Today, I got a Samsung Galaxy and opened the box to see a cracked screen. I showed the clerk and she said I must have dropped it. I hadn't moved since she handed me the box. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got my phone fixed after the screen had been shattered for four months straight. Then, the moment they handed it to me, it fell straight to the floor and shattered. Again. FML
Today, I was standing next to the girl I like while she was looking at her phone. She dropped it and I tried to save it by catching it with my foot. I ended up kicking it across the room, cracking the screen. 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 stood in line for one hour to get a new phone. It then took me 2 minutes to drop it and shatter the screen, and 2 seconds for the employee to look at, laugh, and tell me, "That Sucks." FML
Today, I got a new laptop for Christmas. The picture on the box showed a woman balancing it on one finger to show how light it was, so I tried it myself. I dropped my laptop, breaking the hard drive and putting a massive crack down the screen. FML
Today, I bought an otter box. While setting up my iPhone, I dropped it and it is now shattered. FML
Today, while walking to work, I accidentally dropped my $400 cell phone on the sidewalk. The screen shattered into a million pieces. A woman passing by looked at the ruined phone and said, "Now that's what you call a dropped call!" She laughed and kept walking. FML
Today, I helped friends move home, and since we couldn't all fit in their car I took the bus. While waiting, my new phone slipped and crashed on the floor. It now has a cracked screen right between my two overpriced phone protectors. FML
Today, I used a prank app, where you shake the cell, and it makes the screen looks cracked. I ended up losing my grip on the phone. It went flying, and it is now cracked for real. FML
Today, my brother got mad at me for breaking the screen on his phone. He'd already dropped it so many times that the whole screen was cracked to the point that you couldn't see anything on it, but for some reason, I am fully responsible for its destruction because I accidentally delivered the finishing blow. FML
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PhantomCrevan 8
Cell phone stores tend to have cameras everywhere for just that reason. Go back and demand to speak to management, and talk to them about the situation.
TheEndIsNigh 10
It sounds like this happened in the shop, in which case they probably have cameras so I reckon you could get the police involved. I don't know if you should threaten them until they decide it's easier to just give you an intact phone, or surprise them so they don't destroy the video evidence or continue selling damaged goods to other people once they'd have gotten rid of you.
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PhantomCrevan 8
Cell phone stores tend to have cameras everywhere for just that reason. Go back and demand to speak to management, and talk to them about the situation.
TheEndIsNigh 10
It sounds like this happened in the shop, in which case they probably have cameras so I reckon you could get the police involved. I don't know if you should threaten them until they decide it's easier to just give you an intact phone, or surprise them so they don't destroy the video evidence or continue selling damaged goods to other people once they'd have gotten rid of you.
David Horgan 8
Sounds like ATT. I've had a similar experience. crack from the speaker hole to the edge of the glass. common in phones. most switch out the devices. att won't. so I got a refurbished one while paying payments for a brand new one.
David Horgan 8
*Had to go through Motorola warranty.
devour43 6
had a similar problem, had to send mine in and pay an extra $100 since my headphone jack in my s7 was broken, ended up getting a refurbished piece of junk, which is slow and lags all the time, also att but in return they ended up giving us an extra 10gb of data on our plan
BIGKIEFFER 10
At least it didn’t explode.
Elizabeth Burley 22
My uncle got a Samsung something or other from ATT a few months ago and in the store when they opened the phone box the phone screen was cracked from top to bottom and left to right. They compensated him no problem and he even got a discount and free case. So not all ATT stores are assholes. Sorry for your bad luck OP! Good luck!
RichardPencil 32
If you had AppleCare, the problem would have been taken ... wait! Oooooohhh! Never mind.
wawa_sxm 15
Usually when i buy a phone they inspect it in front of me for cracks and even put the screen on (maybe for dead pixels?) so you know what you got. In any case as long as you didn't leave the store they don't have a case. Call the cops make it interesting
tonyfan00 38
Maybe she's referring to when she got dropped on her head when she was a kid?
shannon2348 14
Easy enough to prove. Just ask her to check the security cameras.