If you found £5 or £10 in the street, I suspect most of us would simply pocket it and think it was our lucky day ( not that it happens very often .... ). But where would you draw the line before you report it or hand it in ? £50? £100? Much more? Is it all about being honest or simply sensible? Oh, sensible replies please !
2006-07-06 17:46:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Well you have to put it into context, if I found £50 or £100 in a wallet, I'd hand it in to the police or any other relevant place where I found it because legally, you won't be guilty of theft if you find something and didn't believe the true owner could be found by taking reasonable steps, so if it were in a wallet, you cannot say the owner could not be found because a wallet is likely to contain other forms of identification such as bank cards or a driving licence.
If I simply found the money on its own in a street or something then I would be probably be minded to keep it!
2006-07-06 19:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by LONDONER © 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
hmm... we all try to be as honest as we can, but let's face it.. there's always something you really want or have been looking forward to buying either for you or someone else. So I would have to say that people would draw the line when it is a ridiculously huge amount of money. I think that I would draw the line at 1 million. No! just kidding. I would give it back if it were more than a thousand bucks cause I can definetly find use for $1,000 without any guilt.
2006-07-07 00:54:41 · answer #2 · answered by andie.singergirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I handed in over the last two years a wallet containing £35-00 plus all the credit cards and what ever was in there. not even a thankyou from the owner who was only a teenager,his mothere thanked me and that was it,i also found a handbag containing no cash but credit cards and a large bottle of perfume expensive one had a £20 reward so its 6 of one half dozen of the other
2006-07-07 01:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by kep1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I found a purse or wallet, and it was obvious (say from the pension book) that the owner was needy, I would hand it in or return it, regardless of the amount inside.
Otherwise I would probably draw the line at £100
2006-07-07 01:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by trebs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up to £50 quid if you handed it in you would just get laughed at (this happened to me). So less than a twenty I would keep but anything from 20-100 I would put in a charity box or something. Once it gets more than that I would hand in.
2006-07-07 03:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by guest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the money was in a bag or wallet or purse I would hand everything in. If it was just money on its own or in a carrier bag with no identification I would wait and see if it was reported. If it was then I would hand the money in, if it wasn't then I think I would probably keep it if I'm being honest.
2006-07-07 04:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by missieclass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't use pounds, I use dollars...and I'm not sure what the conversion scale is, but...if I found $50 or less, I would pocket it. Anything over 50, and I would report it.
2006-07-07 00:51:55 · answer #7 · answered by imkopaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I found a large bag full of cash as much as I could carry (even dumped from a bank robbery) I would keep the lot,I would live with the guilt of being dishonest!
2006-07-07 01:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saw a bloke drop a tenner once. Picked it up and gave it back to him. He gave me a fiver and thanked me for my honesty. Winners all round!
But if its unattended cash its got to be about the £50 mark. Any less than that handed into the police goes straight in the pot for their Christmas party!!!
2006-07-07 00:57:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest there is only so much you would find...id say the highest someone might have found would have been a 100 pound note...anything above that ...its probably drug money or dodgy money...and people will come looking for the finder...coz to be honest...who carys alot of money on them these days. but if i did find a kings ransome...i dare say id keep it and keep quiet...!!so shhhh
2006-07-07 04:09:55 · answer #10 · answered by mixmastersback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋