If you found £1000 would you hand it in to the police ?

**FlyingJesus** · 07-09-2010, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Apple

A grand isn't really a lot of money when you are talking legitimate business reasons. Maybe someone might be carrying it to buy something off their mate but other than that it is most likely for something dodgy. You do realise I am talking about just a bundle of money, not in a wallet or anything? Which suggests that it is just a quick cash trade, no faffing around getting it out of their wallet. I mean look at the police for example, when they stop people and they have loads of cash on them they know that the chances are it is for something dodgy so want to know why they were carrying so much. :rolleyes:

Have taken £1000 in 50/20/10s to the bank plenty of times for my stepdad's business, it's a decent round number to do if there's not been a huge cash transaction recently. None of these times would it have been possible to put it all in my wallet lol. Police only stop people who they suspect of being up to something anyway so kinda stands to reason that such folk would be shady characters regardless of how they choose to carry their money

Originally Posted by Rozi

yeah, its far greater, meaning I'd feel even guiltier for even touching it!

Rozi doesn't like touching big things

Originally Posted by brandon

I'd hand it in, the guilt I would feel wouldn't be worth the money.

What if you bought VIP with it

bobbyy · 07-09-2010, 09:21 AM

Honest to god. If somebody loses money, why feel guilty for keeping it? I doubt people would go check if it's been handed in at all, due to the society we live in today, so the money will probably be worthless. But seriously, if anybody out there finds that amount of money, keep it!

~~immense~~ · 07-09-2010, 10:16 AM

It's different if it's a tenner or twenty though Bobby, sure nobody is going to check but if they lose 1k I don't think many people will let it slip. Even those who are earning millions with successful businesses will probably at least report it missing.

bobbyy · 07-09-2010, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by immense

It's different if it's a tenner or twenty though Bobby, sure nobody is going to check but if they lose 1k I don't think many people will let it slip. Even those who are earning millions with successful businesses will probably at least report it missing.

Yeah neither would I, but the most I'd do is retrace my steps LOL. The person who lost the 1k in the first place is an idiot for a) carrying it around with them insecurely and b) not checking regularly that the moneys still there. But once they retrace their steps and it's not there, I doubt they'd take it any further. I wouldn't anyway.

Josh · 07-09-2010, 11:57 AM

Yes I would because I am a nice person in real life.

Becca · 07-09-2010, 11:59 AM

finders keepers losers weepers.
i'd keep it

jackass · 07-09-2010, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Callum.

If it's in a wallet or I see someone drop it, I'd hand it in.

If it's £1000 laying there, nothing else too it then ofcourse you're going to take it. Silly not too. Nobody is gunna proove it's theirs etc.

Completely agree with this.

I'd only take it if it was just the money on it's own, and I had no idea who dropped it.