Hypothetical: Found Money.

[bestseller92]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

[surfpirate]

Researching a "Best Seller" are we?

[bestseller92]

Nupe, just daydreaming. This scenario has most of the stuff that piques my interest -- money, guns, money, potential danger, money....

[PHAW Webmistress]

I turn it in - karma can really kick your butt

[bestseller92]

To paraphrase Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp, karma has already kicked my butt plenty -- might as well have the money, too.

Personally, so long as there was no ID, I'd keep the money (what honest person would have lost almost three million in two old suitcases, anyway?). I'd be careful how I spent it, so as not to pique Uncle Sammy's interest (no cash purchases over $10,000) and I'd enjoy the Hell out of it.

[LIBuffettFan]

Do you live in a small town, large city? If your lucky and you turn it in and no one shows up to claim it, you might get some of it back, of course depending on the honesty of your local law enforcement.

[blackjack]

I'd turn it in. It's just the way my momma raised me.

Maybe get a reward or a share of it if it's not claimed. But keeping it because "no honest person would lose $3,000,000" doesn't make it yours, and it would make you a dishonest person by keeping it.

[SharkOnLand]

How do you get $2,755,300 in even stacks of $10,000 each?

[luvinlife]

I turn it in I to fear Karma.

[Hockey Mon]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

This would never, ever happen. I don't shop at Walmart and I haven't seen "No Country for Old Men".

[comemonday]

Hypothetically, I'd keep it; at least til I heard if someone lost it. If I knew whose it was, I'd give it back though...

[RinglingRingling]

To paraphrase Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp, karma has already kicked my butt plenty -- might as well have the money, too.

Personally, so long as there was no ID, I'd keep the money (what honest person would have lost almost three million in two old suitcases, anyway?). I'd be careful how I spent it, so as not to pique Uncle Sammy's interest (no cash purchases over $5,000) and I'd enjoy the Hell out of it.

fixed it for you in a post-PATRIOT Act world.

[RinglingRingling]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

This would never, ever happen. I don't shop at Walmart and I haven't seen "No Country for Old Men".

if this ever shows up on your doorstep, or you pique his interest, you're hosed.

This is the Angel of Death.

[Hockey Mon]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

This would never, ever happen. I don't shop at Walmart and I haven't seen "No Country for Old Men".

if this ever shows up on your doorstep, or you pique his interest, you're hosed.

This is the Angel of Death.

Interesting. This guy came by yesterday selling encyclopedias.

[rich_big]

If I had an extra $2,755,300 I'd buy two Jimmy Buffett tickets from the ticketmaster sister site.

[RinglingRingling]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

This would never, ever happen. I don't shop at Walmart and I haven't seen "No Country for Old Men".

if this ever shows up on your doorstep, or you pique his interest, you're hosed.

This is the Angel of Death.

Interesting. This guy came by yesterday selling encyclopedias.

on the bright side... you weren't interesting enough to pique his attention. or did he offer to flip a coin for you?

[Hockey Mon]

Okay, here's the hypothetical scenario:

You're taking a drive down a country road near your home when you spot two dark blue vinyl suitcases laying in the ditch.

Curious, you stop, get out and examine them. You pop one open and are shocked to find it contains money. Heck, it not only contains it, it's full of it, and a quick inspection of suitcase number two reveals that it is pregnant with currency as well.

Hurriedly you load the suitcases into your vehicle and head to Wal Mart, where you purchase a package of those pens that stores use to hit hundred dollar bills to see if they are counterfeit.

You arrive home and test a few bills from each suitcase. All are legitimate, real U.S. currency. You take the suitcases to your bedroom, close the door, draw the drapes, lay your Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver out on the dresser just in case (you did watch "No Country for Old Men" last year, after all), and begin counting the money.

When the count is in the tally is $2,755,300, all in used, good condition hundred dollar bills, tightly banded in stacks of 100 ($10,000 each). And the suitcase contains no identification whatsoever (and no transponders, either).

The question for you now is, what do you do with this money?

Do you keep it?

Do you turn it in?

What do you do with these two blue vinyl suitcases full of greenbacks?

This would never, ever happen. I don't shop at Walmart and I haven't seen "No Country for Old Men".

if this ever shows up on your doorstep, or you pique his interest, you're hosed.

This is the Angel of Death.

Interesting. This guy came by yesterday selling encyclopedias.

on the bright side... you weren't interesting enough to pique his attention. or did he offer to flip a coin for you?

I'm going to go with the first one. Move along, nothing to see here...

[Hoosier PH]

It wasn't as much but three men found 100,000$ and turned it in.

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/re ... find_money

GREENFIELD, Ind. (WISH) - Three Indiana State Highway workers are being commended for their honesty. The employees found $100,000 along the side of the highway in Mount Comfort.

24-Hour News 8 spoke with the three highway workers who don't share the motto "finders keepers, losers weepers." They believe honesty is the best policy.

But what would the INDOT workers have done with $100,000?

"Paid a lot of bills," one of the highway workers explained.

"Down payment on a house or something," another highway worker said.

"I have a daughter. I would put her through a private school if I could," said one of the highway workers who found the money.

Instead, their honesty bought them a lot of respect.

"I think we did the right thing," one of the men said.

[citcat]

I'd turn it in. Since it was most likely ill-gotten gains, who would claim it ? They'd have to come up with a pretty good story. Karma IS a bi-otch.

And I found a $100 bill on the main street in Gatlinburg years ago. I saw who was standing there (a young man) and looked for him. Everybody with me said "Keep it !" but I went up to him and asked him if he dropped it and he looked at me funny, then said yes. Took it and walked away with his friends. Later I saw him doing what I'm pretty sure was a drug deal. Felt like and idiot, but maybe that money was cursed or something.

[pair8head]

Need to tell you my Karma Story now.

Was in my favorite watering hole having a drink or three. Walked to the bathroom by way of the pool tables. I found a Twenty dollar bill on the floor between two tables. There wasn't many people in the place and nobody playing pool. I hung on to the twenty and went back to my bar stool. After a few minutes a guy walks in and begins moving around the room slowly looking down. I asked him if he'd lost something and he says. Yeah, a twenty dollar bill. I reached into my pocket and gave it to him and told him where I found it. This guy looked like that was the last twenty he had in the world and he wanted to buy me a drink. I told him no thanks cuz I was going home after I finished the one I had.

Cut to (about) 3 weeks later........

Pool league night and my team was playing at home. We kept our cues in lockers provided for us by the owner of the bar. I went to my locker and got out my cue and started practicing. About a half hour later I realized I was $60.00 short. I started retracing my steps and when I got back to my locker there on the floor under it was my $60.00.

I am quite sure if I had kept the 20 I found I would never have found the 60 I lost.

So, Yeah I would turn it in.