Current wisdom on sum of money found

Rabidlamb

Walking in this morning & I found a sum of notes lying on the ground folded neatly.
What's the current wisdom on what I should do next ?.

My mother-in-law had a bad experience a few years ago handing cash into the local Guards, lets just say it went missing just before the 366 days were up.

I could give it to charity but I could also be selfish & pay off my Christmas Credit Card bill.

No point putting an ad in the paper cause every chancer in town will take a punt on the amount.

What's my next move ?.

Annasopra

Put up a few posters in the locality

Zombienosh

ah the age old question.


spend it on hooers.

dulpit

Pop into the local Garda station and let them know a sum of money was found, I wouldn't hand it in. If there's local businesses/shops nearby, tell them same (obviously not telling them the amount).

If you make a genuine, decent effort over a period of time and nobody claims it, I say enjoy the find.

Motopepe

where did you find it?
how much was it?
Answers to these questions would be helpful!
I think i know who lost it ... If it was Euro that is!

squod

Sell it on Donedeal.

saiint

keep it , pay off bills
finders keepers
losers go **** urselfs

Hippies!

Yonk! Drugs & Booze

No seriously OP it's mine, can I have it back? I need it for sick children in Africa or something.

JJJJNR

Give it to me.

Irishcrx

Leave a note at the local garda station informing them of the whereabouts of the money should any of try claim it but keep hold of it yourself.

Put a note in the paper asking anyone enquiring to give the exact ammount and aproximate location of where they lost it. If your not happy it's theirs don't give it to them.

Or.....keep it, moral dillema's ay?

looksee

where did you find it?
how much was it?
Answers to these questions would be helpful!
I think i know who lost it ... If it was Euro that is!

Well yes, they would be helpful to any chancers around. Maybe say roughly what area it was found it, but not the amount. Tell them in the garda station and leave your number, maybe ring in to local radio, but keep the amount to yourself.

Give it a week or so, make a genuine effort, and if no claimers then I reckon its yours, to give to charity or keep as you see fit.

danniemcq

ring guards say you found money and if anyone rings then they can contact you. same with local radio, local sub forum on boards etc etc.

iirc i think i found the person who lost the wages i found in Letterkenny 2 or 3 years ago

sbsquarepants

Fúck that - if you'd found a wallet with id then yes, by all means give it back - but just a wad of cash - take that as the universe giving you a late chrimbo pressie. Spend it and count yourself lucky.

SEPT 23 1989

It might be dirty money

keep it

cantdecide

Go to a nearby shop and give it to them in a sealed envelope with the sum written on the outside. Tell them you're going to the Guards to tell them that you've found so much money and you've left it at this shop. That keeps everyone honest and you may well reunite a person more needy of their cash than you.

Micky Dolenz

Thank the money Gods and spend it on stuff.

Be warned though, it may bring very very bad luck and misfortune with it. It wasn't so lucky for it's last owner. Be sure and have your affairs in order.

Project Werewolf

If you put it on donedeal or put a poster up you'll just bring all the chancres down on top of you. It'll be like when someone put an engagement ring in a charity bucket in mayo last year. Over one thousand women rang up claiming it was theirs.

Best you can do is give it into the garda station and hope you get an honest one.

DavyD_83

Depends how much it is.

Gards if you feel there's any genuine chance of them getting it back to the owner, or take it as a gift from the universe and spend/donate it as you see fit.

Personally, unless there was something other than just cash, it's probably a lost cause trying to find the rightful owner. Enjoy your little windfall

Or guns and drugs obviously

bluecode

Really it depends on the amount. I wouldn't even bother if it's less than a hundred. Quite often the loser may not even know they lost it or won't bother to look.

My worst losing money story was one windy day near the beach. Suddenly I saw a piece of paper blow past with a flicker or blue on it. I just knew it was a twenty. Then another and another. I chased them wondering where they came from when I suddenly realised it was my pocket. PANIC! In the end only one got away and I think it ended up in the sea! Thank goodness they weren't fifties but then again I only ever have one of those at a time.

Dodge

at the moment, if it as me, I wouldn't ven tell the missus. She'd only want to spend ti on the house, or worse, 'the family'

Go into a bookies. Stick it all on the next favourite. If it loses you'll at least get a little thrill ride out of it. if it wins, you can hand it in and still have a windfall to do what you realy want to do with it.

Enjoy

Plazaman

bluecode wrote: »

Really it depends on the amount. I wouldn't even bother if it's less than a hundred. Quite often the loser may not even know they lost it or won't bother to look.

My worst losing money story was one windy day near the beach. Suddenly I saw a piece of paper blow past with a flicker or blue on it. I just knew it was a twenty. Then another and another. I chased them wondering where they came from when I suddenly realised it was my pocket. PANIC! In the end only one got away and I think it ended up in the sea! Thank goodness they weren't fifties but then again I only ever have one of those at a time.

I once chased a guy who was spilling notes (punts at the time) out of his pocket. He kept getting further away as he was running and I was stopping to pick up his money. After chasing and shouting at him for two streets, I caught up to him and handed him his money. He just grabbed the money, rolled his eyes to heaven said "oh for fúcks sake" then took off running again. Not even an acknowledgement or thank you from the cnut.

12 years plus and counting of bitterness towards him from me and pure resentment that I didn't keep the money. I like keeping rage bottled up, sure it's only blood pressure...... :mad:

uch

I'd put a notice in the local Post office in case it's a pensioners, give it a couple of weeks then go on the Batter with it

Hamiltonion

I've returned 3 iPhones to their rightful owners this past year alone by calling 'Home' or whatev, and if i found a wallet I'd get it back to the owner (once there was some kinda ID in there or a bank card) but if I found cash it's mine.

No way of being sure who it belongs too, too much hassle with chancers if I advertise it, and IMO Tough Titties.

B.A._Baracus

Keep the money, mate.

- You give it to the Gardai and it'll go missing :rolleyes:
- You ask the neighbours if it's their's 10 of them will say it was :rolleyes:

Keep it.

frozenfrozen

if its LOADS of money keep it, if its not a lot of money, keep it, if it looks like a weeks wages, maybe try find the owner

Rabidlamb

Thanks for the feedback.

I went with the majority of the forum's advice & kept it.
I've already lodged it against my Christmas Credit Card bill.

It was nearly €300 but I couldn't put up with the hassle of advertising the find then having to listen to gougers for the next week.

My conscience is at ease as I know now it's what the majority of the forum would have done.

Thanks

Dodge

While I've no problem with anyone keeping money they've found...

Rabidlamb wrote: »

My conscience is at ease as I know now it's what the majority of the forum would have done.

the day I let my consience be effected by people in here is the day i'm done...

sebastianlieken

dulpit wrote: »

Pop into the local Garda station and let them know a sum of money was found, I wouldn't hand it in. If there's local businesses/shops nearby, tell them same (obviously not telling them the amount).

If you make a genuine, decent effort over a period of time and nobody claims it, I say enjoy the find.

Exactly what dulpit said, and if the Gardai ask how much or want you hand it in, just decline and leave your number with them. Whoever lost the money will go into the garda station on their own accord and know how much it was.

If they really really insist, just give them a 2 cent coin and say "good luck"

girl2

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback.

I went with the majority of the forum's advice & kept it.
I've already lodged it against my Christmas Credit Card bill.

It was nearly €300 but I couldn't put up with the hassle of advertising the find then having to listen to gougers for the next week.

My conscience is at ease as I know now it's what the majority of the forum would have done.

Thanks

I'm glad your conscience is clear. Now - the next time you lose a wad of money…remember keepin this money. You have no idea how much someone may have been relying on that money and the difficulty they might have around having lost it.

Just think about it again. And if you still have a clear conscience, then do your own do.

And we wonder why we're living in a world as it is :rolleyes:

(For good measure - "be the change you wish to see in the world")

hawkelady

uch wrote: »

I'd put a notice in the local Post office in case it's a pensioners, give it a couple of weeks then go on the Batter with it

Sure arent the pensioners the ones who are loaded these days..... Wouldn't be worrying bout them.... Sure they haven't got long left on this earth anyway!!!
Good call op.. Spend spend spend.

sbsquarepants

cantdecide wrote: »

Go to a nearby shop and give it to them in a sealed envelope with the sum written on the outside. Tell them you're going to the Guards to tell them that you've found so much money and you've left it at this shop. That keeps everyone honest and you may well reunite a person more needy of their cash than you.

Or the shop assistant tells their mate to ring the Guards and say they lost x amount of money, did anyone hand it in? Then they go drinking and generally making merry like the OP should have in the first case!

You done the sensible thing - just be thankful for one of lifes little strokes of luck and move on.

seamus

The actual law is a year and a day.

That is, just because you find something, doesn't make it yours. You need to make a reasonable effort to try and establish who owns it, and if it's not claimed in a year and a day, it's yours.

If it was less than €100 and there doesn't seem to be any simple way of figuring out who lost it, I'd pocket it. Any more than that and in the interests of not being an asshole, I'd be inclined to report it to the nearest Garda station.

Rabidlamb

girl2 wrote: »

I'm glad your conscience is clear. Now - the next time you lose a wad of money…remember keepin this money. You have no idea how much someone may have been relying on that money and the difficulty they might have around having lost it.

Just think about it again. And if you still have a clear conscience, then do your own do.

And we wonder why we're living in a world as it is :rolleyes:

(For good measure - "be the change you wish to see in the world")

You sound like you're full of jesus, go away.

girl2

Rabidlamb wrote: »

You sound like you're full of jesus, go away.

I am just as entitled to an opinion as the next man…and what I have said has obviously stuck a chord with you.

Remember - you will lose money (probably at a time when you do need it) and you will remember that you were not very kind in this instance. And I don't mean keeping the money - I just mean, you're not even making a effort here to justify any reason for keeping it.

(And just cos I've already quote one very good man, I'll quote another "no good deed goes unpunished").

And for the record - I'm not religious in any way whatsoever, just trying to let you see the difference in being "that person" and not being "that person".

cantdecide

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Or the shop assistant tells their mate to ring the Guards and say they lost x amount of money, did anyone hand it in? Then they go drinking and generally making merry like the OP should have in the first case!

That's a whole trail of false representations to the establishment. That's far more risk than most people would take, I dare say. What happens when Mrs Murphy goes to the guards claiming the same thing. Plus, you don't give it to the checkout girl, you give it to a manager. Nothing's fool-proof. It's just a reasonable step.

Rabidlamb

girl2 wrote: »

I am just as entitled to an opinion as the next man…and what I have said has obviously stuck a chord with you.

Remember - you will lose money (probably at a time when you do need it) and you will remember that you were not very kind in this instance. And I don't mean keeping the money - I just mean, you're not even making a effort here to justify any reason for keeping it.

(And just cos I've already quote one very good man, I'll quote another "no good deed goes unpunished").

And for the record - I'm not religious in any way whatsoever, just trying to let you see the difference in being "that person" and not being "that person".

Sound, I follow you but there's times the karma wheel doesn't go full circle.
I've lost money & phones before, never saw them again.

Anyway, the forum came to a consensus which I agreed with.

Annasopra

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback.

I went with the majority of the forum's advice & kept it.
I've already lodged it against my Christmas Credit Card bill.

It was nearly €300 but I couldn't put up with the hassle of advertising the find then having to listen to gougers for the next week.

My conscience is at ease as I know now it's what the majority of the forum would have done.

Thanks

Seriously?

Your conscience is clear because if this thread?

uch

girl2 wrote: »

(And just cos I've already quote one very good man, I'll quote another "no good deed goes unpunished").

And for the record - I'm not religious in any way whatsoever, just trying to let you see the difference in being "that person" and not being "that person".

Me hole does it not, I returned a lost wallet in Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam years ago, the miserable Fuker gave me nothing, not even the price of a cup of tea, despite the fact that I was (very obviously) Homeless at the time.

Annasopra

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Sound, I follow you but there's times the karma wheel doesn't go full circle.
I've lost money & phones before, never saw them again.

Anyway, the forum came to a consensus which I agreed with.

It didn't really though!

Panrich

I found a purse outside Liffey Valley a couple of weeks before Christmas. It was at the trolley bay of M&S. Handed it in to the manager but was a little uncomfortable as they never took any details or anything, just thank you, we'll look after that.

Motopepe

If you found an arguably significant sum of money lying on the ground, would you....
a. endeavour to return it to the party that lost it.
b. take the sum of money as your own.
c. base the decision on considering 25 comments, over a 3 hr. period, in an online forum.

Happyman42

girl2 wrote: »

I am just as entitled to an opinion as the next man…and what I have said has obviously stuck a chord with you.

Remember - you will lose money (probably at a time when you do need it) and you will remember that you were not very kind in this instance. And I don't mean keeping the money - I just mean, you're not even making a effort here to justify any reason for keeping it.

(And just cos I've already quote one very good man, I'll quote another "no good deed goes unpunished").

And for the record - I'm not religious in any way whatsoever, just trying to let you see the difference in being "that person" and not being "that person".

^^ Well said, can't believe somebody would just pocket that amount of money in such a callous, unfeeling way and be so roundly supported for doing it. 300 euros is a lot of money to most people. It's not 'cool' to point out the sadness of it, but well done for being brave enough.

Panrich

Motopepe wrote: »

If you found an arguably significant sum of money lying on the ground, would you....
a. endeavour to return it to the party that lost it.
b. take the sum of money as your own.
c. base the decision on considering 25 comments, over a 3 hr. period, in an online forum.

You're right. We really need a poll for this. C

Real Life

its funny how so many people were saying to keep it until the OP said he was keeping it then the people pop up complaining.
OP did the right thing imo, i would have done the same. the only way id be giving it back was if i saw someone drop it.

Annasopra

Happyman42 wrote: »

^^ Well said, can't believe somebody would just pocket that amount of money in such a callous, unfeeling way and be so roundly supported for doing it. 300 euros is a lot of money to most people. It's not 'cool' to point out the sadness of it, but well done for being brave enough.

Agreed. I can't believe that so many people have horribly reccomended the OP keep it with no attempt at all to return it.

Frankly that's a shameful thing to do.

delta36

Where did you find it? Roughly €300? That sounds like it could have been someones rent for the month.

Happyman42

Real Life wrote: »

its funny how so many people were saying to keep it until the OP said he was keeping it then the people pop up complaining.
OP did the right thing imo, i would have done the same. the only way id be giving it back was if i saw someone drop it.

Taking money that doesn't belong to you is wrong, walk past it if you can't be arsed finding the rightful owner. Give the loser (in this case. victim) a fair chance of finding somebody decent < old fashioned word that, but I like it)

Valetta

So- sequence of events as I see it:

OP spends money for Cristmas on his credit card that he probably couldn't afford.

Finds nearly €300 belonging to someone else.

Won't do what he is legally obliged to do as he thinks the guards will keep it themselves.

Asks a bunch of anonymous posters for advice.

Proceeds to do exactly what he was afraid the guards would do.

Justifies this by claiming a non existent consensus on this forum.

Mind boggles.

Hamiltonion

At some point we all lose a ph / money or have it robbed. As I posted previously I've returned 3 iPhones last year and would do it again as I can prove who owns it by contacting their home number.

I had my iPhone nicked in NYC last Sept so the whole karma thing didn't really work out did it?

Unidentified cash is yours to keep, consider it cosmic payback for the **** you've lost before and will lose in future :cool:

Rabidlamb

delta36 wrote: »

Where did you find it? Roughly €300? That sounds like it could have been someones rent for the month.

Or maybe proceeds from dealing drugs, seriously, could be anything.

Happyman42

Hamiltonion wrote: »

At some point we all lose a ph / money or have it robbed. As I posted previously I've returned 3 iPhones last year and would do it again as I can prove who owns it by contacting their home number.

I had my iPhone nicked in NYC last Sept so the whole karma thing didn't really work out did it?

Unidentified cash is yours to keep, consider it cosmic payback for the **** you've lost before and will lose in future :cool:

Maybe someone by some karma decided not to rob your house or your sister, or mum because you had those returned iPhone credits?? Bull**** argument to cover doing something inherently wrong imo.