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'Stupidest idiot' eBayer sells safe with $26K inside

16 Feb 2012 18:52:18 GMT

[MOST SHARED] A look back at our first week.

Our post on an eBay seller who sold a locked floor safe for $122.93 that unbeknownst to him had $26,000 in cash inside attracted more than 3,000 shares. We assume that you really didn't want your friends to repeat this man's mistake.

Longtime eBay seller James Labrecque starts each of his listings with the same warning: "WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS." He's half right. Labrecque sold a locked floor safe on the auction site for $122.93, but the buyer found $26,000 cash inside. "I thought it was empty [...] So I put it on eBay" Labrecque told WMC-TV. "I feel like the stupidest idiot in the world." He has reached out to the Tennessee-based buyer, asking for half of the money. The buyer declined, quoting Labrecque's own caveat back to him. Hey, at least you got positive feedback!

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Would you split the cash with him?

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Feb 21, 2012 2:50PM

Easy answer: I'd give the money back to person it belonged to. That would not be James L.

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phlem51

Feb 21, 2012 12:00PM

I WOULD DONATE HALF TO ST. JUDE IN LABRECQUE'S & MY NAME.

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KV117

Feb 21, 2012 10:53AM

"The seller should sue MSN for calling him 'stupidest idiot'
That is slander.
He should be able to get well over $26k for it to "

The seller called himself the "stupidest idiot in the world" ...

Now who's the "stupidest idiot"?

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kim forsell

Feb 21, 2012 10:30AM

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Winslo Kibdribble

Feb 21, 2012 2:01AM

The seller should sue MSN for calling him 'stupidest idiot'
That is slander.
He should be able to get well over $26k for it to

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Sidingguy

Feb 20, 2012 7:21PM

No way, but I also would not have told anyone what was in the safe either...I'm sure the Taxman is interested in this "found" money as well...Also..who forgets 26 grand in their safe?

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Mn Cap News

Feb 20, 2012 11:50AM

I'd return it.

Not because of the fifteen minutes of fame I'd get or because I'm some relic from a Frank Capra fim or even because I'd feel guilty spending it. I'd return because it's the right thing to do.

Feb 20, 2012 1:35AM

Feb 18, 2012 11:41PM

Note 2 self. If I'm ever in a position to sell a safe. Open it first and look inside. duhhhhhhh.

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flaTspotting

Feb 18, 2012 3:35AM

Who the **** forgets about $26,000? If this guy needs half back, how did he not know 26k had gone missing in his life, really? Something doesn't add up at all.