[Pharmaciest]

http://www.wmctv.com/story/16944877/...bought-on-ebay ,,, MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) - UPDATE: The seller has added a new comment to his feedback page claiming that the buyer never found any money:
"He was playing a practical joke the safe was empty there wasnt any money in it."
A Bartlett man found thousands of dollars inside an item he bought on eBay.

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."

In a contentious e-mail chain Labrecque provided to Action News 5, he 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.'"

Action News 5 tried to track down the buyer, but has not yet made contac

[spiveker]

Haha...he would not have given half if the situation was reversed. Still though, the guy coulda tossed him a couple hundred as a tip.

[Promotiona]

$26,000 is a life changing amount of money? Come on now. I mean, $26k isn't anything to sneeze at, and I'd be happy to have it, but it wouldn't change my life.

[Zvssxstw]

$26,000 is a life changing amount of money? Come on now. I mean, $26k isn't anything to sneeze at, and I'd be happy to have it, but it wouldn't change my life.

That is 700+ SAE's

That is over 12,000 + Hours of Hard human labor by historical standards.

That is very life changing ............in knowlegable hands

[sigrekatonov]

Why did the guy publicize that there was 26k in it? I wouldn't do that....it makes no sense. Now he has to declare it on his taxes, share it with his relatives, and have a bunch of people with negative feelings towards him. I just don't get it.

[LxtdK9i4]

Oh, now that the IRS is on his ass.... it was just a joke.... I was kidding I tell yuh.

[Herimoisige]

What a dumbass... BOTH of them!

[casinobonuswer]

yet another idiot volunteering a windfall PUBLICLY.....now he has to pay taxes on it ..what a FOOL!

[Zvssxstw]

I remember when I got a silver quarter in change. I casually asked the casheir if she more cause I collect a few state quarters

she never suspected and she didn't have anymore

bummer

[Herimoisige]

yet another idiot volunteering a windfall PUBLICLY.....now he has to pay taxes on it ..what a FOOL!

Not all that surprising though, when you think about it.

There was an anthropology book written in the '60s that dealt chiefly with the motivation of individuals within societies, and the (not-so) stunning conclusion it reached is that SOCIAL STATUS is the PRIMARY motivator. Men will voluntarily give up wealth, sex, comfort, security, and even family bonds in order to achieve a higher social status and be seen in a better light by their society. I wish I could remember the title of the book... I think it had "africa" or "african" in the title, but I could be wrong.

In any case, it definitely makes the actions of idiotic blowhards like the safe guy somewhat easier to understand!

[Nundduedola]

First off...this story was a sham story, the dude who bought the safe was just fuckin with the guy who sold it, or so the story goes. This is about 2 weeks old I think.

Now, as to the 26K....yeah, it would change my life, but then again 1K changes my life. Maybe I'm the exception though? Maybe not? I can do a LOT with a little so 26K is the friggin' motherlode...where I come from

[GotActichwicy]

They are both idiots. You don't report that kind of cash, you take a few trips down to the coin store and buy $9,000 worth of Gold/Silver each trip with the cash. You didn't gain any "wealth" according to the State. No extra taxes.

[Corporal White]

Gotta admit if a locked safe came into my possession there is no way it would be going anywhere until i had inspected it from inside out, whatever it took.

[ElcinBoris]

"That's a chunk of change, you know. That's life-altering money," Someone I know advised me yesterday that a buddy of his regularly pays the tax on the mathematically challenged (buys lottery tickets), routinely at the $2 rate. The other day he splurged and said, "Give me one of those $10 scratch offs." It paid off $10K.

[enentique]

First off...this story was a sham story, the dude who bought the safe was just fuckin with the guy who sold it, or so the story goes. This is about 2 weeks old I think.

Now, as to the 26K....yeah, it would change my life, but then again 1K changes my life. Maybe I'm the exception though? Maybe not? I can do a LOT with a little so 26K is the friggin' motherlode...where I come from

This was my first thought when I read the story. Some guy just winding him up. I would have called the bluff and said put up or shut up. Your post is no good without Pikcha's. Show me Da Munny~!

[rowneigerie]

Pfft. That's a lot of firearms and PMs. He shouldn't have said squat, if it is true.