Miscellaneous: Scammed

Scammed

By ahhnotoy - 27/04/2009 02:29 - United States

Today, I bought a box of Fruit Loops. When I got home, I noticed a free prize would be in the box. I sifted through the box, looking for the small toy. It wasn't in there. I don't know what is more sad, the fact that I got ripped off by a children's cereal or that I'm 21 and upset by it. FML

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Same thing different taste

By frootloops - 21/11/2009 21:44 - United States

Today, I realized that my girlfriend had never said anything about the proposal ring I had put into a box of her Froot Loops. When I hinted it to her, she said that the cereal had expired, so she threw out the box. FML

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By jerdub93 - 19/11/2011 08:40 - United States

Today, I was eating cereal while absentmindedly reading the box. I was amused when I found it expires on my birthday. Then I realized it expired on my birthday two years ago. FML

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By annony-moose - 06/02/2010 18:48 - France

Today, I was feeling hungry, so I went to the kitchen to get a bowl of cereal. I found hundreds of weevils festering in my Lucky Charms. FML

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By Candy - 20/05/2010 12:37 - United States

Today, my mom bought me some expensive Japanese candy. I opened it, and saw that each chewy candy was wrapped in a thin, hard to peel off wrapper. After trying to get each wrapper off, I determined they were unopen-able and threw them away. I then read the box, saying the wrappers were edible. FML

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Crybabies

By PooperParty - 05/04/2021 11:00

Today, I had an Easter Egg Hunt in my backyard for my kids. When they collected all the eggs, they opened them and to their dismay there was no candy inside. When I bought them, I thought they already came with candy. It’s been two hours and my kids won’t stop crying. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2021 17:00

Today, I learned the horrifying implications of my memory not being what it used to be when I bought a tasty-looking chocolate bar, only to realize upon taking a bite that I'd bought one before and not liked it one bit. FML

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You deserved it 292

By Rachel - 02/02/2009 22:00 - United States

Today, I bit into a cereal bar and thought the inside was oddly damp. I took a look at it and saw a maggot worm wriggling around. Its friend was in my mouth. FML

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By laxie - 27/10/2009 00:42 - United States

Today, my three-year-old decided to dump the entire contents of her cereal box onto the kitchen floor because she was looking for a "prize." The only prize we found was a huge dead cockroach, which she promptly stuck in her mouth. FML

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If only they hadn't learned to read…

By Anonymous - 20/09/2019 00:01

Today, I was hosting my kid's birthday party. I had a bunch of small trinkets, so I grabbed the first container I could find to put them in. It wasn’t until I went out and someone yelled, "I’ll take a heavy flow!" that I realized it was an empty tampon box. FML

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Trick it is, then

By Tricked - 01/11/2023 09:00

Today, after a stressful shift at work, I bought three bags of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters tonight. I didn’t realize until I got home that one bag had a hole in it, and there were three empty M&M wrappers inside. My grocery store sucks. FML

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You deserved it 81

geetface 0

Monday 27 April 2009 10:01

I'd be pissed too

CaptainJellyBean 0

Monday 27 April 2009 10:10

Think of it this way, at least you didn't miss out on your McDonald's toy and throw an epic fit right in the restaurant. Been there, done that. Would most likely go there again.

Comments

rityz 0

Monday 27 April 2009 18:48

aww u so do not deserve it! i wld be pissed too lol its good to have an inner child :D

kfnnnp 0

Monday 27 April 2009 18:55

Oh snap! The little toy is the best bit!

MonkeySpeaks 4

Monday 27 April 2009 19:21

I don't think its bad your upset about it. I think its more a desire for nostalgia... when toys in cereal were standard. I've gotten Cracker Jacks before just because of the toy! And I'm mid-late 20s :D and I know my guy (30s) still looks back in a "those were the days" kind of thing. Er, now that I think about it I feel old...

Melodyfire 0

Monday 27 April 2009 19:40

the little toy is the best part!!!! id be pissed too!!!!

Kandyland 12

Monday 27 April 2009 19:50

It's all good. I do the same thing, but I have a 2 year old. He's my cover for getting excited about cereal box toys. :P

Victoria_fml 0

Monday 27 April 2009 19:51

Be happy to even get Fruit Loops... Here in France we don't get them anymore. So sad.

tWitt3rBuG 0

Monday 27 April 2009 20:01

Awe man i hate when that happens!

OMIGODNOWAI 0

Monday 27 April 2009 20:14

are you sure you checked properly? dump that stuff out man. :< a prize is a prize.

Sinnocent 0

Monday 27 April 2009 20:44

Sadly, I think I know what you're talking about! If it was the Fruit Loops with the "star trek communicator" then it's UNDER the bag of cereal in the bottom of the box itself. I searched for it too. ha!

frootloop25 0

Monday 27 April 2009 21:48

Ha, I'd be pissed off too. I mean a free prize is a free prize. If it says its in the box, THEN IT SHOULD BE IN THE BOX. Those liars. This is how they scam little children...and of course, everyone in general!