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You find a wallet with £150 & no address - hand it in to police, or finders keepers?
ribtickle
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Imagine you found a wallet (or purse) with some money inside, let's say £150, and there was no apparent way of identifying the owner, no cards, and no address or contact number inside.
Would you take it to a police station/make some other attempt to locate the owner, or would you think 'finders keepers', if I don't have it someone else will, and keep the lot?
Would you take it to a police station/make some other attempt to locate the owner, or would you think 'finders keepers', if I don't have it someone else will, and keep the lot?
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If I found a wallet though I would hand it in to the nearest place as I have lost my wallet before and know how annoying it can be
That could be someone's rent money or all they have to buy their family groceries.
And its not annoying to lose £500 and for someone who finds it not to hand it in?
Of course it would be but I felt greedy that day
And what about the poor person who lost it? Supposing they couldn't pay their rent or something important like that because you were happily spending money that wasn't yours?
Would you trust the police to do the right thing ?
That's no excuse. There's a small chance that a greedy police man will keep it so I'll just hang on to it myself.
We've all got a price but mine isn't £150
Not sure how easy it is just to go and hand in a wallet these days? I mean do you have to wait to be seen? Do you have to fill out forms etc?
You mightn't be able to track down the owner but there's a good chance they've reported it missing to the local police station in case someone hands it in.
Seriously, I've known of people in tears because they've lost their rent money or the money for their gas bill or whatever and I do sometimes wonder if someone is happily enjoying spending it on some little treat for themselves.
Interesting. So what is your price for taking the money? Above £150 or below?
I'd hand the wallet in if I could, I'd feel too guilty if I didn't.
That way I get the money without the guilt.
A lot of mum's colleagues couldn't believe that she actually did that. They said they would have kept it especially as it had £130 in. Mum was thinking it might have been someones savings for a holiday or something as it was mid summer. It was a very large amount of money then being in the 70's
Mum was always a very honest person and I like to think I followed in her footsteps. I would do the same.
She totally forgot about it and nearly twelve months later, she received a letter from the said police station asking her to call in and sign for the wallet and money as no one had claimed it. We were all delighted, her honesty paid off, she treated us all.
One who is honest
My daughter inlaw lost her purse & car keys in March this year no one handed them in. It cost her a few hundred pounds to get new keys for her house & car!