Woman finds $357,959

[Gizmo]

when I used to supervise the docks at Goodwill a driver found $8300 that fell out a bail of puses and turned that shit in. i would have took sick leave and went to Belize!

 

[theweedman65042]

i gotta agree with the cat in the picture, WTF

LOS ANGELES – As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner planet and deliver the paper from the parking lot to a trash can, she noticed it was a real cashier's check with a real signature.

"I couldn't believe it. I almost passed out," Curtis, who works as a loan negotiator, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "I have never seen a check that big. Not in my possession, anyway."

She immediately set out to find its rightful recipient, but it was Saturday afternoon and the banks were closing. On Monday, with help from KCAL-TV reporter Dave Malkoff, she located the check's owner, who had arrived at her bank in a panic.


"I think she had walked in at the same time the bank manager called me back," Curtis said. "I could hear her walking up to him. and I could hear all this commotion in the background."

Curtis said she spoke briefly with the woman on the phone about a possible meeting, but Pacific Mercantile Bank instructed her to mail the check to them instead.

Not willing to take a chance on the mail, Curtis delivered it personally. A bank employee confirmed it had arrived.

Curtis said she never thought of keeping the check for herself, and she declined the woman's offer of a reward. Still, she's just a little disappointed.

"I just wanted to see her face," Curtis said, laughing. "I just wanted to let her know that there are honest people left in this world."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_fe_st/odd_big_check
(sorry if this is a respost)

 

[MOREBASS]

Well, she had two options:

1) Toss the shit and move on with her life.

2) Turn it in to its rightful owner, and hope that the person was greatful enough to give her some type of reward.


I would have done the same thing, but I would have stood there just staring at the lady like how the pizza delivery guy does after he delivers you a pizza and he's waiting for a tip.

 

[Siccx Degree]

Guarantee you'll never hear about me finding any money, because if I found the shit I'd spending it that same day on some useless shit that I don't really need, shit, if I walked by a car with an open window/door and there was a 20 on the seat, that shit my prize...

 

[I AM]

Well, she had two options:

1) Toss the shit and move on with her life.

2) Turn it in to its rightful owner, and hope that the person was greatful enough to give her some type of reward.


I would have done the same thing, but I would have stood there just staring at the lady like how the pizza delivery guy does after he delivers you a pizza and he's waiting for a tip.

the woman offered her a reward and she said no......

that's a stand up human being. doing the right thing, just to do it. that's rare as fuck. good to see there's still decent people in the world tho and that not everyone is only out for themselves.

 

[Ghostly]

im still waiting on the moment i come across a bag full of cash, hear about it everywhere but i never come across it

 

[I AM]

i found $20 when i was like 9 or 10....lol...but that's it...

i would LOVE to find even 1-2 G's.....5-10 g's would be even better....

BUT....sometimes (more often than not) you gotta man up and work for shit.

 

[KODOGG]

I've found $40 in the CUUUUUUUUUTS one time.. I was on uh hike and i posted up on this log bout to spark up a blunt and i look down and theres 2 $20 bills jus tucked under the log lol..

Came up quick status.. I've also found dollar bills and $5's and shit layin on the ground before.. My friend found a wallet wit 2 g's in it at the drive in's and came up quick.. My homie came up on a envolope wit 5 g's in it and gave me $300 and smoked like a zip wit' me.. i wasnt even there when he came up either he jus rolled thru and gave me money and bud lol


siccness bill gates up in this bitch

 

[theweedman65042]

if i found that much money, id spend it on weed, then double my money, then pay the lady back

 

[:ab:]

cashing a $300k check aint gonna be easy

 

[KODOGG]

more like impossible.. which is why i said it aint shit unless its cash.

 

[marty50]

shit for a reward, id ask for at least 10% of the amount that was recovered. 20% at most.

if not i call the party taht lost the money, check, item and tell them, i will destroy your check, since it can't be replaced, right??? i mean can a cashiers check be replaced or canceled if it gets lost?? or if it was an item, id sell it off if i didnt want it. i might still keep it depnding on the circumstances.

what do you guys think a reward should be for recovered cash or itemspercentage wise or value of item?

 

[martin_07n]

I fucked yo' bitch. Yeah don't be mad. It aint too many of them dog ho's I can't have. Anyway yeah nigga I beat that ass got in yo shower and took my bath.