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Have you ever literally thrown money away? I think I just threw out $625.
May 4, 2016 | Lee Martell

Posted on 05/04/2016 10:07:14 PM PDT by lee martell

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To: lee martell

Mr. mm one time procrastinated (as he does about EVERYTHING) about buying airlines tickets for a family vacation.

When he got online to make the purchase, they had increased in price by $800 for the five of us.

No choice but to pay it.

$800 handed over to the airline that we didn’t need to spend because of his procrastination.

There’s other ways of losing that kind of money that don’t have as admirable a reason for it.

The worst you can beat yourself up for is just not being careful enough to make sure there was nothing valuable in the mess.

FWIW, I’m learned that lesson the hard way. I’ve spent untold hours going through my late m-i-l’s effects and when I started, what I found mixed in with old financial records, forced me to go through her paperwork piece by piece. It was a tedious process and I’m still not done, but I have found some very interesting stuff and valuable for family history reasons.


21 posted on 05/04/2016 11:01:52 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: lee martell

Sorry to hear about what you did accidentally.

As others suggested already — check with the place where you bought the money order -— they may have a policy of replacement.

In any case — live and learn, as you said. Maybe after thism you will be a lot more careful and possibly avoid a similar and much worse situation in the future.


22 posted on 05/04/2016 11:05:23 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: lee martell
I'm sorry about your loss. That is significant cash. Sometimes you can get your money back but you probably have to have some proof which you evidently inadvertently threw everything away. Maybe you could call your bank and ins might cover it. Or they should have a record of the purchase so they can tract that it hasn't been cashed and refund your money or stop pay on it and issue a new one. I know I have some leeway at the credit union, but luckily I've never lost one.

I sold my soybeans a week or two ago, two years' worth I've been paying storage for in a volatile market where farmers are reluctant to sell because prices have been bad, like a window of opportunity.

By the time I got the contract in the mail to sign, they were already 20 cents a bushel higher, and I had 5294 bu, two years' worth. I hated signing that contract, but I had given my word to the elevator and felt honor bound to keep it. I don't know what they would do if I tried to get out of it.

I almost held back half but then it would be something else. So if I'd waited just a little longer, I could have gotten $1K more which I looked at like I just threw it away. Poof. Gone. That is serious money in my world.

23 posted on 05/04/2016 11:09:28 PM PDT by Aliska (Trump/Love 2016 has a nice ring to it, now we shall see)
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To: lee martell

If it’s a postal money order you can get it replaced. They have ways of finding it.


24 posted on 05/04/2016 11:28:56 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: lee martell

Where do you live and where do you set out your trash?

(just kidding)


25 posted on 05/04/2016 11:32:55 PM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: lee martell

Well, my mining stocks this week...


26 posted on 05/04/2016 11:54:12 PM PDT by America_Right (Time to play your Trump card, America. Use it or lose it.)
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To: over3Owithabrain

Pawn shops are great for short term storage of jewelry or electronics while on vacation. Sure you pay interest, but you can decide the amount and you get a cash loan for your trip as well as secured and guaranteed safekeeping for your valuables.
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That’s a great idea! Thanks


27 posted on 05/05/2016 12:32:04 AM PDT by octex
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To: lee martell

I threw away $25 on Mitt Romney in 2012....

It happens...


28 posted on 05/05/2016 12:45:44 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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I'm married. It's like throwing away 10s of thousands of dollars every year.
29 posted on 05/05/2016 1:05:02 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: lee martell

I bought a car on credit more than once. Today, I call that throwing money away, I wish I had caught on sooner.


30 posted on 05/05/2016 1:11:19 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Now THAT was funny; thank you. The day will pass more quickly because I read that (and while it sounds terrible, I completely agree).


31 posted on 05/05/2016 3:30:52 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: lee martell
Have thrown a lot of money away - we have casinos down here.....

Glad it was more an inconvenience than a super hardship.

32 posted on 05/05/2016 3:35:58 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: lee martell

When it comes to throwing out money, imagine how Cruz supporters feel now.


33 posted on 05/05/2016 3:36:00 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Trump loves America and will protect the people who live here first, last and always. - Coulter)
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Back in my drinking days I’d come home, empty my pockets, and bemoan how much money I’d spent. The next morning I’d find little batches in different pockets, tucked in compartments in my wallet, etc. where I had put it away at various points the night before (because I was afraid I’d run out of money to tip the bartender). I’d go to bed thinking I’d p!ssed away over a hundred bucks, and the next day I’d realize it was less than half of that...


34 posted on 05/05/2016 3:37:51 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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I searched everywhere backwards and forewards.

Did you check behind your clothes dryer? I once found a sock behind mine........

35 posted on 05/05/2016 3:47:57 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (#HillaryForPrison-2016)
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I worked at a landfill for about 3 years in traffic control. My job consisted of mainly waving my arms around all day. It wasn’t half as filthy as you might imagine. Anyway, yes people throw money away all the time. My record was finding 2 twenties. The standing known record at the time was a little over $500. Everyday I worked I went home with at least five bucks in change. One day someone at the local Wells Fargo threw out the weekend deposits. Mainly checks but also a little over $200,000 in cash. They got most of it back but $17,000 went missing. Still there.


36 posted on 05/05/2016 4:20:37 AM PDT by Jmsknn
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To: 21twelve
"Well - just think of how many times you’ve found $20 in a pair of pants or a suit coat you forgot about."

I once hid $2,000 cash in a old sport jacket in my closet. Forgot about it and a couple of years later tossed it in a trash bag with old clothes for the good will donation drop box (big steel bin). I was just about to toss it in the bin when as an afterthought I decided to check the pockets. Can you imagine? : O

37 posted on 05/05/2016 4:36:26 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: 21twelve

I was told this story at closing on my current house. The guy was a minister, so I have no reason to doubt it.

An elderly woman lived in the house I currently own. They bought it new in the 30’s. Upon her passing, a daughter in law began organizing and cleaning the house. Other family members came in to help and looked for the jewelery/heirloom stuff that she kept hidden in frozen food boxes. It had all been tossed in the initial clean-out.

The seller asked that I let him know if I ever found anything hidden away. Nothing to date.


38 posted on 05/05/2016 5:52:52 AM PDT by zek157
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To: over3Owithabrain
Pawn shops are great for short term storage of jewelry or electronics while on vacation.

Guess I'm unfamiliar as how pawn shops work.
Thought you pawned something for money, they put it on display and hopefully sold the item .
You get money for the item, they sell it.

39 posted on 05/05/2016 6:19:50 AM PDT by Vinnie
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You have a set amount of time to pay back the money you got for it plus interest before it goes in the display cases as unclaimed.


40 posted on 05/05/2016 8:45:15 AM PDT by sheana
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