Man Sells Locked Safe for $123, Buyer Finds $26,000 Inside

James Lebrecque is being called a lot of things on the Internet right now, but perhaps the most deserving among them is “poor bastard.”

Turns out James was owner of a big-ass, locked floor safe, and decided to sell it on eBay for approximately $123. Via Geekologie, the ebay ad posted by James read as follows:

“WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS. HERE IS A MAJOR FLOOR OR IN GROUND SAFE. IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A 7″ DOOR MEASURED ACROSS. IT IS A COMBINATION LOCK UNIT… I DID NOT GET THE COMBINATION FOR THE UNIT .SO YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTACT THE MAJOR SAFE COMPANY TO GET THE COMBINATION OR FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN OPEN THE UNIT UP.

RETURNS: THERE ARE NO RETURNS. ALL MERCHANDISE SOLD AS IS. PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO REFUND YOUR MONEY.”

And nobody did…

There probably aren’t many people on the Internet right now with a lot of sympathy for this guy, but c’mon! It doesn’t get much worse than this.

Or does it…?

After finding out he had made the error, James promptly went to the safe’s new owner and asked for half of the money. The owner’s response? “Get the f*ck outta here!”

Well, not exactly that, but: “THERE ARE NO RETURNS. ALL MERCHANDISE SOLD AS IS. PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO REFUND YOUR MONEY.” See what we mean by ‘poor bastard”? Poetic justice is seldom so cruel!

UPDATE: WMCTV 5 is Reporting that the man updated his comment page and that he was pulling a practical joke on the person selling him the safe and that there was no money.

“He was playing a practical joke the safe was empty there wasnt any money in it.”

Still, why the original seller didn’t know he was being had is uncertain…we suspect lack of sleep.

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