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1 posted on 01/22/2013 5:41:47 AM PST by rawhide
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I probably would not have bought a safe that had to be cut open in the first place!


2 posted on 01/22/2013 5:44:12 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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I’d have given a tenth, or more............... to God’s work....


3 posted on 01/22/2013 5:46:50 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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I know people that have portable imaging equipment, one phone call, a small exchange of courtesy monies and then I would definitely know if it was empty.


4 posted on 01/22/2013 5:46:59 AM PST by Eye of Unk (AR2 2013 is the American Revolution part 2 of 2013)
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It could just have easily had a turd inside.....50/50....right?


5 posted on 01/22/2013 5:47:10 AM PST by DainBramage
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Although I wouldn’t have an obligation to do so, because he did not demand anything I’d send the guy a thousand bucks (that’s less than half a “finder’s fee”) with a suggestion to use it to buy a couple bottles of a good single-malt to help him deal with his error.


6 posted on 01/22/2013 5:47:24 AM PST by glennaro
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I would have given half back, but he did say, “no returns,” so... legally, he’s not entitled to it.

Of course, I wouldn’t have been a doof and sold it unopened.

I know a guy in town here who bought house that use to be owned by a banker from the 1880’s. That house has a built-in vault with combination known. We keep telling him to get it opened, but he just shrugs and says he hasn’t gotten around to it yet.


7 posted on 01/22/2013 5:47:24 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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That's a chunk of change, you know. That's life-altering money.

First of all, I would not have informed the seller.

Second ... $26K isn't life altering money. It's a nice little windfall, but you would still have to get up and go to work the next day.

8 posted on 01/22/2013 5:47:32 AM PST by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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he wasnt willing to give back $122.93 to the buyer ...

so I doubt if he would have given him $13,000, one hundred times that...

Yeah sure he would have shared...

The buyer doesnt owe him a penny...


11 posted on 01/22/2013 5:48:56 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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He also insists that if he were in the buyer's place, he would have offered to split the cash 50/50 with the seller

......oh yea!

12 posted on 01/22/2013 5:49:28 AM PST by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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I would have done exactly what the buyer did. Seller was to cheap to pay someone to open the safe, he loses. Mr. Labrecque you are an idiot.


13 posted on 01/22/2013 5:50:42 AM PST by knife6375 (US Navy Veteran)
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I would have kept the money as per the terms, “no returns”. I think the seller is indulging when he says that HE would have returned half the money. He would have done no such thing. This is the same situation as when someone buys a storage locker’s contents at auction for a thousand dollars or less and then finds a small fortune inside. No one should expect him to return any part of this unless he wants to do so as an act of personal generosity. When you sell a locked safe under those terms it is pure foolishness to ask for a return when you stated “no returns” in your ad. Next time he should say no returns...UNLESS there is something inside that I would want to have.


15 posted on 01/22/2013 5:51:50 AM PST by RipSawyer (I was born on Earth, what planet is this?)
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Why do folks who find free money set themselves up to be victimized by crooks and the government?

...but I repeat myself...

They need to SHUT UP!


16 posted on 01/22/2013 5:52:03 AM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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The buyer was obviously thinking of the show “Storage Wars” when he bought the safe because it had to be destroyed to get in. Why share the money when he bought the safe ONLY to see what was inside? He took the risk with $122. The seller was probably thrilled when he got the $122. Simple.


17 posted on 01/22/2013 5:52:22 AM PST by albie
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What would I have done? Shop, shuffle and shut up, I guess. Certainly wouldn’t tell ebay, preypal, seller, and the whole darn internet. The IRS is probably on their way.


18 posted on 01/22/2013 5:53:43 AM PST by HomeAtLast ( You're either with the Tea Party, or you're with the EBT Party.)
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Always reading about people finding construction trash bags full of cash by the side of the road.

Still waiting to find my bag-o-bucks...


19 posted on 01/22/2013 5:54:05 AM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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$13k is not life altering, except maybe in the very short run.


20 posted on 01/22/2013 5:54:12 AM PST by Paladin2
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What would you have done?

Pocketed the money
Tipped the welder

21 posted on 01/22/2013 5:55:40 AM PST by HangnJudge
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I would not have gloated to the seller, but in any event the buyer has no moral or legal reason to give any to the seller...the terms of the sale were clear and indeed made by the seller.


22 posted on 01/22/2013 5:55:51 AM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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I would have done the split or give all the money back. Clearly it was a mistake. If I found it at the junk yard or purchased it from a 2nd hand store, I might do something differently.


23 posted on 01/22/2013 5:56:19 AM PST by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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I probably wouldn’t have bought it in the first place but if I did, I wouldn’t have said anything about what was in it, nor would I give part of it back to the seller. That doesn’t make any sense at all. The sale means the item and contents if any transferred from seller to buyer totally, not conditionally.


24 posted on 01/22/2013 5:57:20 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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