, not the costumer, so he has every right to keep what she decided to sell him. It's not illegal and it's not stealing in any sense of the word...the cops can't do a thing about it because she consented to selling the device. It's her fault for being negligent and not knowing the difference between a 5 and an SE
latenerd 11
You can probably take the buyer to small claims court. Based on the value of the phone it might be worth the time. Or, you know, Judge Judy.
adamkg3298 4
Call your provider and have the phone blacklisted.
JustBeingHonest 2
just get a Samsung 5 neo or higher and do yourself a favor. iphones, are just a name... Samsung is actual quality. iPhone dosent even offer water resistance yet, let alone gorilla glass that you cannot scratch ???
JL1222975588 1
Say I have two paintings. One is worth $20. Another is worth $2,000,000. I sell one of them to someone for $20. It's not the buyer's fault if it later turns out, due to my failure to pay attention, I sold them the $2 Million painting instead. It's mine for not paying close enough attention. Because if I had paid attention it would never have happened. If I run a red light and kill someone that's my fault. Not the fault of the person I didn't see. If I had been paying attention I would of both seen the red light and the person. The only time keeping something worth something is illegal is if you know enough about it to verify the authenticity of it. In other words, if you expect $10 but get $10K you know enough about money to know you got more than you should. It's not someone being weird and reneging on a deal because they changed their mind. It's not someone lying. The police can't help the OP if the Buyer says he doesn't know much about phones.Plausible deniability. Some babble about stalking and privacy and tracking and weirdo seller being shady and the Buyer could expect to get off.
tanman230 10
you even said they look the exact same and I can guarantee it not that much better than the 5. that just shows you how dumb apple customers are they will buy something they already have cause they released a "better version"