Today, I found out the gift card my friend gave me for Christmas actually has no money on it and was never purchased in the first place. 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 found a gift card under my bed that I lost a few months ago for $400 to a store that went out of business last week. 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 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, I gave over $100 to my online friend in presents for Christmas, only to find out he can't use any because of his strict parents. FML
Today, I spent a lot of money buying a birthday gift for a close friend, only to find out I'm not even invited to the party. FML
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
Today, the gift my mother had mailed me for my birthday finally arrived. It was a gift card for Starbucks. A gift card that had already been redeemed. FML
Today, I received a birthday present from a friend. It was the very same gift I gave to her for Christmas. FML
Today, my mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, my uncle got me a debit card and put $1000 on it for my Christmas present. However, he forgot to activate the card. The receipt with the 14-digit activation code is in the garbage in Colorado. FML
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Top comments
Spaceghost77 0
Awesome friend! Did they have a highlighter rash on their face by any chance?
morose911 1
I would ask your friend if the actually put money on it and if they did get th reciept, when I worked in retail there was a guy we fired because he would ring out a gift card for somone then hand them an empty one and pocket the other. you may fond your friend is a douche or that they got ripped off.
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Comments (48)
kerrygirl 13
how would you have found that out?! did (s)he tell you?...not the no money part, but the never purchased in the first place part....
brutallyhonest24 0
how gift cards work is they dont have money on them unless they are activated. They get activated when bought, because the cashier activates them. Cleary this card wasn't activated so it had no money and also never got bought because it never got brought to the cashier. ergo said card was stolen.
jcrook 0
When someone 'buys' a gift card the assistant at the checkout has to swipe it and tell the computer how much cash value to add to the card. There is no money on the card before that. I don't expect the shops care much if people take worthless cards. >>>Oops obviously brutallyhonest24 got there just before me. Except for my last sentence. That still Stands. :)
jcrook 0
Although it is still stealing regardless of whether you get away with it and I don't advise anyone to do it.
poiuhdn5 0
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Stryker78cRS 15
It's good that you said it as well
PimhNL 3
rofl, i bet he's a ******
kerrygirl 13
what the hell is wrong with you #2????
G1LLB3RT 0
What did the comment say? it was moderated.
redshortsx 0
what did #2 say? and how bad do you have to be to get moderated? because I see ppl talking about rape on here that don't get moderated
Stryker78cRS 15
What did it say?!?!?!
ohz_boyzz 0
Sucks for you, bud.
Spaceghost77 0
Awesome friend! Did they have a highlighter rash on their face by any chance?
luckyducky123 0
Win.
1800getalife 0
ooo omg a 100 dollar gift card, AMA steal it and not get it registered and give it to my best friend. epic fail
boydeee01 7
Just like your comment.
1800getalife 0
Epic fail
tisiphone_fml 0
Not really a FYL unless you got in trouble for it. Just means your friend isn't the sharpest crayon in the box.
Susaluda 0
That happened to me too...it just means the store screwed up and forgot to activate it.
morose911 1
I would ask your friend if the actually put money on it and if they did get th reciept, when I worked in retail there was a guy we fired because he would ring out a gift card for somone then hand them an empty one and pocket the other. you may fond your friend is a douche or that they got ripped off.
ssdd2009 0
hahaha