Posted on 05/04/2016 10:07:14 PM PDT by 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.
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.
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.
If it’s a postal money order you can get it replaced. They have ways of finding it.
Where do you live and where do you set out your trash?
(just kidding)
Well, my mining stocks this week...
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
I threw away $25 on Mitt Romney in 2012....
It happens...
I bought a car on credit more than once. Today, I call that throwing money away, I wish I had caught on sooner.
Now THAT was funny; thank you. The day will pass more quickly because I read that (and while it sounds terrible, I completely agree).
Glad it was more an inconvenience than a super hardship.
When it comes to throwing out money, imagine how Cruz supporters feel now.
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...
Did you check behind your clothes dryer? I once found a sock behind mine........
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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