stranger returns wallet

bonkers · 2010-01-13 21:04:52

lost my wallet on sunday and this morning i get a phonecall from a Lloyd saying he has it and would drive to near my area and give it back... gave him 50 voucher for cinema cos he told me he had kids.. surely theres an online movement in making people more honest like this... Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350…

13-01-2010 10:04PM

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lost my wallet on sunday and this morning i get a phonecall from a Lloyd saying he has it and would drive to near my area and give it back... gave him 50 voucher for cinema cos he told me he had kids.. surely theres an online movement in making people more honest like this... Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350 in the wallet and it was intact when returned.. he found it in the snow..

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#2 13-01-2010 10:06PM

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You carried €350 around in your wallet? You must be bonke...uhhh...never mind.

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#3 13-01-2010 10:06PM

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bonkers wrote: »

lost my wallet on sunday and this morning i get a phonecall from a Lloyd saying he has it and would drive to near my area and give it back... gave him 50 voucher for cinema cos he told me he had kids.. surely theres an online movement in making people more honest like this... Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350 in the wallet and it was intact when returned.. he found it in the snow..

Thats good to hear. I like to hear things like this because sometimes it seems like people don't give a crap about helping their fellow man anymore.

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#4 13-01-2010 10:07PM

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bonkers wrote: »

Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350 in the wallet and it was intact when returned.. he found it in the snow..

Was Harry with him............ and how is Aspen this time of year?

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#5 13-01-2010 10:07PM

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gromit had it

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#6 13-01-2010 10:08PM

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bonkers wrote: »

lost my wallet on sunday and this morning i get a phonecall from a Lloyd saying he has it and would drive to near my area and give it back... gave him 50 voucher for cinema cos he told me he had kids.. surely theres an online movement in making people more honest like this... Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350 in the wallet and it was intact when returned.. he found it in the snow..

trent > Lloyd

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#7 13-01-2010 10:09PM

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Lloyd was voted out ages ago. Olly ftw!

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#8 13-01-2010 10:10PM

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Whats your surname???

Swim? Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swenson? Swanson?

Samsonite!!

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#9 13-01-2010 10:12PM

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heard a story today that a new york cab driver found i think 14k in backseat and drove 50 miles to return it to the owner

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#10 13-01-2010 10:12PM

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My purse fell out of my bag in a taxi a few weeks ago, I had €80 and no id at all in it.The taxi man had my husband's number so he rang him and met up with him to give it back.

The girl who handed it in was an Elaine Martin from Dundalk (I originally gave her estate name, duh! Thought I was on the Regional forum)..I don't know her but she must be a very decent girl. If anyone knows her, tell her thanks very much..I was on my way out for my work Xmas party night. I would've been very upset when it came time to pay my share to find it missing.

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#11 13-01-2010 10:13PM

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benwavner wrote: »

Whats your surname???

Swim? Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swenson? Swanson?

Samsonite!!

Goodbye my loooooooooooove............. BANG.

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#12 13-01-2010 10:15PM

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jap gt wrote: »

heard a story today that a new york cab driver found i think 14k in backseat and drove 50 miles to return it to the owner

with being out of work for the last year id find it very hard to return it

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#13 13-01-2010 10:15PM

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jap gt wrote: »

heard a story today that a new york cab driver found i think 14k in backseat and drove 50 miles to return it to the owner

Ya i heard that too-it was against his religion to keep it! Nice to hear stories like this. Glad you got everything back OP

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#14 13-01-2010 10:20PM

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bonkers wrote: »

lost my wallet on sunday and this morning i get a phonecall from a Lloyd saying he has it and would drive to near my area and give it back... gave him 50 voucher for cinema cos he told me he had kids.. surely theres an online movement in making people more honest like this... Lloyd should be up there.. there was over 350 in the wallet and it was intact when returned.. he found it in the snow..

He's obviously thinking "€350? This guy's loaded! I'll find out where he lives and clean the place out!" Might want to invest in bars for your windows and attack dogs

Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test

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#15 13-01-2010 10:21PM

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jap gt wrote: »

heard a story today that a new york cab driver found i think 14k in backseat and drove 50 miles to return it to the owner

smart guy.

Anyone that gets into the back of a cab with 14k either the Mob, Kanye west or russian jewel thief.

So unless he was black, looked like a dick head and ended the taxi ride by saying, "im a let you finish bringing me home, but this other taxi i got the other day....
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You best give back the money or they will hack your legs off when they find you

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#16 13-01-2010 10:26PM

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Nice story to hear, hopefully karma will reward you both.

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#17 13-01-2010 10:31PM

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Had summat similar happen me last year.

It's so good that there are genuinely good people out there!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055702479

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#18 13-01-2010 10:34PM

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he said that he returned it as he saw i was a tourist.. in Canada on one year visa...

had 140 canadian adn 60 us dollars.. plus a 180 voucher for some clothes shop here in toronto..

we make these guys heroes and people will become more honest maybeeeeeeeee

also ive left my phone in a pixzza place once and on a streetcar/luas twice and gotten it back since i cam here in september.. forgetful fool me.. but honest canuks..

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#19 13-01-2010 10:45PM

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I'd give stuff like that back. Its only right. What kind of person wouldkeep it,when theycan return it? Heck the guilts alone would make me return it.

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#20 13-01-2010 10:48PM

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I was in Toronto a few years back, it was about 11 at night and i find the nearest Atm, there was 2 people in front of me, a couple both in there 20's, anyhow there use the Atm and leave and im next. So there i am and when i go to the screen it asks me how much i would like to withdraw:eek: but i hadnt inserted my card yet, i withdaw $20 just to see if it works, it does. Im now thinking the couple must of left the card in the Atm, i take it out and look up and down the street to see if i could see them, i can see them in the distance so make a big sprint down towards them and tell them the story and give him back the $20:D. They could not believe how i was so honest, all i said was well im Irish.

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#21 13-01-2010 10:54PM

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JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I was in Toronto a few years back, it was about 11 at night and i find the nearest Atm, there was 2 people in front of me, a couple both in there 20's, anyhow there use the Atm and leave and im next. So there i am and when i go to the screen it asks me how much i would like to withdraw:eek: but i hadnt inserted my card yet, i withdaw $20 just to see if it works, it does. Im now thinking the couple must of left the card in the Atm, i take it out and look up and down the street to see if i could see them, i can see them in the distance so make a big sprint down towards them and tell them the story and give him back the $20:D. They could not believe how i was so honest, all i said was well im Irish.

Nice one

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#22 13-01-2010 11:03PM

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I was hoping they might let me keep the $20 but alas:(. Oh well i was telling that story for weeks after nay months, was really very impressed with myself:D.

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#23 13-01-2010 11:13PM

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I would just like to thank the lovely cinema worker who found my wallet today, rang me and kept it for me to pick up.

You are a sweetheart.

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#24 13-01-2010 11:18PM

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A relative of mine while coming home from work a few months back left his wallet on the bus .It was found by a young girl who gave it to her dad ,a taxi driver to return .This he did but the thing was my relative hadn't even noticed it was missing from his jacket until the guy knocked at his door

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#25 14-01-2010 12:23AM

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DB10 wrote: »

Lloyd was voted out ages ago. Olly ftw!

GTFO!

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#26 14-01-2010 01:08AM

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naughto wrote: »

with being out of work for the last year id find it very hard to return it

im out of work too, as bad as things would get i would never keep it, you would have no luck for it

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#27 14-01-2010 01:52AM

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Myself and my wife went to new york last year i lost my wallet in a yellow cab around ground zero i managed to trace the cab within an hour or so and got talking to the driver he was off duty at this stage and away from his cab but he said to ring him in an hour or so.

I rang him a little later and he said to wait at ground zero and he'd call there (he came in on a train from new jersey just to drop me back my wallet) i had 1500 dollars in cash still in it. The gas part about it was i remembered his name when i got in to the cab i looked at the name plate his name was Bagdahd. Sorry for changing subject but there's plenty of honest people out there

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#28 14-01-2010 02:15AM

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I left my purse in a taxi during the summer (drunk) Was so annoyed, gave out yards about his dishonesty. Had to replace laser, student card (had a repeat to do & needed it for the exam) and so on. 3 days later, call from the gardaí, he had handed it in
People are generally good...this makes me happy.
On a related note I found a memory key on the street with some people's (they are foreign looking) holiday snaps on it a while ago (there was like 4/5 pics). Have no idea how to go about finding an owner! Any ideas??

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#29 14-01-2010 02:21AM

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Over Christmas I was at the pub, got to the bar and saw what looked like my wallet sitting one of the spirit shelves. Checked my pockets and turns out without realising it I had clearly dropped it somewhere. Took a few mins before I was able to get served and for it back and the whole time I was thinking I'd just be glad if all my cards etc where in there at least. Lucky enough my money (bout £55 and some euros) was all there too.

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#30 14-01-2010 02:28AM

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I stood in line at the ATM at the Science Building in NUIM and went it was my turn I found €40 sitting there, waiting to be taken out of the cash hole. It took me a second or two to think WTF!? before realising the girl who had been at the ATM before me was chatting to her friend and simply walked off without the money. So I called out but she didn't hear, so I had to leave the queue and catch up with her to give her the money back. Ended up waiting 10 minutes to get back to the ATM but it was totally worth the "do gooder" feeling

Similarly, I lost my wallet when I got out of a car when I was carpooling to Dublin for work. Somebody dropped it into the Garda station who got my details from the Agecard and gave me a ring. I offered €50 reward to the person who brought it in but they said whoever it was left it in the postbox when they weren't there.

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#31 14-01-2010 02:30AM

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I walked into the centra on O'connel street on 23rd of December. On the ground going into it was a 5 euro note. I picked it up and thought cool 5 euro! A few mins later a guy came upto me and said "that was my five quid on the ground". I gave it back to him and said "ok". Though my mind went. I dont really believe you and thousands definitely wouldnt.

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