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Guy Buys $123 Safe on eBay, Finds Major Cash Inside
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| Feb 17, 2012
| By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff
Posted on 01/22/2013 5:41:37 AM PST by rawhide
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To: apillar
I’m smelling BS here.
The buyer likely found nothing.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:14:41 AM PST
by
zeebee
To: jsanders2001
How could you own a safe and not know whats in it? And there's the rub. Chances are the seller got it from an expired storage unit, or a yard sale, or from cleaning up an estate.
So, the $13,000 question is - Would the SELLER have felt any obligation to give the money back to the ORIGINAL owner in that case?
I doubt it. So, therefore, this guy can take a hike.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:21:21 AM PST
by
Fido969
To: jsanders2001
How could you own a safe and not know whats in it? And there's the rub. Chances are the seller got it from an expired storage unit, or a yard sale, or from cleaning up an estate.
So, the $13,000 question is - Would the SELLER have felt any obligation to give the money back to the ORIGINAL owner in that case?
I doubt it. So, therefore, this guy can take a hike.
63
posted on
01/22/2013 7:24:09 AM PST
by
Fido969
To: Thorliveshere
Do you actually believe he hasn’t opened it?
To: John S Mosby
Caveat emptor has a reciprocal.... seller emptor too Caveat= Beware
Emptor=Buyer
Caveat vendor?
65
posted on
01/22/2013 7:31:06 AM PST
by
xone
To: rawhide
I wouldn’t have felt obligated to share any of the money with the seller, but I also wouldn’t have told him about my windfall unless he asked.
And $26K isn’t “life altering” money unless you’re one hell of an investor.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:37:43 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: rawhide
To the risk takers go the spoils!!
67
posted on
01/22/2013 7:51:34 AM PST
by
ontap
To: rawhide
says Labrecque, who adds that he shook the safe and didn't think there was anything inside.No sympathy for Labrecque whatsoever. He thought he was ripping off some rube. Well, in hindsight, he did!
68
posted on
01/22/2013 8:06:50 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
To: rawhide
Why does anyone even know?
69
posted on
01/22/2013 8:11:20 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: rawhide
Interesting almost 1 year old story. According to a snip in the WMCTV report, the buyer was playing a joke on him. I don't know if that is true or not but is on the tv website.
MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - UPDATE: The seller has added a new comment to his feedback page claiming that the buyer never found any money:
"He was playing a practical joke the safe was empty there wasnt any money in it."
70
posted on
01/22/2013 8:22:01 AM PST
by
deport
To: Newbomb Turk
I would have banked my 26 grand
You DON"T take that kind of cash and "Drop" it in your bank account. The bank HAS to report it to the "Feds",then the nightmare begins. The IRS,and the DEA will come knocking on your door. Put the money in a coffee can and stash it your freezer.
About 6yrs ago I sold a collector car (Shelby Mustang) for Alot of money. I was offered cash I said no give me a certified check.(I knew the buyer's reputation and knew the check would be good). I told my CPA about it and he said never take that kind of cash, Too much grief.
71
posted on
01/22/2013 8:30:24 AM PST
by
painter
(Obamahood,"Steal from the working people and give to the worthless.")
To: rawhide
The second stupidest guy in the world is the one that Posts a Feedback telling the Seller what he found.
I would just say I used the Safe as a Boat Anchor and it worked out great.
72
posted on
01/22/2013 8:36:17 AM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(I only Fear a Government that doesn't Fear me.)
To: deport
73
posted on
01/22/2013 8:39:45 AM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(I only Fear a Government that doesn't Fear me.)
To: PLMerite
I hope the guy doesnt just take it to the bank and deposit it.If he did that he'd be disclosing it to greedy uncle's scrutiny even if he'd kept quiet about it!
74
posted on
01/22/2013 9:37:32 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: rawhide
That’s definitely life-altering money for myself and a lot of other folks.
Would I give it back? No, that’s why I was rolling the dice on a locked safe with no combination.
75
posted on
01/22/2013 11:25:06 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: Hieronymus
If you could do all that with 26K either you owe virtually nothing on your house or you dont owe very much and your car is in worse shape than mine.
Don't have a high payment on the house (I'll have it paid off in less than four years). My car has plenty-o-problems, but it still gets me from point A to B, and I mostly walk and ride bike to places anyway. Don't have credit cards. Don't owe much money to anyone anymore. It's nice.
To: Thorliveshere
Sounds quite nice. While I try to avoid debt like the plague, 26k would only make a sizable dent in the mortgage, and with five young kids, upgrading our van would take a good chunk of 26k.
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posted on
01/22/2013 12:56:23 PM PST
by
Hieronymus
( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
To: rawhide
What would you have done?
Follow the seller's lead: "What you receive is what you get"........
I've been screwed twice on Ebay and have no sympathy for the sellers......
78
posted on
01/22/2013 12:57:16 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
To: SeaHawkFan
Do you actually believe he hasnt opened it?
You know, I can be gullible at times, so it's likely he has.
To: rawhide
Life altering???
Ha!!
I worked with this low info person a couple years back....
She said she'd retire if she won $1 million bucks. She was in her late 20's early 30's...I told her a million bucks wasn't enough.
She thought I was crazy...LOL!! And I couldn't convince her otherwise...
I'm sure she votes Dim....
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