If you found a wallet...

mobilehaathi · Mar 3, 2012, 10:07 AM

So I was talking to an acquaintance recently, and somehow the topic of lost wallets came up. He told me that while he would do everything possible to return a lost wallet, he felt he was entitled to any cash inside and would immediately take it.

Frankly, I was utterly appalled, and I could not believe what I was hearing. Is this a common attitude or is this dude special?

wpotere · Mar 3, 2012, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilehaathi

So I was talking to an acquaintance recently, and somehow the topic of lost wallets came up. He told me that while he would do everything possible to return a lost wallet, he felt he was entitled to any cash inside and would immediately take it.

Frankly, I was utterly appalled, and I could not believe what I was hearing. Is this a common attitude or is this dude special?

I'm with you, that is an appalling attitude to have. I would return the wallet to the owner with everything in it.

Aeolius · Mar 3, 2012, 10:13 AM

I would return the wallet in the same condition I would wish my own wallet to be returned, if the situation was reversed, i.e. contents undisturbed.

Happybunny · Mar 3, 2012, 10:13 AM

A few weeks ago I did find some ones wallet. I did not for one minute think about keeping it, or any of the money.
I rang the person. Two weeks later I got this in the post.

See post 422

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...064429&page=17

Firestar · Mar 3, 2012, 10:14 AM

He's special. You should ask him if someone found his wallet would they be entitled to all his cash.

LostSoul80 · Mar 3, 2012, 10:14 AM

I wouldn't be able to touch a thing. I'd do what I could to return it, but without too much effort.

mobilehaathi · Mar 3, 2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Firestar

He's special. You should ask him if someone found his wallet would they be entitled to all his cash.

I did actually, and he said yes....

He likened it to a "finder's fee." Ugh.

Kilamite · Mar 3, 2012, 10:18 AM

At most, there wouldn't be more than £20 in my wallet. I'd much rather get my wallet back with all my cards and driver license (granted I'd need to request new bank cards anyway) without the £20 than never my get my wallet back and have to buy a new driving license, get new store cards etc.

Not saying the person is entitled to that £20 by any means. If I found someones wallet with say £500 in it, I'd probably be disgusted with myself. So I hope I never do find a wallet with £500 in it.

mobilehaathi · Mar 3, 2012, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kilamite

Not saying the person is entitled to that £20 by any means. If I found someones wallet with say £500 in it, I'd probably be disgusted with myself. So I hope I never do find a wallet with £500 in it.

At least you'd feel ashamed. This dude would take it and think he deserves it for finding the wallet.

Aeolius · Mar 3, 2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mobilehaathi

He likened it to a "finder's fee." Ugh.

"Rosie", the janitor at me elementary school, had a saying that has stayed with me to this day:

"The losers is the weepers and the sweepers is the keepers."

Sith Vol · Mar 3, 2012, 10:27 AM

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I ran into this situation 2 weeks ago...I lost my wallet on campus and I was devestated. Luckily, the person who found it turned it into a lost and found room and it was there...with everything the way it was...even the $2 in cash.

If I ever found a wallet it'd be reported to a lost and found immediately. If there wasn't one available then I'd try and find out who it was through any identification cards.

flopticalcube · Mar 3, 2012, 10:29 AM

I have found wallets.... and lost them. In all instances I left... and found the cash intact. If I found cash by itself lying on the ground, I would keep it. If I saw it fall from someone's purse/pocket, I would return it.

Kilamite · Mar 3, 2012, 10:30 AM

I remember one story my friend got himself into when he handed a wallet in to the police station. The person who lost it came to collect it, but claimed there was a large sum of money in it which was missing, and that his wallet had been stolen, not lsot. From what I remember, the police didn't pursue it.

I don't even know what would happen in that sort of situation.

Melrose · Mar 3, 2012, 10:31 AM

Return the wallet. A million dollars in the wallet couldn't pay for my integrity.

Kilamite · Mar 3, 2012, 10:32 AM

If it wasn't a wallet, but a situation like this:

obeygiant · Mar 3, 2012, 10:33 AM

If some one found my wallet and took the money and gave me back everything else is be happy I wouldn't have to cancel all the card renew my license an replace everything else in there.

wordoflife · Mar 3, 2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Kilamite

If it wasn't a wallet, but a situation like this:

YouTube: video

In that situation I'd wake the guy up and tell him about it.
Not even kidding.

mobilehaathi · Mar 3, 2012, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by obeygiant

If some one found my wallet and took the money and gave me back everything else is be happy I wouldn't have to cancel all the card renew my license an replace everything else in there.

Sure, most people would be more than happy at that. I would. But I'm talking about this guy feeling that he deserves to take the cash, not your happiness to get all your cards back. You and I might write off the cash as an acceptable loss given what you might have lost, but as a person finding a wallet would you feel you deserved the cash in it? And then would you take it?

snorkelman · Mar 3, 2012, 10:42 AM

Ive found and returned wallets with cash intact (wouldnt feel I deserve it), but Id have no objection to receiving mine back with cash removed (like poster above the cards ID's etc are more important to me)

now I think about it I might even go as far as getting a card printed up for inside it 'keep the cash return the rest'

scottness · Mar 3, 2012, 10:42 AM

I'd return it the way I found it. I'd want the same done to me.

If it were returned to me with all the cash untouched, I'd take the finder out to a nice dinner—worth more than the cash in my wallet. I like to reward good behavior and create relationships.

And · Mar 3, 2012, 01:53 PM

A couple of years ago my brother was driving home and saw a package lying in the road. He stopped and had found an envelope with £2000 (about $3000) in, in used notes. He handed it into the police who reunited it with it's owner (a restaurant owner). The restaurant owner gave my brother £10 as thanks! Which seemed a bit of an insulting gesture when he could have offered a thank-you meal or something!

No, I have no idea how it ended up in the road in the first place. It all sounds a bit odd.

savanahrose · Mar 3, 2012, 02:04 PM

And perhaps that is all the restaurant owner could afford to give? He might have to pay for his employees with that money or his bills. Or maybe it was the thin line between staying in business for another week or closing up shop.

One Christmas my husband had gotten a gift card for a restaurant, when we finally went to go use it, the said restaurant did not have hardly any food for us to order. Meaning they had this menu but everything we tried to get we were told that they didn't have it on the menu.

And · Mar 3, 2012, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by savanahrose

And perhaps that is all the restaurant owner could afford to give? He might have to pay for his employees with that money or his bills. Or maybe it was the thin line between staying in business for another week or closing up shop.

One Christmas my husband had gotten a gift card for a restaurant, when we finally went to go use it, the said restaurant did not have hardly any food for us to order. Meaning they had this menu but everything we tried to get we were told that they didn't have it on the menu.

My brother would have preferred a heart felt thank you. But you miss the point, at cost value the meal would have probably cost the restaurant owner less...

Lanarae · Mar 3, 2012, 02:19 PM

I would return the wallet. I feel like what comes around goes around or You Reap What You Sow.

Hastings101 · Mar 3, 2012, 02:25 PM

I'd do my best to return it, but if it's some guy living in another state or some other major inconvenience and they're not willing to come pick the wallet up I'd probably take the cash and trash the rest of it

Mar 3, 2012, 10:07 AM	#1
mobilehaathi macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA	If you found a wallet... So I was talking to an acquaintance recently, and somehow the topic of lost wallets came up. He told me that while he would do everything possible to return a lost wallet, he felt he was entitled to any cash inside and would immediately take it. Frankly, I was utterly appalled, and I could not believe what I was hearing. Is this a common attitude or is this dude special?
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:13 AM	#4
Happybunny macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands	A few weeks ago I did find some ones wallet. I did not for one minute think about keeping it, or any of the money. I rang the person. Two weeks later I got this in the post. See post 422 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...064429&page=17 __________________ 'You cannot undo history, but you can learn from it'
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:14 AM	#5
Firestar macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 221B Baker Street.	He's special. You should ask him if someone found his wallet would they be entitled to all his cash. __________________ "I am haunted by humans." -Death if i had a twitter it might look like this
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:14 AM	#6
LostSoul80 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2009	I wouldn't be able to touch a thing. I'd do what I could to return it, but without too much effort. __________________ Automatic Fans: UltraFan
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:18 AM	#8
Kilamite macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland	At most, there wouldn't be more than £20 in my wallet. I'd much rather get my wallet back with all my cards and driver license (granted I'd need to request new bank cards anyway) without the £20 than never my get my wallet back and have to buy a new driving license, get new store cards etc. Not saying the person is entitled to that £20 by any means. If I found someones wallet with say £500 in it, I'd probably be disgusted with myself. So I hope I never do find a wallet with £500 in it. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro 2GHz i7 4GB 750GB \| Mac mini 2.3GHz i7 16GB 1TB Fusion \| OS X 10.8.3 iPhone 5 64GB \| Apple TV 3 1080p \| iOS 6.1.4
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:13 AM	#3
Aeolius macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2002	I would return the wallet in the same condition I would wish my own wallet to be returned, if the situation was reversed, i.e. contents undisturbed.
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:27 AM	#11
Sith Vol macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Collierville, TN	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) I ran into this situation 2 weeks ago...I lost my wallet on campus and I was devestated. Luckily, the person who found it turned it into a lost and found room and it was there...with everything the way it was...even the $2 in cash. If I ever found a wallet it'd be reported to a lost and found immediately. If there wasn't one available then I'd try and find out who it was through any identification cards.
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:29 AM	#12
flopticalcube macrumors G4 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the velcro closure of America's Hat	I have found wallets.... and lost them. In all instances I left... and found the cash intact. If I found cash by itself lying on the ground, I would keep it. If I saw it fall from someone's purse/pocket, I would return it. __________________ Read the Rules / Search the Forums / Use a Descriptive Title Mac Won't Boot?
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:30 AM	#13
Kilamite macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland	I remember one story my friend got himself into when he handed a wallet in to the police station. The person who lost it came to collect it, but claimed there was a large sum of money in it which was missing, and that his wallet had been stolen, not lsot. From what I remember, the police didn't pursue it. I don't even know what would happen in that sort of situation. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro 2GHz i7 4GB 750GB \| Mac mini 2.3GHz i7 16GB 1TB Fusion \| OS X 10.8.3 iPhone 5 64GB \| Apple TV 3 1080p \| iOS 6.1.4
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:31 AM	#14
Melrose macrumors 601 Join Date: Dec 2007	Return the wallet. A million dollars in the wallet couldn't pay for my integrity. __________________ i7 MBP 17" • iPad 3 • iPhone 4
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:32 AM	#15
Kilamite macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland	If it wasn't a wallet, but a situation like this: __________________ 15" MacBook Pro 2GHz i7 4GB 750GB \| Mac mini 2.3GHz i7 16GB 1TB Fusion \| OS X 10.8.3 iPhone 5 64GB \| Apple TV 3 1080p \| iOS 6.1.4
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:33 AM	#16
obeygiant macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan	If some one found my wallet and took the money and gave me back everything else is be happy I wouldn't have to cancel all the card renew my license an replace everything else in there.
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:42 AM	#19
snorkelman macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2010	Ive found and returned wallets with cash intact (wouldnt feel I deserve it), but Id have no objection to receiving mine back with cash removed (like poster above the cards ID's etc are more important to me) now I think about it I might even go as far as getting a card printed up for inside it 'keep the cash return the rest'
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Mar 3, 2012, 10:42 AM	#20
scottness macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Room 101	I'd return it the way I found it. I'd want the same done to me. If it were returned to me with all the cash untouched, I'd take the finder out to a nice dinner—worth more than the cash in my wallet. I like to reward good behavior and create relationships. __________________ Smart or stupid, rich or poor, pretty or pretty ugly, you're still gonna die one day.
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Mar 3, 2012, 01:53 PM	#21
And macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK	A couple of years ago my brother was driving home and saw a package lying in the road. He stopped and had found an envelope with £2000 (about $3000) in, in used notes. He handed it into the police who reunited it with it's owner (a restaurant owner). The restaurant owner gave my brother £10 as thanks! Which seemed a bit of an insulting gesture when he could have offered a thank-you meal or something! No, I have no idea how it ended up in the road in the first place. It all sounds a bit odd. __________________ Mini, an iPad, another mini, a Quicksilver, a G5 powermac. Stuff, don't you just love it? Current music: Blind idiot god - Blind idiot god
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Mar 3, 2012, 02:04 PM	#22
savanahrose macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: just this side of heaven, CHARLESTON SC	And perhaps that is all the restaurant owner could afford to give? He might have to pay for his employees with that money or his bills. Or maybe it was the thin line between staying in business for another week or closing up shop. One Christmas my husband had gotten a gift card for a restaurant, when we finally went to go use it, the said restaurant did not have hardly any food for us to order. Meaning they had this menu but everything we tried to get we were told that they didn't have it on the menu. __________________ Rose
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Mar 3, 2012, 02:19 PM	#24
Lanarae Banned Join Date: Sep 2011	I would return the wallet. I feel like what comes around goes around or You Reap What You Sow.
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Mar 3, 2012, 02:25 PM	#25
Hastings101 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sunflower State	I'd do my best to return it, but if it's some guy living in another state or some other major inconvenience and they're not willing to come pick the wallet up I'd probably take the cash and trash the rest of it __________________ My dog is better than your dog.
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