[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

ATM's automatically know when money isn't removed straight away by the account holder. I've left a decent wedge in there before when slightly worse for ware. The money was taken, but the bank knew it had been a while, so just reimbursed me without issue.

There isn't really much in this world in terms of free money, but you genuinely turned down free money in that instant.

I know I did. I can be a lot of negative things but any money I have in my life I want through my own hard work, not through taking someone else's that doesn't belong to me.

[Gstar]

Keep it. Everytime I lose stuff nobody ever hands it in so ****** them

[smeagol]

i like what that comedian said do you remember the ole days you see a bag you think oh i,ll have that and run of with it now you think oh theres a bag its probably a bomb and instead run from it lol

i say spend it. as bimbos and booze will soon ease your conscience

[zakman440]

Keep it, especially if it is substantial.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Keep it. Everytime I lose stuff nobody ever hands it in so ****** them

I've had the opposite experience I dropped my purse outside sainsbury's when I was putting the trolley back and the person that found it actually went to the trouble of getting my number, as she didnt want to hand it the police and I got everything back intact.

[Black Dagger]

I'd like to think I'd be selfless enough to hand it in to the police.

But a boy needs a new pair of trainers...

[Livia]

Last Christmas - and I know I said this at the time on here - I was rushing around shopping, and accidentally left my bag hanging on my trolley when I returned it. In my bag was my Blackberry, my purse, all my cards and ID, some DVDs, CDs and an xbox game I'd bought as presents... loads of stuff. I didn't remember it till I'd got home and realised my house keys were in the bag... along with my address, which would have meant changing all the locks. I went back to the store and someone had handed it in, complete with its contents. They didn't even leave their name and address so I could thank them. It restores your faith... so yes, on the strength of that, I would hand the money in.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Ben

I know I did. I can be a lot of negative things but any money I have in my life I want through my own hard work, not through taking someone else's that doesn't belong to me.

Pfft. In that case I would definitely have justified it by thinking of the amount of my tax that has gone to bailing out the banks. I would see it as a rebate

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Last Christmas - and I know I said this at the time on here - I was rushing around shopping, and accidentally left my bag hanging on my trolley when I returned it. In my bag was my Blackberry, my purse, all my cards and ID, some DVDs, CDs and an xbox game I'd bought as presents... loads of stuff. I didn't remember it till I'd got home and realised my house keys were in the bag... along with my address, would would have meant changing all the locks. I went back to the store and someone had handed it in, complete with its contents. They didn't even leave their name and address so I could thank them. It restores your faith... so yes, on the strength of that, I would hand the money in.

This is the only time I would hand it in. If ID was in it

I assumed we were talking about a random bag of cash

[Shaun]

keep it #yolo

[aman201]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..and you felt for certain that no one was watching etc..would you keep it or hand it over to the police...?...

Definitely keep it.

[Roy Mars III]

if it was just a bag of money with no way of telling who's it was, I would keep it

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Ben

Some of you know this story already, but when in Auckland one night I walked past a cash machine that was making a funny noise. I looked at it and realised that there was a couple of thousands dollars sat there. I contemplated taking it but knew I'd feel guilty as ****, even if it was just the banks money so stood there for about 5 minutes to see if police would drive past to flag down (in the city they are always driving around). Then luckily the machine swallowed the money back in. When I finally got to the pub I told everyone and they all said I should have taken the money, but I'm still glad I didn't.

..I think it's more to do with whether you can be ok with it, and not whether anyone else would know..and I know that I couldn't, even if I knew that it was illegal money or something..in fact that would be just as bad..(but in a different way..)..to knowing it belonged to an orphanage, like a poster said....

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Ben

Some of you know this story already, but when in Auckland one night I walked past a cash machine that was making a funny noise. I looked at it and realised that there was a couple of thousands dollars sat there. I contemplated taking it but knew I'd feel guilty as ****, even if it was just the banks money so stood there for about 5 minutes to see if police would drive past to flag down (in the city they are always driving around). Then luckily the machine swallowed the money back in. When I finally got to the pub I told everyone and they all said I should have taken the money, but I'm still glad I didn't.

Why didn't you take it and had it in? you might have got a reward?.....

[Marcus.]

police

[aman201]

Once i lost my wallet on a night out at Uni, and it had like 30 quid of cash in it and all my cards in it, and someone handed it in to the Uni reception.

Was amazingly surprised.

[lostalex]

I'd absolutely turn it in to the cops.

There's not a single part of me that would even think for a second that keeping it was a good idea.

Now if i found a bag full of drugs... that's a different story...

but money? there's no way that i'd keep it.

[Tom4784]

Cya bitches I'm off to St. Lucia.

[BigSister]

I would hand it in. You never know who had the money so I would be too busy looking over my shoulder

[Jessica.]

I would definitely keep it.

[Marsh.]

I'd be skeptical about giving it to the police, they'd just have it for themselves.

So I'd keep it for myself.

Then if I saw a news item about distraught parents who lost a bag of cash they'd raised to get their disabled child a much needed operation I'd be suicidal.

[GypsyGoth]

I found a wallet on a bus once, and the wallet was pretty packed with money. I gave it to the bus driver.

So I'm not sure what I'd do if faced with the situation. If it was a handbag I would turn it in, if it was a paper bag, I think I'd keep it.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Why didn't you take it and had it in? you might have got a reward?.....

Because it was the main street and police go past so I was going to flag one down. And I was on the way to the pub, which meant I would have carried it all night (drunkeness and money are not good things).

[Benjamin]

Wow, really? Most of you would keep it? That is shocking.

[lostalex]

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