Maybe, maybe not. Even if she remembered, I bet a diet coke that there would be clamoring and pressure on her to return the money, even though she bought the chair.
Am I wrong on that?
Is that a caffeine-free diet coke or just a diet coke? :)
She should not return the money even if she knew where she got it. If someone sells something that means so little to them about their family that they wouldn't know about Grandma and how she stored her extra cash and the hard times they once had...they deserve to lose it! My mom used to tuck bills here and there and when she died I went through her little purses and found maybe a twenty or so. But it was the memory of her that mattered and I was very careful about letting her things go.
Maybe, but I would bet that whoever put them there or lost them there is long dead. Besides, the chair was probably second, third, or fourth hand when she bought it. Keep it.
She should have kept her mouth shut and quietly banked the money. Mark my words, she's going to regret opening her big yap. But some fools just can't resist getting their 15 minutes of fame on the tabloid shows.
You are correct because she, the buyer, and the seller thought the transaction was made for a chair, not for old currency. This is awfully close to someone accidentally writing a check with an extra zero.
For example, your wife sells an old couch and while she is helping to load it in the buyers truck, her diamond ring falls off and into the sofa. This case is very close to that.