Man who found 13K...

[JTsyo]

I'd immediately go to vegas and cash it all in for chips, play a few rounds, cash out the chips and leave.

not a bad plan, put it all on black. If you win, return the original. If you lose, oh well

 

[Exterous]

For anyone who says they wouldn't think about keeping it is a liar. No doubt about it.

I once thought like you. Then I climbed out of my rabbit hole and realized there are actually some people in the world who are great human beings all the way through and, truly, would only think of doing the 'right' thing in this circumstance. Don't be jealous that those people are better human beings than you and I.

 

[hans007]

When we find out the guy who left the money there was a meth dealer next week I will laugh.

I would have kept it. I honestly don't care what he needed it for and I know it. Hell it was on a trash can. If you are dumb enough to leave $13k there well you are dumb and its your fault anyway

 

[dainthomas]

When we find out the guy who left the money there was a meth dealer next week I will laugh.

I would have kept it. I honestly don't care what he needed it for and I know it. Hell it was on a trash can. If you are dumb enough to leave $13k there well you are dumb and its your fault anyway

Yeah, congratulations. Worst case scenario, the guy you give it back to is a criminal the cops don't know about. Best case scenario, it's a criminal they do know about and they keep it as evidence until after the trial, at which point it goes into the department christmas party fund. Either case you get jack.

I suppose it could be some old lady's bingo money, or some guy's kidney transplant fund and he'll die without it. But chances of that are zilch. In 2012, with nearly all transactions of any size done electronically, the only reason to carry that kind of cash would be if you're hiding something.

 

[amdhunter]

I'd return it also. What would I do with such a little sum of money?

If I saw $13k on my floor at home, I'd make the maid clean up the mess and force her to put it in the garbage. And if she took even a nickel, I'd fire her.

 

[rh71]

I'd definitely have immediate thoughts of keeping it, but that amount means something to someone (unless it's drug money). Maybe a smaller amount...

EDIT>> God why is it that every time I post I am thinking that a future employer may find these posts and judge my morality.

 

[Thump553]

Done the same thing myself (was more like a grand in my case). It absolutely sickens me people equate honesty and values with stupidity. There are decent people in this world, you know.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

If he's making bank then 13K ain't shit.

 

[Ashenor]

If i seen it blow out of a car or something i might give it back or see someone drop it.

When it's sitting on a garbage can, sorry thanks for the tax refund since its going be seized when turned in. Who besides a drug deal is going to keep that much cash and leave it on a garbage can.

 

[swanysto]

How many people carry around 13k in a paper bad, that aren't into something illegal?

 

[sunzt]

the cash was some senior's and he wasnt on his meds when he entered and left the store. He was acting weird inside the store too by dumping his whole wallet out at the register and he then briefly putting his cash box outside on the trash while reaching for a wallet or something. It was all caught on video. Google it yourself u lazy arse.

 

[DrPizza]

For what it's worth, "finders keepers losers weepers" is not the rule of law. You legally are supposed to turn it in (and if it's unclaimed within x-amount of time, it becomes yours.)

Surveillance video from the convenience store shows the man stopping outside the store to unwrap an ice cream sandwich before leaving the bag of money behind on top of the trash can.

If you search, there's a story about someone who found an iphone in Walmart (or some such place.) He left the store with it and was arrested for theft while he was in his car. Guess what happens when you take $12,000 on surveillance video and they catch up with you? FPMITAP is what could happen.

So, who's the stupid one? The OP, or the guy who wants to be a teacher?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'd probably deposit it in my high interest savings account then report that I found it and try to make sure it gets to the right person. By the time that process happens I made a bit of interest profit off it.

It would be a tough call with cash though, because you can't exactly post on a local classifieds or something that you found it and come claim it if it's yours... how do you know it's REALLY the right person? Would almost have to wait till you hear some conversation or news article about someone who lost money in that location then try to contact that person.

But damn, that would pay my foundation repairs, now that I think about it. I think I would have the little devil on one side telling me to keep it and the little angel on the other side telling me to find who it belongs to. So investing it is the best of both worlds.

 

[bearxor]

All I know is that if I found $13,000 just laying somewhere in one spot, I'm not touching it. Too many risks of it being some drug dealers' money.

 

[SZLiao214]

I try to do good things at times but i am not a good enough of a person morally to turn down that money.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If he returned it, he'd get news coverage. And possible job offers....

 

[Schfifty Five]

I'd probably deposit it in my high interest savings account then report that I found it and try to make sure it gets to the right person. By the time that process happens I made a bit of interest profit off it.

It would be a tough call with cash though, because you can't exactly post on a local classifieds or something that you found it and come claim it if it's yours... how do you know it's REALLY the right person? Would almost have to wait till you hear some conversation or news article about someone who lost money in that location then try to contact that person.

But damn, that would pay my foundation repairs, now that I think about it. I think I would have the little devil on one side telling me to keep it and the little angel on the other side telling me to find who it belongs to. So investing it is the best of both worlds.

That's laughable. Interest rates in savings accounts are like less than 1%, so if it took 1 month for the person to claim it, you'd make probably somewhere on the average of $10.

 

[Schfifty Five]

For what it's worth, "finders keepers losers weepers" is not the rule of law. You legally are supposed to turn it in (and if it's unclaimed within x-amount of time, it becomes yours.)

If you search, there's a story about someone who found an iphone in Walmart (or some such place.) He left the store with it and was arrested for theft while he was in his car. Guess what happens when you take $12,000 on surveillance video and they catch up with you? FPMITAP is what could happen.

So, who's the stupid one? The OP, or the guy who wants to be a teacher?

You - for thinking it was $12,000 and not $13,000. j/k.

OP is definitely the retard here. Judging the way he wrote his post, he sounds like the guy who has no friends because he thinks he's better than everyone else.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's laughable. Interest rates in savings accounts are like less than 1%, so if it took 1 month for the person to claim it, you'd make probably somewhere on the average of $10.

But with such a large amount I'm sure it would end up to at least a couple hundred bucks. Could always do short term mutual fund too. I mean, it's not hitting a jackpot or anything, but it's free money. I'm looking at my interest deposit on my high interest savings account and I got 44 cents when I had 40 bucks in it. So with 13k that would be decent. I forget what the interest percentage is, it does not say. I think it's like 3% or something like that.

There's probably some kind of law against investing money that's not yours though.

 

[OutHouse]

i would keep it and keep my ears open to see how lost it. if it was a just your average joe yea i would give it back. if i heard on the news that some people wer found dead because of a bad drug deal most likely cause because some punk drug dealer left 13K in cash while he got his 40oz at the 7-11.. well then its mine.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Anyone that carries $13K in a paper bag and then loses said paper bag does not deserve to have $13K. It's not a question of the ethics on the part of the finder, it's a simple matter of the universe enforcing the "a fool and his money..." rule. Keep it, the idiot is just going to lose it again and the next finder won't give it back. He loses out either way, so you might as well be the one that keeps it.

 

[Fritzo]

Honestly, I think I would have done the same thing. That amount of money could be devestating for someone to lose. I couldn't live with that on my conscious.

 

[TridenT]

I would return it. If someone came back to the gas station trying to claim it: You're fucked. Gas station cameras A) will see your license plates B) and if not that, they'll know what card you used at the station.

No fucking way.

 

[Schfifty Five]

But with such a large amount I'm sure it would end up to at least a couple hundred bucks. Could always do short term mutual fund too. I mean, it's not hitting a jackpot or anything, but it's free money. I'm looking at my interest deposit on my high interest savings account and I got 44 cents when I had 40 bucks in it. So with 13k that would be decent. I forget what the interest percentage is, it does not say. I think it's like 3% or something like that.

There's probably some kind of law against investing money that's not yours though.

If you held $13,000 for 1 year, yeah you'd make between $100-200 interest. But that's over a YEAR. Money would be claimed within a month probably, so divide that by 12 and you're looking about $10/month, so $10 total.

 

[Chiropteran]

Some people are also smart enough to know that money can be backtraced by the non-internet police.

How? I understand somehow they might know the serial numbers of the bills, but how are the police going to convince thousands of nearby retail establishments to check the serial numbers on every payment for any number in that series?

Seems like as long as you spent the money slowly and no more than $100~ at any given location it would never be traced back to you.