James Labrecque sold an old safe on eBay for $122.93. "I made a mistake, you know, that's what it boils down to," said Labrecque. "And it cost me dearly."
Labrecque, an eBay user for more than 15 years, said he did not have the
combination to the safe and believed it to be just another item to turn
around. "I thought it was empty," he said. "I shook it and I didn't feel
anything inside of it, so I figured, well, maybe it's just a locked
safe, you know. So I put it on eBay."
Labrecque lives in California. The person who bought the safe lives in
Bartlett. Upon receipt, the buyer brought the safe to a welder, who cut
it open. Inside the safe was $26,000 in cash. The buyer gave Labrecque a positive review and shared the news.
"I feel like the stupidest idiot in the world," said Labrecque. "I told
my friend, I won the stupidest idiot in the world award the other day,
you know. I gave away a safe with $26,000 in it."
Labrecque asked for a cut of the cash. The buyer declined, citing Labrecque's
seller policy that states, "What you see is what you get, no returns,
and no money back." Labrecque said this is different. "That's a chunk of change, you know. That's life-altering money," he
said. "I mean, if I was in that situation and I found that kind of
money and I bought it from someone, I'd say, 'Here man, I found this
money. I'll give you half of it."
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