I’ve been pretty good about saving money lately, had about $800 that I won on Stake which felt pretty solid for me. I was scrolling Facebook marketplace when I saw this “amazing deal” on a gaming setup. The guy was selling his whole rig plus monitor for $600 and it looked legit in the photos.
Long story short I got way too excited and transferred the money immediately without thinking. Met up with the dude at some parking lot and the second I saw the setup I knew I fucked up. The “gaming computer” was basically a 10 year old office PC with a fancy looking case, and the monitor had a huge crack down the middle that somehow wasn’t visible in any of his photos.
When I asked about returning it he just shrugged and said “all sales final bro” then drove off. I stood there in that parking lot holding a broken monitor feeling like the biggest idiot on earth.
The worst part is that my car started making weird noises literally 3 days later and now I actually need that emergency money I just blew on electronic garbage. My mechanic wants $400 just to look at it.
So yeah, apparently I’m the type of person who throws away months of careful budgeting because I see something shiny on the internet. Learn from my stupidity people.
tl:dr Thought im getting a deal for a gaming pc but I ended up buying a cheap performance LED machine