How Honest Are You?

[Ima saver]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I have found a wallet once, also twice a credit card. I called the people and they came to pick up their property. Once, i lost my purse and got it back in the grocery store. I sent the woman that found it a check for $100. I didnot have much money in my purse, but I had a special pin that my father gave me in that purse. The pin was more than 40 years old and I carried it for good luck. Now I keep it at home.

[laceshawl]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I once found a wallet with $30 in it, handed in to the police station. The cop who took notes kept saying, this is really honest of you. He was only a young guy, and i guess he'd seen enough to make him cynical already. I hope i did a little to restore his faith in human nature. a week later I got a letter saying the owner had claimed it.

[mom-from-missouri]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I've been told by a retired mail carrier that if you drop a found wallet or purse in a post office mail box the PO will return them to the address on the ID.

[frugalmomof1]

Re: How Honest Are You?

When I was 16 I was walking in the mall and found a folded dollar bill, I picked it up and put it in my pocket. I didn't even look at what the bill was at first but when I did I saw that it was $100. I kept it. If I were to find a $100 bill in a mall today I would bring it to customer service.
A few months later I found an envelope in the same mall filled with cash and gift certificates...I brought that to customer service.
If I see someone drop money, I will return it to them. If I found a wallet or change purse or pocketbook I would do return it to the police dept or send it to its owner. If I ever find more than a dollar or two inside of a store I would bring it to customer service. But I think any loose bills outdoors are fair game (unless it is a very large amount).

[crazyliblady]

Re: How Honest Are You?

When I lived in a big metropolitan city about 2 years ago, I was walking down the street that runs over the light rail train. A lady dropped her credit card and it fell on the ground. I said to her several times, "Ma'am" before getting her attention, and then told her she dropped the card. Most of all, it seemed really irresponsible to even have a credit card out of her purse on the city street. After all, it was not a shopping district and definitely not the best part of town. In that area, there is a medical school and a couple of hospitals and a lot of weird people hanging about.

Another time when I was living out in western Kansas, I got my credit card bill in the mail, except that there were two pages and the amount seemed wrong. I was about to call the number when I noticed the name on one of the pages was not mine. It was for some guy who lived in the same town as me. I put it in an enveloped with a letter explaining the whole thing, because I thought he would probably freak out just getting a bill in an ordinary envelope.

Many years ago, my mom was in Wal-mart on payday. She had just cashed a paycheck and so had a lot of cash in her purse. She turned around and her purse was gone. She went to the customer service desk, thinking for sure it was gone for good, but she got her purse back with all the money still in it. There are still honest people in the world, but they seem to be getting fewer and farther between.

[creditcardfree]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I would also return it intact. As a preteen I had cash stolen from my purse I left in a dressing room for less than one minute before I realized I left it. I was devastated.

[LateBloomer]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I returned a wallet to mall security about three years ago when I noticed it sitting on a concrete block at a mall. It was thick but I didn't open it to see what was inside. I don't know, it's not that I'm so angelic, but spending another person's money and using gifts that belong to someone else seems to be such a desperate thing to do, the same kind of desperation that causes people to overspend. This mentality is what creates rampant consumerism and the notion that external sources are what bring us validity and joy. If I've learned anything, it's that real wealth comes from within.

[s.saver]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I have had my wallet stolen this summer with $400 in it. Yeah I know I shouldn't have had that much in there, however, I could have cared less about the $400 (kinda) I really just wanted everything else that was in there back. I know I was dumb, It is just really a pain to call in all your cards stolen , and get a new ID and insurance card......The list goes on and on.
With that said I would return it, no questions asked.

[Andi1422]

Re: How Honest Are You?

2 Days before Christmas, my 7 year old daughter and I found a purse on the floor at Wal-mart. At first I looked around the area where we were to see if their were and woman with out a purse in their carts. Then we took it up to the customer service and as we were in line I just so happend to turn around and saw a woman talking to one of the greeters about loosing her purse. So I walked up told and told them we found one and asked if was hers. It was.

I didnt ever bother to look inside to check. I don't like people looking in my purse, so I thought it would be better for a store employee to do it.

She gave my daughter $2.00 for finding it, I tried to give it back and she insisted that be her reward. Luckly I found and returned it because she sad, she has just cashed her paycheck and was on her way to pay her mortage at the bank after her stop to Wal-mart.

Next time I hope she gets a check or money order and not carry all that cash on her.

I just hope that one day if that ever happened to me that someone will repay my favor and return my purse (with all my belongings) to me.

[PRICEPLUS]

Re: How Honest Are You?

I lost my wallet riding my bike at a local state park. SOme kind gentleman returned it with all the money and items intact. Furthermore he would take on reward. I think most people are like that. I have found tow wallets over the years and both times returned it intact.

You reap what you sow is my firm belief!