Find money. Keep it?

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Chazwozel

If you found 20 bucks on the street would you keep it?

How bout an unmarked wallet (no ID or credit cards) with a 1000 bucks in it?

My friend just posted on her facebook how she's pissed that she forgot to take her 40 bucks cashback from the self-checkout register, and someone took it. I say, tough titties. Money in the cashback shelf is equivalent to money on the street.

To answer both questions, I would keep 20 bucks and 1000 bucks if I found it. Call me a son of a bitch, but I would expect no more or no less from anyone else if they found my wallet with money in it. And no, I don't believe in Kharma or any of that shit.

Money in wallet with an I.D.? Yeah, I'd return that. So I'm not a total son of a bitch, I suppose...
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I return it when I see who it belongs to, which is normally the case.

I returned at least $400 to a guy that dropped it at a concert, who was walking 10 yards ahead of me.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

I'd probably keep it if there were no reasonable way to locate the rightful owner. If I knew/could find the owner, I'd return it.
 
Baerdog

Baerdog

If its just lying there with no way to ID the owner? Heck yes I'd keep it (and have). If it was in a wallet with ID or if I saw the person drop it I would return it (and have).
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Keep the $20, take the wallet without ID to the police station (or other applicable authority) - but give them my contact information if no one comes to claim the grand. In either case if I've actually seen the person lose their money, I'd try to catch up with them and return their money - and in the case of Mr Grand-in-a-Wallet, ask for a finder's fee. Usually that's 10% of the monetary value.
 
IronBrig4

IronBrig4

I have a system for this kind of thing.

Wallet with ID - Always return it.
Wallet without ID - Lost and found. The person who lost it might be able to describe the wallet.
Loose cash, value more than $50 (assuming you didn't see it drop) - Lost and found.
Loose cash, value $50 or less - Keep it.
Coins - They're up for grabs.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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IronBrig4 said:
I have a system for this kind of thing.

Wallet with ID - Always return it.
Wallet without ID - Lost and found. The person who lost it might be able to describe the wallet.
Loose cash, value more than $50 (assuming you didn't see it drop) - Lost and found.
Loose cash, value $50 or less - Keep it.
Coins - They're up for grabs.
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Pretty much what the elf is saying ;)
 
phil

phil

I don't know what I would do if I found like a life changing amount of money, though. A duffle bag or something with a million dollars in it? Tough call.
 
SpecialKO

SpecialKO

You might want to actually check local law for the million-dollar one. You might actually be liable for something if you don't report it immediately.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker said:
I return it when I see who it belongs to, which is normally the case.

I returned at least $400 to a guy that dropped it at a concert, who was walking 10 yards ahead of me.
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Oh yeah, the dick-head was so shocked that he did not thank me for handing him is roll of $20's. And the dudes laying next to the walking area questioned me on why I gave the bucks back.
 
Gusto

Gusto

I'm with you Chaz, and karma does play a part.

Due to various stories that I won't recount, I believe the universe owes me money.
 
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makare

I would keep the money on the street but not out of the self check out thing. They could figure out who lost it and it is more likely someone would come back to that place looking for it. Having the money wouldn't be worth feeling like a dick.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

This is weird, but no matter the amount I wouldn't keep it if it were in a wallet, even if it were a wallet with no ID. Somebody could still identify the wallet as theirs by description and I'd like them to get it back. But I HAVE taken $20 bills I've found in the self checkout cashback tray. I used to find $5 bills lying around in parking lots and on the sidewalk pretty frequently, and they all contributed to my grocery fund. You can't prove that money is yours, unless you are Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man or River Tam from Firefly and memorized the serial number on the bill.

But, if I found $1000 or some other large sum of money loose, it'd depend on the situation. If someone has a LARGE sum of money out, they have a reason. There's something they're going to spend that on, and again I'd like for them to get it back. If it were in the store, I'd take it to the supervisor or manager. If it were at the bank, the bank teller. If it were in the middle of the street or a large parking lot with no way to discern the money's origin, then I might keep it.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

$20 bucks? I'd keep it, unless I saw the person drop it.

$1000? Again, unless I saw the person drop it, I'd keep it. But who carries a grand around in loose bills?

A dufflebag with millions in it?
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Man, fuck that shit. I'm not touching it.
 
Steve

Steve

If I found it with identification of who it belonged to (and could easily return it) I would do so. For example, if I found their drivers license I would have no problem mailing it back to them. But if I only had a name and it required effort on my part to track them down I'd say "screw it" and buy myself a steak dinner.
 
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darkangel6988

My Karma is fantastic so taking it would only hinder it a little bit....I ain't gonna lie I'd take the money and walk away with a huge smile then i'd take myself shopping!
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

I found a digital camera in the park yesterday. A really nice one. I asked around the area, no one knew who's it was. I waited around for and hour while the kid played...no one came. So I took it back to the car. I look through the picture and find nearly 500 pics on their detailing the birth of this persons kid up to the present day, nearly a years worth of pics.

So I have this persons kids first year of life in my hands...and I have no way of getting it back to them.

This actually makes my heart hurt.
 
David

David

For the camera I'd say put up a post on your areas craigslist. You never know, the owner or somebody who knows the owner might see it.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Regardless of the amount, whether it's a couple of coins, a handful of cash, or a million dollars in a burlap sack, I'd leave it.

I have no idea why.
 
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rabbitgod

Depending on where the unmarked wallet is would determine what I did with it (ie workplace I would send over to lost and found or page). Over 1k I'd probably donate 50% or more of it. I've done that with change and small bills in the past. I figure it's not my money it might as well go to a good cause (not including my beer fund).
 
drifter

drifter

LittleSin said:
I found a digital camera in the park yesterday. A really nice one. I asked around the area, no one knew who's it was. I waited around for and hour while the kid played...no one came. So I took it back to the car. I look through the picture and find nearly 500 pics on their detailing the birth of this persons kid up to the present day, nearly a years worth of pics.

So I have this persons kids first year of life in my hands...and I have no way of getting it back to them.

This actually makes my heart hurt.
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If the owner registered their camera, you can contact the manufacturer and they can trace the serial number back to the original owner. Or you can try a longshot and post a couple pics at ifoundyourcamera.net | Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures
 
Espy

Espy

I would take the money and use my brilliance to invest it, creating wealth like the world has never seen, then, when I finally use that money to find the person who dropped their wallet give them the bank account number and say, "You're welcome" and walk away.
 
Gusto

Gusto

Wait a minute, if you're walking waay from te person who lost the money originally, and there's an explosion behind you...

...Did you plant a bomb in that person's wallet?!

Sinister!
 
Espy

Espy

They would have 5 seconds to think, wow, he made me a ton of money, whats the catch?

BOOOOOOM!
 
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