if you found some cash in something you’d bought from a charity shop...

[Ammi]

...so this is inspired by a news story I’ve just read...a lady bought a Carpenters vinyl record at a charity shop in Cheshire...(..it was £3.50 just for the record../..pun...)...anyways, inside the cover was lots of money notes which amounted to £930 in total, a very large sum indeed...which she immediately returned to the charity shop...which is quite an interesting dilemma scenario...

...what would you do if you bought a charity shop item and then found a large sum of money hidden inside ...would you take it and keep it for rainy days and Mondays etc../...return it...?...

[Alf]

I'd keep it. I'd just assume it came with the vinyl record or deny it was there if anybody came asking questions.

I wouldn't hand a penny in if I found one, so why should I hand in £930?

I'd soon get over any guilt in no time.

[Alf]

How does £930 end up there in the first place? And how didn't nobody at no time spot it? That's a fair few notes to be stuck in the sleeve of a vinyl record, it would make a bit of a bulge, wouldn't it?

[Cherie]

I would make a donation to the charity involved and keep the rest, if the shop was meant to have it they would have found it

[Cherie]

How does £930 end up there in the first place? And how didn't nobody at no time spot it? That's a fair few notes to be stuck in the sleeve of a vinyl record, it would make a bit of a bulge, wouldn't it?

They were probably spread out for that reason, a safe way to store cash at home, a lesson to us all!

[Strictly Jake]

I'd keep it

[Ammi]

...why do notes suddenly appear...every time..?..

[Calderyon]

Finders keepers.

[Jigs]

I'd keep it ofc

[Vicky.]

I would donate half to the actual charity direct, then keep the other half I think. Those shops pay their managers ridiculous amounts half the time..mind, even donating direct to charities these days lines a few lucky peoples pockets before the actual cause sees anything..hmm

Unless I was having a particularly skint time, when I would have no problem keeping the lot for myself tbh.

Hell, if I had plans that a lot more money would help with I would also keep it all with no guilt. Its them who didn't bother to check the stock properly, 90% of the cash would go to managers and such (meanwhile, the shop workers work for nothing..) and..well..its their issue and noone would know. So yeah. Maybe its more honest to say I would keep the cash, unless I was having a..great day where I would do what I probably should do to be a good person :laugh:

[Ammi]

...what you should do, Vicky..(..if it were to happen..)...is to think of something amazing to do with it for yourself and your family, or whatever you decide ..and that will totally be being a good person...

[Cherie]

Now the lady has returned the money, in reality it isn't technically the charities money either, as the person who donated the record did not realise the money was in the sleeve, so the charity should make some effort to try and find who made the donation originally, they keep records of donations now in some shops or by using social media so it might be possible to track the person down, a long shot I know or the person might see the story and come back in and claim their cash if they can prove they donated in the first place

[Niamh.]

Now the lady has returned the money, in reality it isn't technically the charities money either, as the person who donated the record did not realise the money was in the sleeve, so the charity should make some effort to try and find who made the donation originally, they keep records of donations now in some shops or by using social media so it might be possible to track the person down, a long shot I know or the person might see the story and come back in and claim their cash if they can prove they donated in the first place

Yeah, the charity shouldn't keep it, that would be as "dishonest" as keeping it yourself. Clearly who ever donated the record did by accident

[The Slim Reaper]

I'd feel on top of the world, especially if it happened on a rainy day or monday

[Tony Montana]

I'd keep it.

[Ammi]

I'd feel on top of the world, especially if it happened on a rainy day or monday

...do keep up, you’re a little bit yesterday...once more...

[The Slim Reaper]

...do keep up, you’re a little bit yesterday...once more...

but I've only just begun

[Ammi]

but I've only just begun

...there’s a kind of hush, whenever you post...

[The Slim Reaper]

...there’s a kind of hush, whenever you post...

I'm a ****ing Superstar.

[thesheriff443]

It is an actual story in the mirror so a link would give a fuller picture.

[Vicky.]

...what you should do, Vicky..(..if it were to happen..)...is to think of something amazing to do with it for yourself and your family, or whatever you decide ..and that will totally be being a good person...

Thats a great way of putting it ammi..allowing me to both be a selfish git and spend someone elses money on a good time, but allow me to pretend that that makes me good :D

Nah, thinking more tbh, I would keep it regardless. Chances are handing it in would result in the manager just keeping it, so nah. Or thats how I would convince myself.

[Niamh.]

Thats a great way of putting it ammi..allowing me to both be a selfish git and spend someone elses money on a good time, but allow me to pretend that that makes me good :D

Nah, thinking more tbh, I would keep it regardless. Chances are handing it in would result in the manager just keeping it, so nah. Or thats how I would convince myself.

:laugh:

I'd probably keep it too unless the person who handed the record in came back looking for it

[Withano]

I’d feel awful unless I gave it all back

I think I’d try to rationalise it at first but doubt I’d go through with keeping any

[Ammi]

Thats a great way of putting it ammi..allowing me to both be a selfish git and spend someone elses money on a good time, but allow me to pretend that that makes me good :D

Nah, thinking more tbh, I would keep it regardless. Chances are handing it in would result in the manager just keeping it, so nah. Or thats how I would convince myself.

...thing is though...there really are so many ways that ‘being a good person’ ...as you said..?..can be defined though, it’s not any type of either/or thing...it’s only what we each as individuals lay our own judgements on...I don’t believe for a split second that you would spend any money found, selfishly because that wouldn’t represent anything of who you are...

[Ammi]

It is an actual story in the mirror so a link would give a fuller picture.

...yeah I said in the OP that the question was inspired by an actual story, Sheriff..I didn’t put the link though because the thread as such wasn’t about t he story...but what would people do in a similar situation../...more a dilemma topic question...

[AnnieK]

I would rationalise it by thinking that someone who has stashed near on £1000 and forgotten its there has either got money to burn or its been stashed for a dodgy reason :laugh:

Also, if you bought something from a charity shop for £3.50 and then went and had it valued and it was worth £1000 as it was really rare, would you give the difference back?

I wouldn't....I'd be laughing all the way to the airport

[Ammi]

...hopefully not a BA flight, Annie...

[Calderyon]

If it was in a wallet and there was clear identification, however...

Otherwise no.

[Vicky.]

...thing is though...there really are so many ways that ‘being a good person’ ...as you said..?..can be defined though, it’s not any type of either/or thing...it’s only what we each as individuals lay our own judgements on...I don’t believe for a split second that you would spend any money found, selfishly because that wouldn’t represent anything of who you are...

I genuinely love how your mind works.. :love:

[Amy Jade]

I think I'd guilt trip myself into handing it over

[Cherie]

Yeah, the charity shouldn't keep it, that would be as "dishonest" as keeping it yourself. Clearly who ever donated the record did by accident

yep

[The Slim Reaper]

I'd give it to Mod21 to turn into a £million through coral bets.

[MTVN]

I believe the actual woman hadn't bought it but the money started falling out while she was browsing records, in that instance I'd be more likely to alert the shop as I don't actually own the record and it'd be a bit sneaky buying it having noticed the cash

If I bought it then got home and discovered it then its difficult, I'd feel a bit uncomfortable but Annie makes some good points :think: short of a social media appeal I doubt there'd be any way of finding out who the money actually belonged to

[JerseyWins]

I’d consider it a bargain for only £3.50 :clap1:

[Kate!]

I would give some to Cats Protection and keep the rest.

[JerseyWins]

Tbf the only thing I’d feel bad about is it being a charity shop but I give some money to charity, homeless, etc. every once in a while when I can anyway and I would definitely give extra moving forward after finding a free $900 from somewhere :laugh:

[UserSince2005]

Finders keepers, loosers (charity shop workers) will always be weepy loosers. hehe i win.

[Cherie]

Its quite a sad story really, given its old money its obviously been stashed away for a while

[Liam-]

I’d keep it, it’s not my fault that someone was careless enough to get rid of it, like someone said, if you bought something and sold it for much more than it was worth, you wouldn’t be expected to split the profit

[Oliver_W]

I used to assistant manage a charity shop, and sorters would always be checking through donations to see if money was inside them, aha.