Man Finds $21K in Bonds, Gets $100 Reward

[sixone]

Karma (or whatever you want to call it) will ALWAYS catch up with you in the end. Mr. Moore will get what he deserves.

 

[T9D]

Well we all know who the greedy people are in this thread.

I would have given the guy $500 at least. Maybe $1000.

$100 is almost a slap in the face. Sure no one should expect anything for doing the right thing and should do it anyway. But part of doing the right thing lands on both parties too. And more gratidtue should have been shown.

 

[T9D]

Originally posted by: sixone
Karma (or whatever you want to call it) will ALWAYS catch up with you in the end. Mr. Moore will get what he deserves.

He's a homeless man......

Karma seems to be working great for him so far....

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: tk109

Originally posted by: sixone
Karma (or whatever you want to call it) will ALWAYS catch up with you in the end. Mr. Moore will get what he deserves.

He's a homeless man......

Karma seems to be working great for him so far....

Because of course he didn't have any choices in his life. :disgust:

 

[jds2006]

Originally posted by: ballmode
he needed alot more than 100

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: ballmode
he needed alot more than 100

:thumbsup: agreed

 

[isofilez]

i would have rewarded the guy exactly $1,000 without any thinking.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: isofilez
i would have rewarded the guy exactly $1,000 without any thinking.

Same here.

 

[essasin]

A few weeks ago in the local news, a person returned a bag full of jewelry and diamonds that belonged to some jeweler that accidently left it at a bus stop. I believe the jeweler made the person a custom jewlery piece as a reward.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: mribnik1
$21,000 > $100 > $0

Fixed that for ya.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: tommywishbone
I'd take the $100, buy a gallon or two of gas, put the gas in a glass bottle, stuff a rag in the end of the glass bottle, light the rag on fire and throw the whole thing through "somebodys" front door. :evil:

A hundred bucks? I'd rather have a handshake and a thank you.

bingo. It's just like scumbag cheap tippers in restaurants:

If you're going to skimp on your gratitude, obviously you need the cash more then they do, so you might as well leave nothing.

 

[Elderly Newt]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: tk109

Originally posted by: sixone
Karma (or whatever you want to call it) will ALWAYS catch up with you in the end. Mr. Moore will get what he deserves.

He's a homeless man......

Karma seems to be working great for him so far....

Because of course he didn't have any choices in his life. :disgust:

Because you know him and his life story

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: chusteczka
Hindsight is always better but he could have kept half of the bonds himself returned one half, if the reward was sufficient then he could return 100%. In the case of this skimpy reward, the homeless guy could have negotiated for a better return on the remaining $10,000.

read the thread, learn how bonds work.

Originally posted by: mribnik1
$100 > $0

Exactly. Why is it that people are so freaking greedy that they need a huge monetary incentive to return something to its rightful owner?

All of these "OMG $100? YOU CHEAPASS" posts are absurd. It's $100 more than he had seconds before finding the bonds, and while something more would obviously be awesome for the guy, there's no requirement to pay people in this situation.

You're missing the point, its not about greed its about gratitude. The homeless guy could have wiped his ass with the bonds, but instead he went well of out of his way to get the bonds to the proper owner. At the very least the guy could have shown him gratitude by giving him more than a mere hundred dollars. People piss away that much in fast food for a week.

 

[chusteczka]

Originally posted by: chusteczka

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: chusteczka
Hindsight is always better but he could have kept half of the bonds himself returned one half, if the reward was sufficient then he could return 100%. In the case of this skimpy reward, the homeless guy could have negotiated for a better return on the remaining $10,000.

read the thread, learn how bonds work.

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
... 31 U.S. savings bonds worth nearly $21,000 ...

I did read the thread and I know enough about bonds to understand there is more than one piece of paper involved. Specifically, there are at least 31 pieces of paper involved. The homeless man could have pocketed 15 - 20 of those bonds and returned the difference. If the reward was respectable, then the man could have returned the rest. If the reward was disrespectful, like $100, the man could have negotiated for the return of the rest of the bonds in return for a larger reward.

Your statement is extremely rude and I would appreciate you ignoring my posts in the future.

After some consideration, I see that my original post was horribly worded and I believe I can understand how easily it may have been misunderstood. My apologies to you Injury. I consistently correct others on their grammar and content while I irresponsibly create an incomplete post like that. I will make an effort to be more careful in the future. Thank you for pointing out that my post was difficult to understand.

 

[Eeezee]

That's bull. If they had left the money in a savings account for a year they'd make MUCH more than $100. He's a homeless guy who returned your $21k instead of wiping his ass with the bond paper, at least give him $500. You have over $20k leftover!

Edit: That's really weird, I hadn't read page two when I made the wiping ass comment

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: chusteczka

Originally posted by: chusteczka

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: chusteczka
Hindsight is always better but he could have kept half of the bonds himself returned one half, if the reward was sufficient then he could return 100%. In the case of this skimpy reward, the homeless guy could have negotiated for a better return on the remaining $10,000.

read the thread, learn how bonds work.

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
... 31 U.S. savings bonds worth nearly $21,000 ...

I did read the thread and I know enough about bonds to understand there is more than one piece of paper involved. Specifically, there are at least 31 pieces of paper involved. The homeless man could have pocketed 15 - 20 of those bonds and returned the difference. If the reward was respectable, then the man could have returned the rest. If the reward was disrespectful, like $100, the man could have negotiated for the return of the rest of the bonds in return for a larger reward.

Your statement is extremely rude and I would appreciate you ignoring my posts in the future.

After some consideration, I see that my original post was horribly worded and I believe I can understand how easily it may have been misunderstood. My apologies to you Injury. I consistently correct others on their grammar and content while I irresponsibly create an incomplete post like that. I will make an effort to be more careful in the future. Thank you for pointing out that my post was difficult to understand.

I'm not sure you realize this, but I think Injury's point is that only the person who owns the bonds can cash them (or apparantly their heir). Although a fake ID is not difficult to obtain.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: isofilez
i would have rewarded the guy exactly $1,000 without any thinking.

Same here.

Exactly what I was thinking. $21,000 is such an odd number... $20,000 is a nice, even number.

 

[SampSon]

Cheap bastards.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: tk109
Well we all know who the greedy people are in this thread.

That's debatable, actually.

Who is greedier, the one who wants more reward or the one who wants to give less?

 

[JinLien]

I would give the man $1000, and donate $10,000 to the shelter.

 

[necine]

I think 1k is a fair amount to give to the guy.

 

[everman]

People would be complaining if it was "only" $2,000 reward.

 

[imported_goku]

No but seriously, $100 IS an insult. It's much better to give them nothing except a good firm thankyou than to embarrass them with something so trivial as $100. The guy is fricken homeless and he just gives you $21k and you give him $100, talk about cheap worthless bastards. I wouldn't be surprised if this family was in some serious debt and needed the money to pay it off. And or they will be in some serious debt soon..

 

[n7]

What idiots.

$100 is like a slap in the face...

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: chusteczka

Originally posted by: chusteczka

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: chusteczka
Hindsight is always better but he could have kept half of the bonds himself returned one half, if the reward was sufficient then he could return 100%. In the case of this skimpy reward, the homeless guy could have negotiated for a better return on the remaining $10,000.

read the thread, learn how bonds work.

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
... 31 U.S. savings bonds worth nearly $21,000 ...

I did read the thread and I know enough about bonds to understand there is more than one piece of paper involved. Specifically, there are at least 31 pieces of paper involved. The homeless man could have pocketed 15 - 20 of those bonds and returned the difference. If the reward was respectable, then the man could have returned the rest. If the reward was disrespectful, like $100, the man could have negotiated for the return of the rest of the bonds in return for a larger reward.

Your statement is extremely rude and I would appreciate you ignoring my posts in the future.

After some consideration, I see that my original post was horribly worded and I believe I can understand how easily it may have been misunderstood. My apologies to you Injury. I consistently correct others on their grammar and content while I irresponsibly create an incomplete post like that. I will make an effort to be more careful in the future. Thank you for pointing out that my post was difficult to understand.

I'm not sure you realize this, but I think Injury's point is that only the person who owns the bonds can cash them (or apparantly their heir). Although a fake ID is not difficult to obtain.

Yup. I stated "Read the Thread" because this point was stated before he made his post. Didn't mean for it to come across as rude, but the internet doesn't do much for showing "tone of voice" in typing.