Found a purse with cash..

jessiejam · 23-09-2012 06:13PM #1

Ok so I found a purse with bank cards and cash in it. My first instinct is to pass it into the garda station and hope that the owner contacts them to reclaim it. But... what if they don't think about going to that garda station.. What then?

Do the guards pocket the cash and dump the contents or is there another way they do it?

What would you all do if you were me?

Zab · 23-09-2012 06:14PM

I'd try to contact the person

aaronjumper · 23-09-2012 06:15PM

Is there no I.D. inside it?

jessiejam · 23-09-2012 06:15PM

Only have a name no other contact details

Mr Simpson · 23-09-2012 06:15PM

Hand it in to the Guards, but also contact the bank that issued the cards. Tell them the purse has been found and is with X Garda Station, that should pass that info on to the owner.

mfceiling · 23-09-2012 06:15PM

What bank are the cards?

If for example they are AIB then drop the purse into any branch and they will be able to trace the owner from the card numbers, sort code etc.

Tombi! · 23-09-2012 06:16PM

I don't know cause of the credit cards and stuff but I think after 90 days the cash is yours.

But what cards are they?
If they're bank cards go in to the bank and explain and they can probably arrange for the owner to meet you?

franklyon · 23-09-2012 06:16PM

look them up on facebook, where I work a lot of things get lost and I have done this before to reunite people with their lost property, giving it to the guards is a waste of time as it will just sit in some locker.

belcampprisoner · 23-09-2012 06:16PM

Maybe the bank can return it but Garda station is your best bet

Mr Simpson · 23-09-2012 06:17PM

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

I don't know cause of the credit cards and stuff but I think after 90 days the cash is yours.

But what cards are they?
If they're bank cards go in to the bank and explain and they can probably arrange for the owner to meet you?

1 Year and a day. After that you can claim them.

jessiejam · 23-09-2012 06:17PM

Bank cards and college ID. Was going to pass it into the college, I wonder would they pass it onto her without taking the cash? I know that if it was me I wouldn't care about the cash once I got all the other stuff back. But I would want her to get everything back.

TheBody · 23-09-2012 06:17PM

See if there is enough money in the accounts to buy a ticket to Mexico!!

1. Buy ticket
2. ???
3. Tequila

juan.kerr · 23-09-2012 06:18PM

I think that (cash) may be mine.

charlemont · 23-09-2012 06:18PM

If you bring it to the bank, They will have a contact number for the owner and I presume they will ring the owner there and then.

bobin fudge · 23-09-2012 06:18PM

treat yourself to somthing nice with the cash and just pop the wallet into a postbox -the postman will do the rest

LETHAL LADY · 23-09-2012 06:18PM

Well if you dont want to bring it to the gardai you could bring it to a bank branch for which the cards are for. At least they should have contact details for the owner of the cards.

Beaten to it by charlemont.

TheBody · 23-09-2012 06:19PM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Well if you dont want to bring it to the gardai you could bring it to a bank branch for which the cards are for. At least they should have contact details for the owner of the cards.

Good idea.

t5pwr · 23-09-2012 06:20PM

I lost a wallet once and had an AA card in it. The person who found it rang AA and they couldn't give out my details but AA called me and gave me the details of the person that found them. If the bank is any good they should be able to do same

Culleeo · 23-09-2012 06:21PM

Better chance of getting a reward if you try contact the person directly.

I found a wallet a few months ago with €60 cash and cards in it. There was a business card in the wallet so I made direct contact with the person. Met him to give him the wallet and he said thanks for that. I was thinking in my head, what miserable man.

Following day I went into work and there was a card behind the counter for me. Opened it and it was a thank you card with €5 inside. I was delighted with it, thought that counts and all that.

Missymoohaa · 23-09-2012 06:21PM

I lost my purse couple of years ago, and the finder, contacted my bank. They in turn rang me and gave me his phone number and me and my purse were reunited that very day. I was delighted and very thankful to the guy who found it.

jessiejam · 23-09-2012 06:21PM

Although a trip to mexico sounds good, the cash wouldn't pay for the taxi fare to the airport!.
I am going to bring it into the college tomorrow and hope for the best. Poor girl is probably going out of her mind wondering where she lost it. It was at the side of the road too as if someone threw it away!

minidazzler · 23-09-2012 06:23PM

Call the bank, give the card name and number, tell them what happened and ask them to contact the owner and get the owner to contact you.

juan.kerr · 23-09-2012 06:23PM

Can we start a competititon - whoever guesses the amount to the cent gets the cash?

aaronjumper · 23-09-2012 06:24PM

jessiejam wrote: »

It was at the side of the road too as if someone threw it away!

Dump the bag and get outta there OP!

:pac:

jessiejam · 23-09-2012 06:25PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

Can we start a competititon - whoever guesses the amount to the cent gets the cash?

You win.
Virtual cash on the way to you:rolleyes:

bobin fudge · 23-09-2012 06:27PM

just spend the cash -dog eat dog world out there.

23-09-2012 06:35PM

Bring it to the guards and get a receipt for the contents, mentioning the amount of money in it. If you keep it for a while, angling for a reward, and for example money is missing from what was originally there, the finger will point at you. The older generation used to say that theres no luck in money like that. Do the right thing and you might be pleasantly surprised.

ejmaztec · 23-09-2012 06:38PM

TheBody wrote: »

See if there is enough money in the accounts to buy a ticket to Mexico!!

1. Buy ticket
2. ???
3. Get strung up under a bridge because the account belonged to a particularly vicious member of a Mexican drug cartel

MaxSteele · 23-09-2012 06:43PM

Take the cash and send the purse with the bank card etc into the local garda station and contact the name of the bank in question.

You could pretend that magical karma exists to please superstitious idiots by handing in the cash also or come back to reality and treat yourself to a nice present, your choice. I suggest option B.

Think of the cash as a punishment to the owner for losing their purse and a reward for your good deed.

Biggins · 23-09-2012 06:47PM

mmcn90 wrote: »

Hand it in to the Guards, but also contact the bank that issued the cards. Tell them the purse has been found and is with X Garda Station, that should pass that info on to the owner.

Tell the Gardi that the bank(s) have been contacted (even if they are not yet but soon will be).
That way the Gardi know that if anything goes missing after it was handed into them, someone within their own confines could be answerable for it.

Having said that, unless the cash is in the millions/billions, I seriously doubt a Garda will risk their job/freedom for the sake of a few quid.

Mr Simpson · 23-09-2012 06:56PM

Biggins wrote: »

Tell the Gardi that the bank(s) have been contacted (even if they are not yet but soon will be).
That way the Gardi know that if anything goes missing after it was handed into them, someone within their own confines could be answerable for it.

Having said that, unless the cash is in the millions/billions, I seriously doubt a Garda will risk their job/freedom for the sake of a few quid.

Or, get a receipt from the Guards.

Found a purse with cash..

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