If YOU find money......?

[flobadob]

What do you usually do if you find money? I'm not talking a wallet or purse but amounts like 5 or 10 pounds. Do you just put it in your pocket, give it to charity, spend it on something out of the ordinary or something else?

[slinky.kate]

i once found £30 stuck in a bush(money tree)i handed it into the police station but i got it back as it was unclaimed.

[snags]

Anything up to a tenner I'd keep. Probably buy lottery tickets.

[starone]

I found a £5 note in the garden once. It was all dirty and crumpled up and no indication of where it had come from. I gave it to Breast Cancer Research, where it could do some good. If I had found it in the street I would probably have done the same but first of all looked around carefully to see if there was anyone who was about who might have lost it. Not worth taking to the police station but might mean a lot to someone who was not very well off.

[China Doll]

I went through a phase a few years ago where I kept finding cash; I found £20 hanging out of the cash machine and a couple of times in those self service machines in shops I found various notes not collected. I kept it.

[heathfield]

I don't know why, but schoolkids round my way have adopted the habit of throwing away any 1-pence and 2-pence coins from the change they get after a purchase from the local sweet shop. After lunchtime, there are usually quite a few lying around on the pavement. I can only suppose it's some sort of show of bravado. I'm not proud. I pick the coins up!

[anneasquith]

id hand it into the police station, even a small amount may be a big loss for someone.

[ojread2]

Up to a tenner laying on the ground I'd probably keep it

In the last 2 weeks I have found an expensive camera AND a full purse
Both I handed to the manager/ess of the place where we found them. Some people are just so careless with expensive things

Both were collected by the owner - one I saw, one I asked

[dotty.]

if we find money at work on the customer side we have to hand it in and record the find, in self service tills any money left remains the property of the store, if unclaimed it is donated to the company charity.
I once found a florin in the street when i was about 10, i was on the way to school, i called at the post office and bought sweets, it was the most amazing find and i have always remebered it, for the next 8 years i always looked at the same place when i walked past and expected to find more!

[starone]

Heathfield. I have offered children the contents of my jar with pennies, twopences and fivepences in it which probably amounts to a few pounds and they have refused them. I have pointed out that five twopence pieces make ten pence but they still refuse them. I have found coppers left on the table (I put them in my jar) but cannot understand why they will not have them. They seem to be embarrassed at the thought of their friends noticing they have such small denominations money. Anything bigger leaves my hand quicker than I can offer it, especially one pound coins. Strange!!

[sandyRoe]

Years ago my brother in law lost his wage packet and an old lady went a good distance out of her way to return it to him. I once found a colleagues wage packet and after an hour or so returned it.
But if I found a fiver I'd probably keep it.

[cazzz1975]

it depends, a tenner fluttering in the street with no one in sight I would probably keep, money in a cashpoint I would probably hand in to the bank or shop in case the person returns (which is highly likely)

[IggyB]

I found 20 pounds blowing down an empty street not that long ago - I spent it at the fish and chip shop, and very nice it was too!

Another time i was in a restaurant and when I opened the menu about £200 fell out on to my lap, I went and explained the situation to the waitress that had given me the menu. She was very confused and in the end I had a small argument with her about why she should take the money back, eventually she snatched the money, muttered something about cashing up problems and matched off into the back office without even saying thank you - made me wish I'd kept it (or had a very nice free meal on them).

[ll_billym]

Unless it was fairly obvious whom to hand it to I would just keep it.

[EDDIE51]

I lose it far more often than I find it .

[ELVIS68]

Keep it

[mibn2cweus]

If you'll tell me the exact amount that you found and where (and when) you found it, I'll let you know if it was mine and how to return it safely to its 'rightful' owner . . . ;o)

[owdhamer]

If I see someone drop money I hand it over,if I find a fiver in the street I keep it.

[Psybbo]

only ever find 1ps

[maggiebee]

Would hand in a purse or wallet, but would keep notes or coins.

[horseshoes]

When I was about 10, I used to go to the cinema in Crewe with my Mum, but first we'd call into the Teaco Bar for a couple of meat and potato pies. I picked up a roll of money off the floor and gave it to my Mum, who handed it in to the girl behind the counter. A few weeks later we moved back to Wales, and a few months later in the post there was a letter of thanks from the owner of the money along with a crisp 10/- note for me! They must have gone to a LOT of trouble to trace us.