NEED ADVICE: Found Money (vanity)

12/9/05 | NYCynic

[hummingbird]

There's nothing I really need that I can't pay for myself. If anything I will place it in the offering on Christmas Eve.

That sounds very nice, NYCynic. I wouldn't post my personal home number, though; is there a lost and found where you could see if anyone has lost the exact amount? If no one has, tell lost and found you will check back with them. Maybe you, or they, could put up a sign to check with lost and found if anyone was missing money. I understand your reluctance what with it being NY but it is the same anywhere. Never give out your home number or agree to meet the person(s) yourself...go through the authorities.

P.S. I think it might have been mine...yeah, I'm pretty sure I lost some money lately!

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Reminds me of Barney on the Andy Griffith Show.

[hummingbird]

By law you're supposed to report it to the police dept

Do you get a receipt from the police?

NY...you could donate to FreeRepublic!

[hummingbird]

Boyne Mountain sounds like a good place to go "money digging!"

[Fawn]

At least leave a sign at the station ......someone might be looking for it. Give it a week. It will take away the guilt you will have if you don't at least let them know you found it.

[Fawn]

He'd have to post his phone number.....or maybe set up a temporary email address....

[hummingbird]

Yeah but what would Andy do if Opie found a wad? After all, he's a sheriff!

Sheriff Taylor would do whatever is right and then he would sit and have a chat with Opie whiles Aunt Bea casually dusts in the background and that night, Aunt Bea would make Opie's favorite pie for dessert.

Or, Andy and Opie would go fishing and have a "casual" chat (an embedded morality tale!) and Andy would tell Aunt Bea that they didn't catch any fish but had a good time talkin' anyway and she would still make Opie's favorite pie for dessert.

Barney would drop in and tell Andy he did a good job "with the boy" and, noticing the pie, would ask Aunt Bea if she wouldn't mind him having a slice of that "mighty fine looking pie" and she would say, "of course, Barney, would you like it a la mode" and Barney would say, "no, thanks, I'll just take it with some vanilla ice cream on top...if its no trouble." And, maybe a cup of coffee to wash it all down.

And, Andy would go out on the porch and play his harmonica and think how good life is in Mayberry.


(I get my Laz's confused....but I think at least one of you would like to comment on how Sheriff Taylor would handle such a problem...heh, heh....)

[hummingbird]

Maybe it was one of those tests to see how honest people are in NY subways...who would turn in the money and who wouldn't. Like a Candid Camera show....kinda'.

[hummingbird]

Silly weezel!

[Recovering Hermit]

Go out and buy yourself something really nice.

[hummingbird]

Man, I hate when that happens...

[hummingbird]

It's hard to do the right thing some times with the little cooperation out there.

That's what makes it so hard to figure out what to do...what with "Turkey Drops" and other scams.

"Tis the season to be jolly" is hard sometimes! I think I'll check SNOPES and other sites that list scams. Especially this time of year, unfortunately, there are people who will take advantage of the good in others.

[hummingbird]

He'd have to post his phone number.....or maybe set up a temporary email address....

Temp email address sounds like a good idea.

I have a question that some of you might have an answer for. A friend of mine (really, a friend, not me!) flew from Texas to Georgia for Thanksgiving. He had a very nice address tab on his suitcase and put in one of his business cards...it has on it his cell phone #, his Fax # and his email. When he got to Atlanta, the card was missing; I told him to tell the airlines and he left a message on their recording machine. He hasn't been contacted by them.

When he got back home, his email account had been afflicted with the SOBIG X virus. We cleaned those off without opening any of the attachments but I'm still wondering if his computer was used nefariously and is still infected. He had tons of emails. Tons....

[durasell]

From NY1 ---

Santa's elves are busy working to make sure that all city kids have something to smile about on Christmas morning.

The U.S. Postal Service kicked off it's 81st annual "Operation Santa" letter campaign at New York's main post office Friday.

New Yorkers interested in providing gifts from a child's wish list can pick up a "Dear Santa" letter at the Main Post Office at Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street.

The post office kicked off the annual campaign with a party. Among the guests was Santa Claus himself.

[varon]

However! The way things are these days, is it just as likely that the police will claim that it is "drug money" and just keep it and tell you to get bent.

And impound your car as well ;-)

[Lazamataz]

I believe, if Opie found a wad, he'd go off with Gomer to South America, and invest in full auto rifles. They'd smuggle the rifles into Cuba on a speedboat, and when they were caught, Aunt Bea would exclaim, "Oh, lands sake, Andy!" and climb into her mechanized battle armor. Andy, of course, would join her, and the twin behemoth 340-ton laser-equipped Mechs would stomp over the countryside and underwater until they got to Cuba. Castro would send up some UFO's he captured, and lob Neutronium bombs at the Mechs. Aunt Bea would activate the repulsor graviton beams and push the bombs into the sea, where they would explode harmlessly. Castro, of course, would be furious, but what could he do? The Mechs would stomp on tanks and catch jet fighters out of the air, until Castro came in his own MechaStreisand (A Mech shaped like Barbara Streisand) and then Floyd the Barber, who is really a Wizard of the Eclion Order of Mages, would cast a Power Word Stun to gain time, and would summond many Remhoraz Worms, who would swallow the MechaStreisand, and then they would rescue Opie and go back to Mayberry and have a nice blueberry pie.

Yum!

[Lazamataz]

It's not mine. Send it to one of the other people on this thread.

[daybreakcoming]

I will be interested in hearing what you finally do. Listening to several responses here and due to a loss of my own - I would say in general, if anyone loses anything - they can count themselves screwed and kiss whatever it was good-bye.

[NYCynic]

UPDATE

First off, I would like to thank everyone who offered advice. I never expected this post to crack the 50 reply mark, let alone 100.

I tried the MTA police via phone and the Nassau County police in person. Both gave the impression that I was bothering them. In fact the Nassau Co. Desk Sgt even said "So, what do you want me to do about it?"

So then against the advice of many here (and my better judgment), this past Wednesday, I posted a very generic flyer on the side of the pay phone where I found the money. It stated: "Found something at the base of this phone on Friday 12/9/05. If you are the rightful owner please describe what you lost and give the approximate time you lost it." I then gave my cell phone number. Though like someone here said when you lose money you could have lost it in one of a hundred different places. So I guess the odds are low that the rightful owner will ever see this flyer.

In what may be the biggest surprise thus far no one has called at all.

Thanks again,
Chris

[billhilly]

Thanks for letting us know. Now buy yourself a present.