OMFG!!!! I found....

you have to ask yourself who in there right mind would even drop $600!!!!!!!!!!! even carry it around with them. The dude is probably right, take it to the police.
 
And to Dart, if somebody lost that amount of money, odds are they would go to the police station and report that they lost it. And, if someone turned in said amount of money, the cops would probably call them if a similar amount of money was turned in. It isn't like you can just go in and ask the cops if anyone turned any money in lately and claim its yours.

"Hello officer. I was wondering if anybody turned in any money lately."
"Why, did you lose some?"
"No, just wondering."
"Oh, well, somebody turned in $200 yesterday."
"Really? Well, I just lost $200 yesterday, fork it over bud."
"Okay."
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I guess I wasn't clear enough. I wasn't questioning the morality of turning it in. Or the lack of morality. I was merely questioning the unlikelyhood of someone walking into a police station asking if someone turned in $600 in cash. If it was a drug dealer, they won't go into the place they most want to avoid for obvious reasons. And personally, I believe that the money found was not earned in any legitimate means. And I understand that this belief is up for debate.

If it were legitamitely lost by an honest person, then most likely they'd write it off and move on simply because there aren't many people of high integrity left in this world who would take it to any authority with the intent on reuniting it with it's rightful owner. It's a bad deal all around, I guess...
 
If it were legitamitely lost by an honest person, then most likely they'd write it off and move on simply because there aren't many people of high integrity left in this world who would take it to any authority with the intent on reuniting it with it's rightful owner.
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But choosing to maintain the status quo simply because it is the status quo does not help the situation. Saying that there may not be many people of high integrity left in this world is no excuse for not being one yourself.

I agree with Spartan. In this situation there is a right and a wrong choice. And if I remember correctly, if the money is not claimed within a certain amount of time, doesn't the person who turned it in have first dibs?
 
why not try to see if someone lost it?

If no one claims it... and you want to get something off Game Addiction, let me know :)
As for what to buy... I say get something that you would play... sans a PSP. BUT if you get a PSP, get socom so we can meet up :)



BV :hat
 
That is what I have heard (that if it goes unclaimed the finder can keep it).

*edit* from the wiki

Property is generally deemed to have been lost if it is found in a place where the true owner likely did not intend to set it down, and where it is not likely to be found by the true owner. For example, a necklace found lying on the ground will be deemed to have been lost. At common law, the finder of a lost item could claim the right to possess the item against any other person in the world except the true owner. See Armory v. Delamirie, 1 Strange 505 (King’s Bench, 1722).

Most jurisdictions have now enacted statutes requiring that the finder of lost property must turn it in to the proper authorities; if the true owner does not arrive to claim the property within a certain period of time, the property is returned to the finder as his own. In Britain, many public businesses have a lost property desk, which in the United States would be called a lost and found.
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So, by not turning it in you are breaking the law in addition to doing the wrong thing.
 
Huh...interesting. I admit though, it would be tough to turn it in when it's right there in your hands. Knowing me I would probably just let out a big sigh, suck it up, and turn it in {I'm such a softy like that}. In this case it would be best to turn it in because most likely it is drug money or something, therefore it will probably never be claimed. Which would be sweet, 'cause than you could spend it guilt free :D
 
I bet by now your probably lamenting the fact that most of us think you should just turn the money in

I just have to say do what you gotta do, you probably wont break out of your moral character just because a bunch of us say otherwise and your parents should be the only moral guidance you need in this matter

As for me I wont go on with my own personal moral view of the situation because it's your decision
 
Well I was just kidding around when I said that, but its still the way to go even though most people wouldn't do it.

Spartan, would you feel guilty if you didn't go to the cops about it?

Manson, where are you? Was the money in a set of $20s?
 
Yes, I would feel guilty. Its not my money and I don't have a right to keep it or spend it. If nobody claimed it after I turned it into the cops, then it wouldn't hang over my head because I did all within reason to return the money.
 
It sounds to me and I agree that you should just turn in the cash. If you cannot get the $100 back from your mother, then just report the $500.00. That way, you feel better about yourself in the morning. :-)

GamerFred
 
I feel ya' Spartan..just shows that you have a honest heart.

Anyways, I bet Manson went and blew off the money by now.
 
Normally I'd say turn it into the authorities, but here's the problem: It's raw money. If it were a signed check or something, some way to identify the owner, then it'd make more sense to turn it into the original owner, however, it's just raw money, no ID or anything.

Because it's just raw money, there's no way for anyone to prove it's theirs, or that it's not yours, unless they have substantiel proof that it is (like they took $600 out from a nearby bank and happened to drop it on your lawn). There's no way for the law to even catch you.

I'd claim it for my own. Who's stupid enough to carry around $600?
 
EXACTLY!!! You guys are all sayin that you would turn it in but i bet if it happened to you, you wouldnt have done so...

Im just honest by saying i wouldnt turn it in
 
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