Tradie’s wife orders him to get rid of his grim $3,000 impulse purchase – so now it’s up for sale and so is she
- Group buy, swap, sell listing labeled misogynistic
- Metal box bought for $3k now listed online for $2k
- Seller suggested that buyers can put their wife in it
A shopaholic got into trouble with his wife after she told him his $3,000 impulse purchase didn’t belong in their home.
Jeremy Bourke, a Sydney man, took to a buy, sell, and swap group on Facebook to post a picture of a bronze metal box he had recently paid thousands of dollars for.
In the now-deleted post, Mr Bourke said he had to unload the brand new coffin and suggested buyers could throw their wives in for free.
Mr. Bourke was in hot water when he brought the coffin home and showed it to his wife, who quickly told him to get rid of it.
The chest was originally purchased for $3,000, but the regretful tradie wrote that he was now willing to get rid of it for just $2,000, accepting a $1,000 loss for his costly mistake.
After bringing the literal coffin home, he was quickly told to get rid of it by his wife who didn’t want it in the house
The chest was originally purchased for $3,000, but the regretful tradie is willing to take a $1,000 loss to get rid of it
‘Bought for the mancave but the miss (sic) doesn’t want it in the house. Especially after I told her I bought it for her… hahaha,” he wrote.
“I don’t plan on dying any time soon, so I have to get rid of it.”
Mr Bourke said he had brainstormed some ideas on what to do with it and had hoped to ‘use it as a toolbox on the car for a laugh’, but his wife told him it had to go.
The tradie then asked all interested buyers to get it from Strathfield, Sydney’s inner west, and suggested ‘can the female throw in for free!’
His comments were immediately labeled offensive by users on the Facebook page, while others were amused by his bizarre purchase.
“What a creep,” one wrote.
“Why not use it to bury these misogynistic ‘jokes’?” a woman hit back.
“Peakboomer humor,” wrote a third.