So if You Found a Wallet?

[Oiluj]

Found one once with several hundred dollars. Contacted owner and sent it to him fully intact.

Lost mine a few years later, and got it back same way. Karma... Sent person who found it a Hickory Farms basket as a thank you.

[mgood]

I found a wallet in the middle of the street out front of a local public golf course while I was running. I saw a car run over it and it flipped open. I picked it up and it belonged to a Pittsburgh city policeman. I called the station and found what office area he was out of and contacted him. He came over to my work to pick it up and was so glad to get it back because his badge was in it. He left and came back 5 minutes later and gave me a potted plant as a reward. He explained to that he was sure that all the money would be missing and it wasn't. He also gave one of his cards and wrote on it "get out of jail free" and explained if I ever had a problem with the city police to call him. I never had to use it.

[Mikes Z car]

In the early 80s i was in Sydney Australia and lost about $900 in traveler's checks. They must have fallen out of my pocket while I was walking around. To get them replaced you have to report them lost to the police so I did. The policeman behind the counter asked me how much I had lost and what kind of traveler's checks. As I described what they were and the value he nonchalantly reached under the counter and threw them on the counter top. I was amazed as they hadn't been lost more than a few hours.

I would always return a wallet.

[zcarnut]

I was at the Sebring race about 15 or so years ago. While visiting a Porta-Potty I discovered a wallet wedged between the seat and the side of the unit. No money, but it had credit cards and a driver’s licence ID. I don’t remember the exact name but it was not a common name (I think it was Sparkman, or something like that). Anyway, I showed it to my friends and we decided to make our way over to the ticket office and turn it in to lost-and-found.

On the way over I spotted a pickup truck stopped in the infield traffic with the words “Sparkman Construction” painted on the side door. Taking a serendipitous chance I approached the lone female driver and asked if she knew the owner of the wallet. Not only did she know the owner, but she was his sister and she was on her way to meet him at the race! After she correctly described some of the wallet’s contents including her brother’s address (down to the house number), I gave her the wallet.

Very strange coincidence when you consider that this was a typical race with thousands of people milling around.

[H4LIGHTS]

When I was around 6 years old I found a plain white envelope out in front of our house with money in it, around $40.00.

I took it into my mother and she checked with the neighbors to see if anyone had lost it.

Turned out it was my friends grandmother who walked her two grandchildren to the park and the local elementary school and went right by our house most every day.

The mother of my friend thanked me, the grandmother accused me of theft. She was very old and the money she had lost was for her 'prescriptions'.

That still never dissuaded me from doing the same thing, this time a found wallet many years later, and making sure it made it back to its owner.

Karma. Let's hope I've built up a reserve over time.

[fuzze]

Morning , back in the early eighties I was Chef and Did all the prep cooking for the Mountain top restaurant and lodge at Blackcomb Ski Resort . I would ski when I had time in the day and I was busting through the tree line when what did I see , a wallet with at first glance looked like 4000$ and Japanese ID . I put my self in there shoes and did the right thing , turned it in to lost and found . It was picked up later in the evening by a tourist , final tally with travelers cheques 7000$ .

The next day I went in to work to a note written in Japanese that said '' Thank you for your kindness '' .

My reward was the lesson of Honesty and integrity . Mantra for good living .

Chris

[TaylorC4]

This happened to me last Sunday. We live in Midtown Houston; a trendy revitalized area near downtown complete with bars, restaurants, condos, etc. I was driving to the CVS to rent a movie from the Redbox, rounded the corner and spied a wallet. It was off the curb about 4 feet; kinda looked like it fell out when someone got out of a cab. Safely in my truck, I notice NO ID, about 6 credit cards including an Amex Black, and a large amount of cash. Waiting in my truck for the Redbox to be available, I counted $1020; all in 20's with 2 hondo's.

My fiance and I try to find the guy on Facebook to no avail, and finally after calling a CPA off a business card, I get a call back from a guy in the Caymans. No, he doesn't work for us, BUT he is the managing partner of a financial firm in downtown and here's their number. The man's personal assistant called me an hour later thanking me over and over. Monday when she came by to pick up the wallet, she explained that he does this once or twice a year. The man insisted my fiance and I go out to dinner on him; a NICE dinner. The 2 hondo's went straight into our wedding fund.

Never once did it ever cross my mind to do anything other than find this guy. It was obvious from all the resturant receipts he had that he entertained a lot of clients, and he was probably going to have an embarrassing night once he realized he had no way to pay for their meal. I have a good friend with an Amex Black, and he walks around with $1000 the same way I walk around with $150. It's just walking around money. Something about keeping my karma from ever finding my door. Character is what you do when no one else is looking, and moments like that are the nuts and bolts of solid character. I spent a lot of time in my teens and early 20's taking from the world and the people in it, and I can only hope there's enough time left on my clock to live right and tip the scales back in my favor. That mantra had a lot to do with why I felt called to become a paramedic and begin pursuing a medical career as well.

For the record, I've been a lurker here for a while. Looking to add a toy/project to the garage next year or so, and I'm fully convinced an old-school Z is the path to affordable automotive nirvana. I had a friend with a couple of Z's in high school, and I've respected them as the world class sports cars that they are for years. Love to meet up at the next Houston-area meet/greet, cars & coffee, or whatever it is. Cheers!

Edited November 13, 2011 by TaylorC4

[240260280z]

Today: Drove by a cellphone in the middle of a T-Junction in our subdivison. Stopped, on the way back to have a closer look. It was not in bad shape and has been run over but just scratches on the outside of the clam shell. Put the run-over battery (that was on the road 3' away) in the phone, made a few calls to the last dialed numbers with no answer...and later when the owner called back, hand delivered to a neighbour ~ 400m away... even went back and found the battery cover.

The guy's wife had entered the house, looked on their home phone and asked why her husband had dialed the house 3 times from his cell when she knew he was working in the garage.

FYI:It was a Samsung

Edited November 13, 2011 by Blue

[cygnusx1]

Either that or it could be a setup like we saw on the TV news. i.e. the bag is being watched by a news crew in a nearby mini van ready to pounce on you and get you on video as soon as you pick the bag up.

That's hilarious. What are you supposed to do if you find a bag of cash with no way of identifying it? Make a Craigslist ad titled, "Free money"? Sometimes your ship comes in. If it does, get on it.

Edited November 13, 2011 by cygnusx1

[240260280z]

Karma. Let's hope I've built up a reserve over time.

Also a moral application of "Give Caesar what is Caesar's" falls into this situation.

[sblake01]

That's hilarious. What are you supposed to do if you find a bag of cash with no way of identifying it? Make a Craigslist ad titled, "Free money"? Sometimes your ship comes in. If it does, get on it.

In my 61+ years on this earth, I've yet to come across that scenario. I mean, seriously, how many bags of unidentifiable cash have you found in your lifetime?

[cygnusx1]

One.