Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:During the Blizzard of '99 I found $160 in the snow on the ground below an ATM on S. Washington Street in Old Town. I kept it but I always felt bad like it was some old woman's monthly allowance.

And it could have been part of a drug dealer’s stash

That drug dealer's children went hungry that night.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I found cash on the street with no identifying information, I would keep it. I don’t know what my threshold would be to turn it into the Police, but I’m pretty sure anything under $100, maybe even under $200. I think I found $60 once.

However, I’ve had my fair share of found wallets and purses. They have had credit cards, cash and identified information and I’ve gone out of my way to find contact information and drive it to the rightful owner.

When you turn in found cash to a store or customer service it often times gets pocketed on their end.

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I have found passports and wallets before. I dropped those off at the police station instead of trying to do detective work. [b]You shouldn't be holding on to those documents for longer than necessary. [/b]

For the few phones I have found, it was outside supermarkets. I turned those in to lost and found at the customer service desk. There's a good chance people can Find My those devices anyway.[/quote]

It’s not DCUM if you can’t find something wrong with a good deed.
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You don't want to be found with someone else's passport or government-issued id on your person. Return to police or drop in a mailbox immediately. You don't need to hand deliver it to the owner.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I found cash on the street with no identifying information, I would keep it. I don’t know what my threshold would be to turn it into the Police, but I’m pretty sure anything under $100, maybe even under $200. I think I found $60 once.

However, I’ve had my fair share of found wallets and purses. They have had credit cards, cash and identified information and I’ve gone out of my way to find contact information and drive it to the rightful owner.

When you turn in found cash to a store or customer service it often times gets pocketed on their end.

I have found passports and wallets before. I dropped those off at the police station instead of trying to do detective work. You shouldn't be holding on to those documents for longer than necessary.

For the few phones I have found, it was outside supermarkets. I turned those in to lost and found at the customer service desk. There's a good chance people can Find My those devices anyway.

It’s not DCUM if you can’t find something wrong with a good deed.
🙄

The law is finders keepers. What are you talking about theft??

LOL, I've never even seen a $30 bill much less found one !

It wasn’t cash, but once at the mall, I accidentally left a bag of Sephora makeup (about $700 worth) I had purchased at a Claire’s. A couple hours went by before I realized I had forgotten it, so I went back and found the employees dividing my makeup up amongst themselves. Apparently they had decided to give it two hours, then they were going to keep it.

I was pretty shocked. I worked retail when I was younger, and I never would have dreamed of keeping something somebody had accidentally left.

Anonymous wrote:During the Blizzard of '99 I found $160 in the snow on the ground below an ATM on S. Washington Street in Old Town. I kept it but I always felt bad like it was some old woman's monthly allowance.

And it could have been part of a drug dealer’s stash

Anonymous wrote:I would donate it to charity.

+1

Anonymous wrote:If I found cash on the street with no identifying information, I would keep it. I don’t know what my threshold would be to turn it into the Police, but I’m pretty sure anything under $100, maybe even under $200. I think I found $60 once.

However, I’ve had my fair share of found wallets and purses. They have had credit cards, cash and identified information and I’ve gone out of my way to find contact information and drive it to the rightful owner.

When you turn in found cash to a store or customer service it often times gets pocketed on their end.

I have found passports and wallets before. I dropped those off at the police station instead of trying to do detective work. You shouldn't be holding on to those documents for longer than necessary.

For the few phones I have found, it was outside supermarkets. I turned those in to lost and found at the customer service desk. There's a good chance people can Find My those devices anyway.

I would put it in a tip jar at a coffee shop

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wonder how people like you make it into adulthood.

I am asking because my instinct would just be to do that and keep it if nobody responds, but apparently that is THEFT. I did not know.

If you find it in the street, it is NOT theft.

If you find it in the forest, it is NOT theft.

If you find it in someone's home, it is theft.

Pizza is on me tonight!

If I found cash on the street with no identifying information, I would keep it. I don’t know what my threshold would be to turn it into the Police, but I’m pretty sure anything under $100, maybe even under $200. I think I found $60 once.

However, I’ve had my fair share of found wallets and purses. They have had credit cards, cash and identified information and I’ve gone out of my way to find contact information and drive it to the rightful owner.

When you turn in found cash to a store or customer service it often times gets pocketed on their end.

During the Blizzard of '99 I found $160 in the snow on the ground below an ATM on S. Washington Street in Old Town. I kept it but I always felt bad like it was some old woman's monthly allowance.

Anonymous wrote:I found $60 lying in the ground in DC recently. I was so conflicted. Taking it felt like stealing. Maybe someone would take it that needed it more. Maybe some one would buy drugs with it? In the end I took it and added to a work charity collection that was going on at that time.

That was mine!