Money: Today, my husband received the "antique" samurai sword that he...

By juliearis - 06/07/2013 19:45 - United States - Westport

Today, my husband received the "antique" samurai sword that he bought on Craigslist with $399.99 of our money. He only shared my outrage at the waste of money when he opened the package, only to find a toy sword along with a note saying, "HAHA, TROLLED." FML

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By Ryoichi - 17/09/2015 11:13 - Germany

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By Anonymous - 03/01/2024 21:00

Today, after my husband bought our son a sword for Xmas, sure enough, I found a stab mark in my living room wallpaper, and the sword now has a bent tip. My son denies everything and my husband claims I’m overreacting by yelling. FML

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Stolen valour

By Anonymous - 25/11/2022 02:00

Today, after my husband refused to donate to Children in Need because it’s a "waste of money", he came home with swords and shields so he and our son could "wage war in the garden like knights". I wanted to donate £20, the swords and shields cost £500 at least, but I’m the one wasting money. FML

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By moneycatious - 19/03/2012 23:50 - United States - Seattle

Today, I gave my husband an expensive watch. The first words out of his mouth were, "You didn't use our joint bank account for this, right?" He then asked if I still had the receipt. FML

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Crime prevention

By Anonymous - 07/03/2022 18:00

Today, I found out my boyfriend keeps a sword under the bed, a proper sharp 'knight on horseback' sword instead of the typical baseball bat for burglars, I found this out after I was groping under there for a dropped earring and cut one of my fingers down to the bone. FML

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Rich people problems

By Anonymous - 02/09/2021 05:01

Today, I got a gift from my wife. It was a beautiful watch. The same exact watch I'd sold to our local jewelers for 6k. She bought it for 10k. When I told her, she said, "Hmmm, I thought it looked familiar." There goes 4K from our joint account. I could’ve thought of 4000 ways to spend that money. FML

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Quick buck

By Anonymous - 21/01/2022 20:01

Today, my husband sold a bunch of stuff from our garage to buy himself the latest Xbox. Unfortunately, the clown also sold the bicycle I don’t ride anymore. It was my nana’s vintage bicycle, with original wicker basket, worth several thousand to collectors. He accepted £80 for it on Facebook Marketplace. FML

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ZombieInConverse 13

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:14

There are those assholes out there that pull that shit. Sorry OP.

Kozmotis 8

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:16

Try to sue him for false advertising.

Comments

Mifflicious 18

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:19

He should have been suspicious since it was so cheap, you won't get a real, new sword for that price, so an antique would probably be reeeally expensive..

Treveyon56 14

Sunday 7 July 2013 10:02

actually you can get a really great sword for that kind of money. I have three really great and Well made one that each costed a little less than that.

Link5794 18

Sunday 14 July 2013 6:46

Darksword Armory. They make durable, historically accurate swords, some of which are $315, unsharpened and without an interlaced belt with the scabbard, but it's still pretty cheap for the quality. The ARMA uses their swords if I recall correctly.

brandoneyez1 25

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:19

Put a claim in to get the _$ back. You just have to quickly make the claim.

truesarrif 33

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:48

this is Craigslist not eBay. unless he payed with PayPal then there is no one to file a claim to

redbandit9877 12

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:21

I wouldn't trust almost anything on Craigslist, a lot of serial killers frequent the personals there.

evilplatypus 38

Sunday 7 July 2013 3:55

One or two: now known as "a lot"

DocBastard 38

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:22

Rules of Craigslist: 1) Everything is fake 2) Everyone lies 3) When in doubt, see #1 and 2

Nordrag 26

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:27

By saying everyone lies you have yet again made me think you are the real life version of Dr. House.

ManInTheMachine 19

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:51

I don't think Doc likes being compared to House, Nordrag.

Nordrag 26

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:14

I couldn't help it. I'm sorry.

ManInTheMachine 19

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:20

Don't worry about it. It was just an observation from an FML a while ago.

CharresBarkrey 15

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:33

He said he sees himself more like Dr Cox from Scrubs, not that he doesn't like being compared to Dr House

TheDrifter 23

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:34

I think it was less his personality than someone suggesting his doctoral style and practices might be similar.

ManInTheMachine 19

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:38

TheDrifter: That's probably what I was thinking of. I have a terrible memory as of late, so I confused the two. My apologies.

Fmeonce_shameonu 15

Monday 8 July 2013 1:49

I hear he is gay? But that's okay cause there is nothing wrong with that.

iheartLA 10

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:24

This is why you go to their house and look at the thing before you hand over the cash

OneObstacle 3

Sunday 7 July 2013 1:25

Wait, someone shipped you something posted on Craiglist? I've never heard of this, only meeting the people to trade. Maybe OP could provide some insight?

TheDrifter 23

Sunday 7 July 2013 2:36

OP is an idiot and ignored the "meet the seller in person" rule, thus getting scammed and forfeiting his cash. You should never have craigslist items shipped, in person transactions only.