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If YOU find money......?
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What do you usually do if you find money? I'm not talking a wallet or purse but amounts like 5 or 10 pounds. Do you just put it in your pocket, give it to charity, spend it on something out of the ordinary or something else?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My son found £20 at the school. I said he had to hand it in in case it was someone last £20. They gave it back to him after a week as no one had claimed it. He gave £10 to charity.
I found £5 the other day. I kept it. It was in the middle of the road.
I found a couple of gramms of coke at a bus stop once.
I found £5 the other day. I kept it. It was in the middle of the road.
I found a couple of gramms of coke at a bus stop once.
Anything in a wallet would be handed into the police. Notes and coins I have kept in the past. No point taking £20 to the police station,. Who honestly would go to the police to say 'I had £20 in my purse earlier and it isn't there now'.
If it were a wad of cash, ie lots of £20 tagged together, it is best to hand it in. 1. because it could be fake 2. it could have been stolen from a bank robbery and the numbers on them will mean they are being tracked and you can expect a police van pulling up at 7am outside your house.
I found a wallet before it had £2000 in it complete with gold credit cards. Returned it and the guy gave me £100. Split it between my ex wife and I and we had a good night out.
If it were a wad of cash, ie lots of £20 tagged together, it is best to hand it in. 1. because it could be fake 2. it could have been stolen from a bank robbery and the numbers on them will mean they are being tracked and you can expect a police van pulling up at 7am outside your house.
I found a wallet before it had £2000 in it complete with gold credit cards. Returned it and the guy gave me £100. Split it between my ex wife and I and we had a good night out.
An honest person would hand it in to police...it is then registered with them and they wait a month to see if anyone claims it...the claimant having to specify where and when they lost it...and to describe it...money or goods.
At the end of the month, if not claimed, it is then deemed yours...
and you get to keep it...legally...no callbacks can be made.
I do the same with derelict dinghies found abandoned along the river...found six in one year, patched them up and onsold them...for about $200 each...the cops hate them because they have to store them for the set month...uses up all their storage space...so honesty is the best policy...
At the end of the month, if not claimed, it is then deemed yours...
and you get to keep it...legally...no callbacks can be made.
I do the same with derelict dinghies found abandoned along the river...found six in one year, patched them up and onsold them...for about $200 each...the cops hate them because they have to store them for the set month...uses up all their storage space...so honesty is the best policy...