I've found two wallets in the last couple of years, both with substantial amounts of money, and got both back to their owners intact. One had about $2000 cash in it. The owner was a panicked-looking German tourist. Do unto others.
I've found two wallets in the last couple of years, both with substantial amounts of money, and got both back to their owners intact. One had about $2000 cash in it. The owner was a panicked-looking German tourist. Do unto others.
Lenny_XC_ wrote:
but it had i.d. and credit cards etc in it, and iv posted it back to his house
would you have kept the money?
From my observations, most young folks who vote Democrat would steal the cash and still somehow justify it in their heads.
If i find a wallet im taking the money. its your responsibility to not lose your wallet.
Lol at people bad mouthing the OP, i would have kept the money and thrown away the wallet.
I'm not gonna waste time on that ****.
Leonard wrote:
If i find a wallet im taking the money. its your responsibility to not lose your wallet.
And it’s your responsibility to not take what is not yours.
John Utah wrote:
Leonard wrote:
If i find a wallet im taking the money. its your responsibility to not lose your wallet.
And it’s your responsibility to not take what is not yours.
The solution is easy, dont lose your wallet.
wineturtle wrote:
Lenny_XC_ wrote:
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We all know what we should do.
I believe in the axiom: finders keepers, losers weepers.
Leonard wrote:
John Utah wrote:
And it’s your responsibility to not take what is not yours.
The solution is easy, dont lose your wallet.
Of course, but if a wallet is lost the solution is just as easy, give all the money back.
when I was around 14-years-old my brother and I found some money wrapped in a plastic bag hidden inside a hollow tree. it was around forty pounds, which today is a bit more than $50.
we split the money in half. I used my half to open a post office savings account which I promptly forgot about. around ten years later, going through some old stuff, I found the account book and transferred the money into my proper bank account by which time it had approximately doubled, so I now had as much as we found in the tree in the first place.
my brother used his half to buy an air rifle.
around eight months later he shot me in the face with the air rifle and we haven't spoken to each other since.
I guess the moral of the story is, hand it in. that way you won't end up getting shot for nothing, and, you'll be able to see out of both eyes.
cheers.
finders keepers wrote:
Found a wallet once with 7 bucks in it. Mailed it back to the owner, but kept the 7 for envelope, postage, and time spent. Seemed fair to me at the time.
Yeah I was going to say this is what I'd do. Although a trip to the damn post office is worth way more than 7 bucks.
I found a wallet last week on a sidewalk. I figured the owner was probably still nearby, because there was walking traffic, so I asked people walking by if they had lost it. I looked in it for contact info, and there were among other things, an out-of-state driver's license, $75 cash, a credit card, atm card, some business card of a place of an upcoming appointment. I didn't immediately find a phone number, but tried emailing the guy - no response. When I finished up my run, I took a closer look, and found the guy's phone number on a folded up fishing/hunting license and called him up. He came by on a bike 10 minutes later, and gave me $40 in appreciation. I would have been fine if he didn't offer a reward, and never considered taking the cash and mailing the wallet out of state.
On the other hand, I once found $80 cash on a wooden footbridge in state park (maybe more had blown into the raging creek?), during a late run where I didn't see many or any people. I pocketed that because there was no reasonable was to get that cash back to the person who lost it.
That’s an entirely different story finding cash alone without ID, wallet, etc.
No, but then I'm not a thieving twat.
Not Cool Bro wrote:
finders keepers wrote:
Found a wallet once with 7 bucks in it. Mailed it back to the owner, but kept the 7 for envelope, postage, and time spent. Seemed fair to me at the time.
Yeah I was going to say this is what I'd do. Although a trip to the damn post office is worth way more than 7 bucks.
Whatever you do, make sure you don’t make any kind of sacrifice on your part. Only help someone out if it doesn’t cost you anything.
Lenny_XC_ wrote:
but it had i.d. and credit cards etc in it, and iv posted it back to his house
would you have kept the money?
Nah, because I'm not a piece of sh*t.
Kevin52 wrote:
Apophis99 wrote:
No one should carry more cash than they could lose without being mildly irritated.
Getting my ID, bank/credit cards, CHL, etc. all returned without having to replace them would be very worth the minor price in cash taken.
Maybe I’ll put a note in my wallet to this effect from now on.
Years ago as a young lad I dropped my wallet while crossing the street right in front of my house. I was heading out with some friends, as we got into the car, at that moment I heard a car stop in the street where I had crossed and I looked up to see a guy getting back in the car and quickly take off. It looked odd and I wondered what it was about until seconds later I realized my wallet was missing.
3 or 4 days later it shows up in the mail with no cash but the credit cards and ID were there. Just like you are talking about, but you no what? None of that crap matters because it all has to be cancelled/replaced long before that anyway.
You and Lenny are just two more dirtbag sh*theads among many.
What are you a toddler? Hold on to your wallet. It’s super simple. Were you sloppy drunk out in public? It’s the only way I can imagine a grown man losing his wallet, which would obviously be preventable.
Just to mess with them, maybe return the cards, cash, and everything else but keep the wallet as a reward.
Or put a few hundred extra bucks in there before sending it back.
I'll go one better than the lost wallet. When I was around 10-11 I found one of those gallon plastic tubs cheap ice cream comes in. In it was what I thought was a bunch of weeds so I took it home to my parents. We promptly went down to the police station to turn it in. Later I found out it was marijuana, never did hear another from the police what they did with it.
Buncha poor people on this thread. You're really so desperate for money that you'd debase yourself like this for a couple of bucks?
Compassionate left wrote:
Lenny_XC_ wrote:
but it had i.d. and credit cards etc in it, and iv posted it back to his house
would you have kept the money?
From my observations, most young folks who vote Democrat would steal the cash and still somehow justify it in their heads.
I'm a lifelong 37-year-old bleeding heart liberal. I've found wallets and returned them completely intact. I've had my own wallet returned completely intact, and I bought the woman who returned it flowers as a way of saying "thank you." Don't paint with such a broad brush next time.