if you found a wallet...
12 November 2006, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
so you have voted for them 
12 November 2006, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
if you found a wallet containing cash and no one was about, what would you do?
12 November 2006, 03:41 PM
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Sorry to sidetrack 
, but I found a wallet in a pub in Banbury recently when i sat down at the table. I moved it it in a prominent place on the table and half an hour later the chap came back to get it. To say he was relieved was an undewrtatement & he then bought me [and my mate] a bottle of wine and shared a quick glass with us. Dreadfully old fashioned thing to do by now probably, but I'd hope someone would do the same for me.
, but I found a wallet in a pub in Banbury recently when i sat down at the table. I moved it it in a prominent place on the table and half an hour later the chap came back to get it. To say he was relieved was an undewrtatement & he then bought me [and my mate] a bottle of wine and shared a quick glass with us. Dreadfully old fashioned thing to do by now probably, but I'd hope someone would do the same for me.
12 November 2006, 04:21 PM
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If you find something that does not belong to you, and fail to hand it in. You can be arrested and charged with "Theft by finding".......When a copper mate told me I thought he was Bulls**ting so looked it up......Its true!
12 November 2006, 05:33 PM
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Say there was £100 in it i'd use £50 to put petrol in my car then mail the rest plus wallet to the owner. I think thats fair.
Recently i found an unopened parcel in the street,opened it and emailed the person who it was sent to. She was very polite and asked me to keep it for her. I left it in the greenhouse and she collected it when i was at work. Not even a thanks email. Very nice before she got the item. Nothing after.
Recently i found an unopened parcel in the street,opened it and emailed the person who it was sent to. She was very polite and asked me to keep it for her. I left it in the greenhouse and she collected it when i was at work. Not even a thanks email. Very nice before she got the item. Nothing after.
12 November 2006, 05:42 PM
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Found a wallet recenty down the road from where I live. It was in the gutter. Looked inside and found the guy's licence. Address was nearby. Took it round and his wife was so thankful and offered me a bottle of wine. I turned it down as I was just doing the decent thing.
Turned out it had been left on the roof of his car and as he drove away, off it came.
I often think about the rewards offered on Crimewatch for information on scumbags. In most cases I'd give the reward money to the family who suffered the crime.
Feel-good factor!
Turned out it had been left on the roof of his car and as he drove away, off it came.
I often think about the rewards offered on Crimewatch for information on scumbags. In most cases I'd give the reward money to the family who suffered the crime.
Feel-good factor!
12 November 2006, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
explaine the 'if you' bit
i would have a bladdy good root around first
i would have a bladdy good root around first
'If you found a lost wallet......'
'If you stopped posting ****e.....'
12 November 2006, 07:35 PM
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'If you saw a stranger getting mugged.....'
'If you found a lost wallet......'
'If you stopped posting ****e.....'
'If you found a lost wallet......'
'If you stopped posting ****e.....'
13 November 2006, 12:02 PM
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If you saw a person drop they're wallet without noticing, and then saw a somebody pick the wallet up and proceed to put it in they're pocket, what would you do? Go 50/50 with them???
13 November 2006, 12:12 PM
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I have and I handed it in. I also picked up a purse, which had very little money in it. I also handed that in. The Bill phoned later to tell me it belonged to an old lady and that was all the money she had.
makes you feel kind of good....
makes you feel kind of good....
13 November 2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Karl 227
What if the wallet you found was this one? 
13 November 2006, 12:15 PM
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if no one was around, I'd take the cash* and hand in the wallet/cards. it's a pain having to stop cards, etc and the idea of ID theft scares me.
*penance for being careless and losing the thing in the first place
*penance for being careless and losing the thing in the first place
13 November 2006, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
if no one was around, I'd take the cash* and hand in the wallet/cards. it's a pain having to stop cards, etc and the idea of ID theft scares me.
*penance for being careless and losing the thing in the first place
*penance for being careless and losing the thing in the first place
13 November 2006, 12:25 PM
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i'd have a think about the scene at the time.
you walk into a toilet and there's a wallet there on the side, it's odds on the owner will be back. action: hand it in at the bar/where ever you are.
you're walking your dog. action: nick the cash, hand in the wallet in the police station.
I'd rather not get fingered, so i would think about it. i do work in finance after all
you walk into a toilet and there's a wallet there on the side, it's odds on the owner will be back. action: hand it in at the bar/where ever you are.
you're walking your dog. action: nick the cash, hand in the wallet in the police station.
I'd rather not get fingered, so i would think about it. i do work in finance after all
13 November 2006, 12:32 PM
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I once found a wallet that had all the cards etc but no cash at all in.
Made me nervous about tracking down the owner incase he thought I'd nicked his cash.
Turned out we'd been in the same Casino and he's lost all his money prior to dropping his wallet in a drunken state.
Made me nervous about tracking down the owner incase he thought I'd nicked his cash.
Turned out we'd been in the same Casino and he's lost all his money prior to dropping his wallet in a drunken state
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14 November 2006, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by chrispurvis100
If you saw a person drop they're wallet without noticing, and then saw a somebody pick the wallet up and proceed to put it in they're pocket, what would you do? Go 50/50 with them???
Guy drops wad of cash and despite running after him and actually tapping him on the back he completely ignores me and runs off. Bizzare!!
Ukranian gentleman who saw all this then offers me "50/50 deal"; as guy is long gone I take up this kind offer. When about to share cash guy who legged it turns up - ANGRY! Show him I dont have his cash due to a HUGELY GUILTY CONSCIENCE [was thinking which new motorbike to get by then...], even showed him contents of my wallet and make a hasty exit.
Discover several hours later that he had lifted $300 from my wallet- BRILLIANT!!!
Mentioned it to the Moscow team [Russians] and they all sheepishly admitted that it had happened to them too, all except the born again Christian [who clearly did not like motorbikes] and GRABBED the guy who lost the money, insisting he take it back!
The moral of the story is obvious comrades!
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14 November 2006, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
if you found a wallet containing cash and no one was about, what would you do?
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14 November 2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by spireite
Id spend the ******* lot if it was his
14 November 2006, 11:19 AM
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maybe it's easier for me to say that as I don't tend to carry cash or cards on a day to day basis and beyond that I don't own a wallet; i used to use a money clip, but that was about it.